Do you eat soy products daily? Do not exclude them from your diet especially if you are a woman for a healthy heart. The key however is to begin eating soy early in life. According to new research lifelong soy consumption similar to the diet of women in Asia produces the least atherosclerosis (hardening and narrowing of the arteries). Switching to a Western diet after menopause similar to Asian migrants to North America leads to just as much atherosclerosis as a lifelong Western diet. 'While switching to soy from a Western diet after menopause helps only if there is not