Editing Miso soup (section)

== Health benefits ==
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In 2003, researchers at Japan's National Cancer Centre suggested that eating three or more bowls of miso soup every day could lower the risk of breast cancer in women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2999852.stm|title=Miso soup 'cuts breast cancer risk'|date=2003-06-18|access-date=2018-12-14|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729211134/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2999852.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Studies in 2020 showed that habitual consumption of miso soup has the effect of lowering blood pressure and heart rate,<ref>{{Harvnb|Ito|2020}}</ref> causing proliferation of good bacteria in the intestines and helping to prevent constipation.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ichikawa|2020}}</ref>

A 2003 epidemiology study in Japan discovered that persons who consume miso soup daily have a lower risk of stomach cancer and heart disease. In 2019 research concluded that fermented soy foods, such as miso, have antidiabetic, antioxidant (anti aging), anti-obesity, anti‐inflammatory,  anticancer and antihypertensive (lowering blood pressure) properties.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Saeed |first1=Farhan |last2=Afzaal |first2=Muhammad |last3=Shah |first3=Yasir Abbas |last4=Khan |first4=Mujahid Hassan |last5=Hussain |first5=Muzzamal |last6=Ikram |first6=Ali |last7=Ateeq |first7=Huda |last8=Noman |first8=Muhammad |last9=Saewan |first9=Shamaail A. |last10=Khashroum |first10=Ashraf O. |title=Miso: A traditional nutritious & health-endorsing fermented product |journal=Food Science & Nutrition |date=December 2022 |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=4103–4111 |doi=10.1002/fsn3.3029 |pmid=36514754 |pmc=9731531 }}</ref>