It is not only the fast-food chains that have changed the Asian diet.

If anything can be called a staple of the traditional South Asian aesthetic diet, love is it.

This finding may explain why the protective effect of the Asian diet appears to occur early in a girl's life.

Made from the soybean, it's a staple of Asian diets.

But Asian diets may be protective for other reasons, too.

Asian diets tend to include more vegetables and fiber and less red meat, for example.

Rice is one reason why Asian diets are so low in saturated fat.

One possible explanation is the low fat content of the Asian diet.

The principal component of the Asian diet is rice.

Soy is an important staple in Asian diets.