Return Home
SOY IS NOT A HEALTH FOOD!!!!
Don’t let advertising hype deceive you. Soy is not the health food it is claimed to be, especially the unfermented varieties.
Soy products can increase the risk of some forms of cancer, thyroid issues and brain dysfunction, as well as a multitude of other health problems. Any soy product consumed should be only the fermented varieties, and then in only very limited quantities. Soy is dirt cheap to produce, and dirt cheap to use. At last tally, it's now in about 60% of the processed foods on the supermarket shelves. (Yet another reason to make foods from scratch instead of buying processed foods.) It has replaced many other grains in foods where it wasn't used in the past. For example – breads previously used a lot of cottonseed oil. Cheaper soybean oil has broadly and largely replaced it.
There is so much more information than I can possibly ever make available here, but I have tried to give you plenty of sites to get your research well on it’s way. Google searches can net you a vast multitude of information on soy, both pro and anti, so educate yourself as best you can so you can make the best decisions possible for YOUR health!
BELOW IS A MULTITUDE OF LINKS WITH FABULOUS INFORMATION ON THE TRUTH ABOUT SOY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE MAKING SOY A MORE THAN MINIMAL PART OF YOUR DIET, PARTICULARLY IF YOU PREFER THE UNFERMENTED SOY PRODUCTS.
http://www.ithyroid.com/soy.htm
SOY BEANS, TOFU, AND OTHER BEANS
Studies showing results of chronic use of soy products
http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/19/news/story4.html
Too much tofu induces ‘brain aging,’ study shows
A Hawaii research team says high consumption of the soy product by a
group of men lowered mental abilities
http://www.rense.com/general3/soy.htm
The Trouble With Tofu - Soy and the Brain
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_studies.html
Studies Showing Adverse Effects of Dietary Soy, 1971-2003
(The sheer number of studies listed here is amazing!)
I read on another site .... http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Genetically-Modified-Foods-at-a-Glance.php ... that 80% of the soy produced commercially in the US is GM, which I am sure doesn't help with soy intolerances and allergies. I've read warnings about GM corn and the increase in intolerances, allergies and lack of digestibility that goes with it, but only 38% of corn is GM according to that same source. If those figures are accurate, how many more people could be having trouble with soy than would otherwise because of so much soy being GM?
The info I've found so far indicates that soybean oil and soy sauce both have virtually NO isoflavones in them. Isoflavones appear to be the largest health risk for soy usage, but it is not the ONLY problem with using too much soy in the diet.
· http://www.bingquan.com/healthe/e_soyhealth_05.htm
· http://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/article.php?ArticleID=2061
·
http://www.thesoyfoodscouncil.com/healthhandbook/soybeananatomy.pdf
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/faq/faq.pdl?project_id=5&faq_id=735
Stomach Cancer and Soy
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/9/10/1051
A Meta-Analysis of Soyfoods and Risk of Stomach Cancer: The Problem of
Potential Confounders
http://mercola.com/2004/jan/21/soy.htm
Soy: Is it Healthy or is it Harmful?
http://www.rheumatic.org/soy.htm
Concerns Regarding Soybeans
http://thyroid.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa041499.htm?pid=2750&cob=home
Soy’s Thyroid Dangers
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/soyinfo/a/soy.htm
Soy and Thyroid
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/morestudies.html
More Studies on Soy
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_update2004.html
Does Soy Prevent Cancer?
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html
Confused About Soy? (lots of links)
http://www.curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=37&i=588
Is Soy Healthy?
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/infert.htm
Soy and Fertility
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm
Why You Should Avoid Soy
http://www.mercola.com/2005/feb/26/soy_myths.htm
Soy Myth Exposed: Soy is Not a Health Food
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/
Soy Online Service - has info about safe levels of soy
to consume.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11417387
A study done on the estrogenic affects of soy on rats
http://www.thewholesoystory.com/index.php
An OUTSTANDING book called “The Whole Soy Story” – highly recommend!
http://www.karinya.com/soydangers.htm
Tragedy and Hype
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Soy%20Allergens.html
The Hidden Dangers of Soy Allergens
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/rwgully/basics/soy.htm
The Dangers of Soy
PERSONAL TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF SOY:
http://www.the7thfire.com/health_and_nutrition/soy_dangers.htm
Soy Dangers: One Woman’s Story
http://www.the7thfire.com/health_and_nutrition/soy_dangers_for_children.htm
Soy Dangers for Children
(NOTE: Nothing on this site is intended to replace the care and instruction of a licensed doctor. It is here merely for educational and sharing purposes. This is my story of illness and the road to recovery.)
Return Home
|
|
