Soya Reduces Testosterone Levels

[mudesi]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1173510/Why-soya-super-food-all.html

Not surprising, actually.

It was hailed as a superfood that could fight breast cancer, strengthen bones and ease the menopause. Once thought of as exotic, today soya can be found in a variety of guises on supermarket shelves, from dairy-free milk and yogurt to vegan cheese and tofu.

Soya was first cultivated in China, where it was used as medicine and in cooking. Last year, more than one million tons of it were imported to the UK.
However, there is mounting evidence that soya could, in fact, pose a serious health risk.

Experts claim soya foods might lower testosterone levels in men, hamper thyroid function, cause weight gain and disrupt hormones.

[MADem]

1. Everything in moderation. Too much wine is bad for you, too.

So's too much sugar. Or meat. Or pasta. Or anything, really.

[skooooo]

2. give it to the over-testosteroned...

[UndertheOcean]

3. Soya is tasty anyway , How bad can it be ?

could it be any worse to your health than red meat and trans fats ?

[flvegan]

4. I'm living proof!

:eyes:

Sorry, sounds too Weston Price-y to me.

[LeftyMom]

7. You're wasting away!

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

5. From the crack science reporters at the Daily Fail?

Oh geez. :rofl:

[jamesbolton]

6. Sounds like a good thing!

More men should be forced to take it.

[lucretia54]

8. I have some information from the Weston A. Price Foundation, for those who...

want to read more. This group has some radical ideas, like eating food that hasn't been touched by chemicals!



Soy Alert:


Confused About Soy?--Soy Dangers Summarized
High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.
Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.
Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.

[flvegan]

11. There it is.

Thanks!

:eyes:

[LeftyMom]

12. And high cholesterol being food for you, and a wicked recipe for pureed organ meat baby formula.

Oh, and lard is a health food. You should eat more of it. Lots more. Liver too. Organ meats generally. Raw milk (which spreads tuberculosis, which is why it's illegal most places) for everybody. Even babies.

They're batshit crazy.

And the soy thing is stupid. It's a fucking bean. If any hormone analogues in it survived digestion in appreciable amounts (unlikely- we have to coat pills for that) and were close enough to be mimics, we'd be in a hell of a lot more danger from much more plentiful, similar hormones in animal foods.

[Forkboy]

9. Can't mess up my thyroid...I don't have one.

:)

[PerfectSage]

10. I smoke two packs of soya a day and my testorone levels were fine

until I started smoking two packs of herbicide/pesticide a day.

:rofl:

[Double T]

13. Glad I stopped drinking that stuff.

Since then I have noticed that my voice is deeper and I have lost my insatiable urge to go shopping.

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. Soy is making kids GAY !11!!!1!!!!1

As posted at Fascist Nut Daily a while back. Proceed at the risk of your own sanity.....

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327