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Eating Soy does strange things to men's hormones, at least that is what I have read.
17 posted on 04/19/2013 7:13:33 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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Our understanding is the processing of soy in this country makes it unfit for consumption.

Men’s hormones - believe you are probably correct.
Overly breast development in young boys, for one

The worst is giving soy formulas to babies.


23 posted on 04/20/2013 2:46:59 AM PDT by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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Eating Soy does strange things to men's hormones, at least that is what I have read.

Here are a couple of excerpts from an article about soymilk by Dr. Al Sears:

Recent science suggests soy “isoflavones” are dangerous to your health.

Isoflavone isn’t actually a single substance, but a category of substances. Isoflavones include "phyto-estrogens," plant-based compounds that mimic the female hormone. Eat enough of these and you’ll upset your body’s hormonal balance.
That imbalance affects women as well as men.
Societies that depend heavily on soy-based foods use traditional preparation methods thousands of years old that neutralize or eliminate these poisons. Tempeh, miso, natto, and soy sauce are fermented products. The fermentation process destroys the toxins. Tofu comes from the pressed “curds” of the soybean. The rest is thrown out – and the bad stuff along with it.

Compare this with the industrial processes that go into making soymilk: washing the beans in alkaline or boiling them in a petroleum-based solvent; bleaching, deodorizing, and pumping them full of additives; heat-blasting and crushing them into flakes; and then mixing them with water to make “milk.”

This only adds more dangerous chemicals without removing any of soy’s natural toxins. This is NOT a “dietary staple” in China, Indonesia, or any other country. And it shouldn’t be here, either.
Dr. Sears has other articles about soy. Another good source of information about the reasons to avoid unfermented soy is Dr. Joseph Mercola's site. He has a section of his site devoted to the subject of soy. And as acapesket touched upon earlier, soy is one of the most heavily genetically modified crops in the U.S.
36 posted on 04/20/2013 11:14:52 AM PDT by ELS
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Sorry for the late reply : /

That is my understanding as well, and due to it’s estrogenic properties, it can’t be to good for ANYONE except post menopausal women, and for them, many sources say it must be fermented. Yet it is being marketed as healthy for everyone from infants on up : o

Eek : \

May God bless,
Tatt


41 posted on 04/21/2013 12:27:14 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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