Posted on 03/17/2024 9:08:42 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
...Soy is the subject of some of the worst health misinformation on the internet. We need to tune out this misinformation and follow the science. Greater intake of soy foods is linked to a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
Soy contains phytoestrogens (“plant estrogens”) called isoflavones which are said to be weak estrogens, but it’s actually more complicated than that. Isoflavones have both estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects. The evidence suggests that, because of their complex relationship with different estrogen receptors, soy isoflavones have beneficial anti-estrogenic effects in breast tissue while also having beneficial estrogen-mimicking effects in bone tissue.
Since estrogen causes breast cancer cells to proliferate, and cumulative estrogen exposure increases breast cancer risk, there was an early theory that there might be a link between soy foods and breast cancer. At that time, however, in Asian countries, where soy was a staple food, breast cancer rates were much lower than those in the United States. This paradox launched hundreds of studies...
Soy isoflavones have additional anti-cancer effects. In a 2009 meta-analysis, higher soy intake was associated with a 26 percent decrease in prostate cancer risk.
Do soy phytoestrogens have feminizing effects on men?
This internet frenzy seems to be based on sensationalized reports about one rare case of a man who developed breast swelling, who had been drinking three quarts of soy milk every day for over six months. When he stopped overconsuming soy, the issue resolved. Of course, nobody should eat or drink that much soy; nobody should even consume that much of any one food. Even in Asian countries, where soy intake is much higher than in Western countries, three quarts of soy milk would about 7-8 times the typical isoflavone intake...
Is all soy genetically modified?
No...
(Excerpt) Read more at drfuhrman.com ...
No myths. I cannot eat soy without bad digestive issues. Totally avoid it.
Soy it ain’t so...
Depends on the soy. Tofu, all that stuff is great and it’s not going to kill you. What will is the ultra processed soy crap. It’s not natural.
It’s the GMO soy in my opinion. But I would only eat National made from organic beans. You can buy the bacteria from Cultures for Health and make it yourself.
Soy say we all.
Thanks for that. I eat tofu a couple of nights a week. Also skinless chicken thighs and Alaskan salmon. Gave up beef awhile ago when I was diagnosed with Heart Failure. Being super careful with fat.
Never liked soy milk. Use fat free cow’s milk in coffee and almond milk on cereal.
Brain Aging and Midlife Tofu Consumption
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To examine associations of midlife tofu consumption with brain function and structural changes in late life.
METHODS The design utilized surviving participants of a longitudinal study established in 1965 for research on heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Information on consumption of selected foods was available from standardized interviews conducted 1965-1967 and 1971-1974. A 4-level composite intake index defined “low-low” consumption as fewer than two servings of tofu per week in 1965 and no tofu in the prior week in 1971. Men who reported two or more servings per week at both interviews were defined as “high-high” consumers. Intermediate or less consistent “low” and “high” consumption levels were also defined. Cognitive functioning was tested at the 1991-1993 examination, when participants were aged 71 to 93 years (n = 3734). Brain atrophy was assessed using neuroimage (n = 574) and autopsy (n = 290) information. Cognitive function data were also analyzed for wives of a sample of study participants (n = 502) who had been living with the participants at the time of their dietary interviews.
RESULTS Poor cognitive test performance, enlargement of ventricles and low brain weight were each significantly and independently associated with higher midlife tofu consumption. A similar association of midlife tofu intake with poor late life cognitive test scores was also observed among wives of cohort members, using the husband’s answers to food frequency questions as proxy for the wife’s consumption. Statistically significant associations were consistently demonstrated in linear and logistic multivariate regression models. Odds ratios comparing endpoints among “high-high” with “low-low” consumers were mostly in the range of 1.6 to 2.0.
CONCLUSIONS In this population, higher midlife tofu consumption was independently associated with indicators of cognitive impairment and brain atrophy in late life.
the purpose being to greatly lower the fertility of anything that eats soy. It's a James Bond villain style evolutionary survival tactic, and it worked out great for soy plants; animals, not so much.
As of 2010, 93% of all soybeans grown in the U.S. were genetically modified. Please keep in mind that Joel Fuhrman is a devout vegetarian and a bit of a nut when it comes to diet and nutrition.
Japanese eat lots of soy based foods .
“Greater intake of soy foods is linked to a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and cardiovascular disease.”
Breast cancer , prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease rates extremely low here . So the above is true .
“which are said to be weak estrogens”
Ergo: the weak millennial soy boyz epidemic.
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The stuff I totally avoid...
digestive issues.
So soy’ry about that. (Same).
Please don’t soy that again!
If you say.
4am and the love of my life ... ;-)
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