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 ...
May be because japanese women have small breasts.
Fat is a cancer promoter.
You cannot make that assertion based on the low incidence in Japanese. There may be a lower incidence based on Japanese genotype patterns.
>> Japanese eat lots of soy based foods... Breast cancer , prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease rates extremely low here.
I developed a taste for steamed edamame beans so as we freep I’m looking at a half pound of non-GMO edamame beans from Johnny’s Seeds that I’m fixin’ to plant in my garden. Your evidence of lower cancer and cardiovascular disease benefits is encouraging. Hoping to avoid the cognitive impairment others have mentioned, LORD knows I don’t need any more of that (did I already say that?) :-)
Processed soy (as in “hydrolyzed soy protein”) gives me wicked MSG headaches that last for two days. A quarter teaspoon of soy sauce leaves me wishing for death. Have to read the ingredients list every time I pick up an item at the grocery store that I haven’t already tested or rejected. Sometimes they hide it behind some tricky name or other. Hateful stuff.
MSG is misery for me too.
I’ve become a very good label reader and most fast food is out.
Gypsum is a commonly used coagulant in making tofu. That can cause other issues like stones in some people.
My wife’s family has a chunk of gypsum they would scrape shavings into the soy milk when making tofu. I’ve made it several times myself but used food grade gypsum. For a time after my wife moved form China, she would make her own soy milk from dried beans. Once you have the soy milk it pretty easy to turn it into tofu. It’s a lot like making fresh cheese.
Mfrs hide MSG behind a LOT of names.
Mostly related to yeast. ANYthing with “modified, hydrolyzed, extract of or processed” yeast or soy I avoid for the same reasons and have “cured” dozens of patients in 3 decades medical practice by teaching them to avoid hidden MSG too.
The “official” studies, of course, given us by FDA/NIH say MSG is “safe and effective” for the most part - pretty much like the mRNA spike protein shot.
YMMV.
https://www.truthinlabeling.org/names.html
Meh, am personally convinced that 90% of modern society’s weight and health problems are related to consuming too many carbohydrates, seed oils, and plant proteins.
YMMV but when I keep my diet to 70%+ fat (mostly saturated) and only 5-10% max carbs my blood sugar and lipid panels look like a healthy person less than half my age and keeping my bodyfat ~12% doesn’t take that much work
Thanks for the link! Storing it away for future reference!
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