lizzie
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Since my late 40's, I've been on a sort of anti-soy kick, because I believe that the overall effect of soy products is negative for our health. I guess it depends on what one expects and wants, but I find myself reading labels closely, and avoiding all unfermented soy products when I can. The problem is that it is so common, that finding some products that may be wanted can be very difficult.
Case in point: I want a high-protein ready-made nutrition drink, with high calorie content, that doesn't have added soy protein isolate, because my nutritional status has been less-than-desired lately, and I frankly don't want to spend a huge amount of effort cooking when I feel so damn crappy. So far, I haven't found one. I thought about the Glucerna drinks, because I tend to have hypoglycemic episodes when I am stressed, but guess what the source of the extra protein is? You guess it- soy.
Soy is believed to interfere with sex hormone receptor site attachment, by competing with human sex hormones, and is also thought to interfere with thyroid function. These two factors alone are enough to make me avoid it. I suspect that it has contributed to the feminization of young men in our society, and possibly to the seeming increase in women's menstrual and hormonal dysfunctions.
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/negative-health-effects-of-soy.html
Case in point: I want a high-protein ready-made nutrition drink, with high calorie content, that doesn't have added soy protein isolate, because my nutritional status has been less-than-desired lately, and I frankly don't want to spend a huge amount of effort cooking when I feel so damn crappy. So far, I haven't found one. I thought about the Glucerna drinks, because I tend to have hypoglycemic episodes when I am stressed, but guess what the source of the extra protein is? You guess it- soy.
Soy is believed to interfere with sex hormone receptor site attachment, by competing with human sex hormones, and is also thought to interfere with thyroid function. These two factors alone are enough to make me avoid it. I suspect that it has contributed to the feminization of young men in our society, and possibly to the seeming increase in women's menstrual and hormonal dysfunctions.
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/negative-health-effects-of-soy.html
Apart from the phytic acid-related phenomena, there are additional factors that make soy an unhealthy choice.
Soy:
* contributes to thyroid disorder, especially in women
* promotes kidney stones
* weakens the immune system
* contributes to food allergies and digestive intolerance
Perhaps the most disturbing of soy's ill effects on health has to do with its phytoestrogens, which can mimic the effects of the female hormone, oestrogen. These phytoestrogens have been found to have adverse effects on various human tissues, and drinking only two glasses of soy milk daily for one month has enough of the chemical to alter a woman's menstrual cycle.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/022630_soy_food_phytic_acid.html#ixzz2X9tfYu1i