SOY- It's not what you think!!!

Soy is one of those topics where I feel people are very misinformed and uninformed. Most people have been programmed to believe what they see ADVERTISED. Most people have never had the opportunity to become informed by a third party with nothing to gain from sharing information. For the past 7 years I have been studying health and nutrition and in that time I have been exposed to ideas and facts that I never would have believed prior to this journey.

Americans have been raised to think that Milk- does a body good and we need it to get our Calcium requirements, we assume that artificial sweeteners are better than sugar and of course safe since the FDA has approved it for sale and we have learned to think that a perscription drug will only make us better. One of the biggest offenders, in my opinion, are the benefits of Soy.

For a while we heard Soy prevents heart disease, cancer and aging. Do you ever wonder who is behind these so called facts? Please read the short fact list on SOY. This is reprinted from the WESTON A. PRICE FONDATION. The Weston A. Price foundation has no agenda other than better HEALTH for you and for YOU to be better informed before you choose what you eat.

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.


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Articles
Soy Studies

* For a list of over 200 studies showing the toxicity of soy, see http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/pltx.cgi?QUERY=soy
* Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones at Levels Above Those Found in Traditional Diets, Posted 19 OCT 2002
* Studies Showing General Adverse Effects of Soybeans, 1971-2001, Posted 19 OCT 2002

Soy Activism

* An Open Letter to Barack Obama
* Soy Prison Complaint as filed
* WAPF Comments to FDA re: Final Rule Re Food Labeling: Health Claims; Soy
Protein and Heart Disease, Posted 24 FEB 2008
* WAPF Comments to FDA on Solae Petition (PDF), Posted 11 APR 2005
* Rebuttal to Solae Health Claim re: Soy and Cancer (PDF), Posted 25 JAN 2005
* Response to Solae's FDA Petition (PDF), Posted 14 JUN 2004
* Press Release Regarding Response to Solae's FDA Petition (PDF), Posted 05 JUL 2004
* Soy-Based Infant Formula: Testimony to the US FDA, Posted 12 DEC 2003

Soy Articles

* Colony Collapse Disorder: Soy Tie to Bee Die-Off?, Posted 15 FEB 2008
* Recovery from Soy: Part I --A Strategy for Dealing with Soy Allergies, Posted 14 FEB 2008
* Soy and Osteoporosis: Not a Leg to Stand On, Posted 18 DEC 2006
* Soy Industry on the Attack, Posted 16 JUL 2006
* The Soy Controversy, Posted 26 MAY 2004
* Soy and the Brain, Posted 28 APR 2004
* Advertising and Monkey Business, Posted 17 FEB 2004
* Committee on Toxicity in Foods and the Environment, Posted 23 MAR 2003
* Reply to Robert Cohen, the Not Milk Man, Posted 09 FEB 2003
* Tragedy and Hype
* Soy: The Dark Side of America's Favorite "Health" Food
* The Ploy of Soy
* Soya: The Quiet Conquest
* Soy Isoflavones: Panacea or Poison?
* Maganese Madness

Excerpts From The Whole Soy Story
By Kaayla Daniel, PhD, CCN

* The Promotion of Soy: Introduction by Sally Fallon, Posted 09 AUG 2005
* Soy Lecithin: From Sludge to Profit, Posted 24 FEB 2004
* Soy Carbohydrates: The Flatulence Factor, Posted 06 DEC 2003
* Not Milk and Uncheese: The Udder Alternatives, Posted 25 SEP 2004