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Avoid Soy Products-- Especially Baby Formula
I don’t know about you, but I like most Myths and Truths articles. They are easy to read and sets things in contrast to what we have been told. I just hope the attorneys at the ADM corporation does not sic their PR staff on me. I don’t think the nasty soy cartel will appreciate this article, especially the part that soy formula for babies is not safe.Oh. I almost forgot. Most soy beans are genetically modified.
Myths & Truths About Soy
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Myth: Use of soy as a food dates back many thousands of years.
Truth: Soy was first used as a food during the late Chou dynasty (1134-246 BC), only after the Chinese learned to ferment soy beans to make foods like tempeh, natto and tamari.
Myth: Asians consume large amounts of soy foods.
Truth: Average consumption of soy foods in Japan and China is 10 grams (about 2 teaspoons) per day. Asians consume soy foods in small amounts as a condiment, and not as a replacement for animal foods.
Myth: Modern soy foods confer the same health benefits as traditionally fermented soy foods.
Truth: Most modern soy foods are not fermented to neutralize toxins in soybeans, and are processed in a way that denatures proteins and increases levels of carcinogens.
Myth: Soy foods provide complete protein.
Truth: Like all legumes, soy beans are deficient in sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine. In addition, modern processing denatures fragile lysine.
Myth: Fermented soy foods can provide vitamin B12 in vegetarian diets.
Truth: The compound that resembles vitamin B12 in soy cannot be used by the human body; in fact, soy foods cause the body to require more B12
Myth: Soy formula is safe for infants.
Truth: Soy foods contain trypsin inhibitors that inhibit protein digestion and affect pancreatic function. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors led to stunted growth and pancreatic disorders. Soy foods increase the body’s requirement for vitamin D, needed for strong bones and normal growth. Phytic acid in soy foods results in reduced bioavailabilty of iron and zinc which are required for the health and development of the brain and nervous system. Soy also lacks cholesterol, likewise essential for the development of the brain and nervous system. Megadoses of phytoestrogens in soy formula have been implicated in the current trend toward increasingly premature sexual development in girls and delayed or retarded sexual development in boys.
Continue reading: There are more doozies at http://westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtsoy.html
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I really enjoy this type of reading. Thank you very much. I am sending this on to some friends….
I am glad you enjoy the Journal. You can also use the SHARE button on the right panel to post it to all the social networks you are in (Facebook etc).
I have a 10 month old and am doing my own research on soy. There is so much conflicting info out there. Can you tell me what sources you used to conclude that soy formula is unsafe?
The http://westonaprice.org has the most extensive collection I know of why it is not good at all.