Does anyone think soy is bad for you?!
Does anyone think soy is bad for you?
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/index...
I found this website recently.
Answers:
Dr Mercola is the one and only reputable medical doctor I know of, anywhere in the world, who suspects that soy may be bad for the body, and recent research of mine has shown that he is associated with certain businesses and corporations that have a vested interest in creating doubt about the benefits of soy.
Here's an alternative point of view:
Fifteen Categories of Cancer-Fighting Plant Chemicals, by
Robert Cohen: http://www.notmilk.com
In 1991, University of Minnesota Researchers categorized
fifteen classes of phytochemicals in fruits and veggies
that have been identified as cancer-fighting agents.
Typically, each single fruits or vegetable contains one
or two of these "magic" substances, but researchers have
identified one of natures food's which contains an
astounding eleven out of fifteen! Got Soy?
To be negative about soy is to criticize everything good
about the wide range benefits derived from the plant
kingdom. The perfect food is the unfairly-criticized soy.
What's next on the nitpicking nitwit critic list, water?
The fifteen categories:
Allium (includes onions, garlic, leeks, chives)
Coumarin (SOY, vegetables and citrus fruits)
Dithiolthiones (SOY, broccoli, cauliflower)
Flavinoids (SOY, most fruits and veggies)
Glucosinolates (SOY, cruciferous vegetables)
Glyceritinic acid (anise and licorice)
Inositol (SOY, oats, wheat, rye)
Isoflavones (SOY)
Isothiocyanates (Cruciferous veggies)
Lignans (SOY and flax seeds)
Limonene (citrus fruit)
Phenols (SOY and most fruits and veggies)
Plant Sterols (SOY and most veggies)
Protease Inhibitors (SOY, seeds, nuts, legumes)
Saponins (SOY, various fruits and veggies)
Mark and Virginia Messina write:
"Scientists at the National Cancer Institute started
to screen plant extracts for anticancer activity on a
systematic basis beginning around 1960. Between 1960
and 1974, they screened roughly 5,000 plant extracts
each year, and today they continue to hunt for cancer-
fighting plants...We consider phytochemicals to be the
vitamins of the twenty-first century, and we feel that
they are what will distinguish the Second Golden Age
of Nutrition."
(The Simple Soybean and Your Health (Avery Press, 1994,
Steinmetz KA, et. al., Vegetables, Fruit, and Cancer.
Journal of Cancer, Causes and Control, 2:427-442, 1991)
In addition to the phytochemicals and isoflavones,
fifty percent of the oil in soy is that essential fat
called linoleic acid. Eight percent is linolenic
acid, more popularly known as Omega 3, which is often
artificially added to cow's feed. Why not get your
essential fats directly from the source? For a near-
perfect food, eat soy!
Whether you believe in Creationism or Evolution, you
most certainly agree (unless you are one of PETA's
founders) that human animals sit atop the scale of
most advanced creatures living on this planet. That
includes our brains with cerebral cortex, circulatory
systems with four chambered hearts, and digestive
systems with stomach pH of 1.8, more than enough
to digest the foods were designed to consume.
Other mammals are unable to digest and receive benefit
from many of those wonderful phytochemicals. The
laboratory rat is one example. Studies criticizing
broccoli or soy or tomatoes do not reveal what unethical
scientists already know. Rats lack gall bladders. Rats
also lack human digestive enzymes. The rat should not
be a model for human nutrition. Neither should cats,
dogs, or chimpanzees. The bottom line is that if broccoli
is good, so too would other vegetables containing
good broccoli-like substances. All of those magic
chemicals together, and you've got the soybean.
Are you still paying attention to the anti-soy hype?
Your best daily multiple vitamin pill is the soybean.
Source(s):
http://www.notmilk.com
Soy has been a main stay in Asia for 2000 years
I get Dr. Mercola's e-mail. He seems to know what he is talking about.
Here I found this response to that webpage you directed us to. It was helpful in understanding what was being said.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.htm...
Enjoy life, and remember "the body craves life, not death."
I do. Most soy has been genetically modified to the point it is no longer a natural food, and it is a common allergen as well. Google "roundup ready soy" for more info.
Soy products may be bad for the body. I can not speak for everyone but my body has a small tolerance for any of the Soy Bean products. I can consume small amounts of Margarine (the non butter .. butter) on toast and most of the time have no trouble with the stuff BUT if I eat more than a small amount then I get stomach upset or even cramps if I consumed too much at one time.
David,
Soy Beans come in second to Rice in most Asian diets.
Dairy industry thinks so. But of course they do it for profit. Just look at asian countries where people eat most soy, than anywhere else in the world and compare their health to lets say Americans. Asians are a lot healthier people, and this is not something genetic, since those of them who move from their homeland to USA start getting same diseases like the rest of Americans. Obviously it's in the diet.
For the most part it is healthy when eaten in small portions.
My acupuncturist has forbidden me to eat is since it is has the wrong properties for my body chemistry. She says even thought it is a staple in Asian cooking, Americans eat way too much of it; we put it in everything.
That guy is a lunatic. He's the same one that said soy could shrink testicles and make men gay.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
The world is flat. Just like a pancake.
See. Did you believe that?
Read through history and medical journals (google scholar or your local university), etc... All of which are available through libraries and the internet.