Fwd: The Dark Side Of Soy

[Guest guest]

Lots of articles on the other side of soy.

So what is it about soy? A food out of context? The result of

massive genetically modified soy?

Comments?

Misty

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The Dark Side Of Soy

From Kurt Boyer

http://www.rense.com/general18/darkside.htm

 

 

(Note - We have long been opposed to soy products for a number of

reasons, most of which are detailed in these links below. We

recommend Rice Dream (OK if they didn't put canola oil in!! N) which

comes in three flavors and is made with an excellent water source

which contains no fluoride among other good attributes. -ed)

 

 

Hi Jeff

 

I noticed your link to an article on soy products (Milk Without the

Moo A Soy Product Gets A Major Makeover), and thought I would send

this along to balance the picture. I was certainly a believer in soy

until I started learning a bit...

 

 

THE OTHER SIDE OF SOY - SCIENTISTS CONCERNED OVER POTENTIAL HEALTH

RISKS

 

" ....... But two of the FDA, s experts on soy - Doerge and his

colleague, Daniel Sheehan - have stepped forward to criticize their

own agency's claim and even attempted in vain to stop the

recommendation.... "

 

and

 

" We are doing a large uncontrolled and unmonitored experiment on

human infants. " --Dr. Daniel Sheehan, research scientist for the FDA

and expert on soy

 

http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000609_soy_feature.html

 

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Scientists Protest Soy Approval In Unusual Letter,

FDA Experts Lay Out Concerns

 

Researchers Daniel Doerge and Daniel Sheehan, two of the Food and

Drug Administration, s experts on soy, signed a letter of protest,

which points to studies that show a link between soy and health

problems in certain animals. The two say they tried in vain to stop

the FDA approval of soy because it could be misinterpreted as a

broader general endorsement beyond benefits for the heart.

 

The text of the letter follows.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service, Food

and Drug Administration National Center For Toxicological Research

Jefferson, Ark. 72079-9502 Daniel M. Sheehan, Ph. D. Director,

Estrogen Base Program Division of Genetic and Reproductive

Toxicology and Daniel R. Doerge, Ph. D. Division of Biochemical

Toxicology February 18, 1999 Dockets Management Branch (HFA-

305) Food and Drug Administration Rockville, MD 20852 To whom it may

concern,

 

We are writing in reference to Docket # 98P-0683; " Food Labeling:

Health Claims; Soy Protein and Coronary Heart Disease. " We oppose

this health claim because there is abundant evidence that some of

the isoflavones found in soy, including genistein and equol, a

metabolize of daidzen, demonstrate toxicity in estrogen sensitive

tissues and in the thyroid. This is true for a number

of species, including humans. Additionally, the adverse effects in

humans occur in several tissues and, apparently, by several distinct

mechanisms... "

 

http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000609_soyfdaletter_feature.htm

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The Dark Side of Soy - Supplements May Do More Harm Than Good

 

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_51/b3712218.htm

 

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Soy Story - The Politics Behind the Boneless Protein

By Britt Bailey

 

...... " While soy production is growing, so is talk of its purported

benefits. Everywhere you turn it seems the media is touting soybeans

and their derivatives. The powers that be, namely Monsanto, DuPont,

Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland are betting their future on soy.

 

Back in the wings, a growing number of scientists are quietly

expressing concerns over soy's hidden risks. It is, after all, a

plant-borne hormone. And as history has shown , adding hormones to

the body is fraught with danger " ....

 

http://www.cetos.org/agbioarticles/soystory.html

 

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TOO MUCH TOFU INDUCES " BRAIN AGING " - STUDY

 

A Hawaii research team says high consumption of the soy product by a

group of men lowered mental abilities

 

http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/19/news/story4.html

 

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PHYTOESTROGENS: ANTI-THYROID AGENTS

 

So just what are these goitrogenic agents? In 1997 research from the

FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) showed that

the darling of the soy industry, the isoflavone genistein, was a

potent inhibitor of Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO); in fact genistein is a

more powerful inhibitor of TPO than common anti-thyroid drugs! If

genistein could inhibit TPO in vitro, it follows that it could

result in an elevation of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

(TSH), and a subsequent decrease in thyroxine (T3) in vitro; in

other words consumption of the soy isoflavone genistein might result

in hypothyroidism and goitre.

 

Recent research leaves little doubt that dietary isoflavones in soy

have a profound effect on thyroid function in humans. A study by

Japanese researchers concluded that intake of soy by healthy adults

for a long duration caused enlargement of the thyroid and suppressed

thyroid function....

 

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/thyroid.htm

 

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The Developmental Toxicity of Phytoestrogens in Experimental

Animals: Are There Concerns For Humans?

 

http://soyfoods.com/symposium/oa7_8.html

 

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Tons more articles at

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/Site_Map.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Soy It Isn't So - The

Problems With Using

Soy Bean Foods

From Anita Sands

 

http://www.rense.com/health/soyitisntso.htm