Unfermented Soy (It's in your vegeburger)

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Mary Shoman is no lightweight.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/soydangers.htm

 

Do Soy Foods Negatively Affect Your Thyroid?

A Look at the Downsides of Soy

 

 

by Mary Shomon

 

It seems that there's isn't a newspaper, magazine or

news program that hasn't recently featured a story on

the amazing health benefits of soy food products and

soy/isoflavone supplements. Soy is promoted as a

healthy alternative to estrogen replacement for some

women, as a possibly way to reduce the risk of breast

cancer, as a way to minimize menopause symptoms, and

as a healthier, low-fat protein alternative for meats

and poultry. But what all the positive stories fail to

mention is that there is a very real -- but very

overlooked -- downside to the heavy or long-term use

of soy products.

 

Soy products increase the risk of thyroid disease. And

this danger is particularly great for infants on soy

formula.

 

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

Soy Online Service

Have you ever wondered about soy? It's promoted as

the miracle food that will feed the world while at the

same time prevent and cure all manner of diseases.

But what if all you've read about soy is nothing but a

multi-million dollar marketing strategy based on

scanty facts, half-truths and lies?

 

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Weston A. Price Foundation

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

 

Confused About Soy?

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.