--S-A-- Rense: Dark Side of Soy- America's Favorite Health Food

[Guest guest]

I hate articles like this because I get so confused. I'm doing my best to eat

healthy and then articles come out that make it sound like I am causing my own

death. Then again, after breast feeding all of my children, news came out

(sometime in the 70's or 80's) that breastmilk caused cancer. I think there is

good and bad in every food, it is moderation and not overindulgence in a single

food.

 

" Misty L. Trepke " <mistytrepke wrote: Comments?

Misty L. Trepke

http://health.

 

The DARK Side Of Soy - America's

Favorite 'Health' Food

By Kaayla T. Daniel

2-26-7

 

http://rense.com/general75/fav.htm

 

Over the past decade, soy foods have become America's favorite

health food. Newspapers, magazines, and best-selling health writers

have proclaimed the " joy of soy " and promoted the belief that soy

food is the key to disease prevention and maximum longevity.

The possibility that an inexpensive plant food could prevent heart

disease, fight cancer, fan away hot flashes, and build strong bodies

in far more than 12 ways is seductive. The truth, unfortunately, is

far more complex. Soy foods come in a variety of forms, including

many heavily processed modern products. Even good forms of soy foods

must be eaten sparingly-the way they have been eaten traditionally

in Asia. Most important, many respected scientists have issued

warnings stating that the possible benefits of eating soy should be

weighed against the proven risks. Indeed, thousands of studies link

soy to malnutrition, digestive distress, immune-system breakdown,

thyroid dysfunction, cognitive decline, reproductive disorders and

infertility-even cancer and heart disease.

[Guest guest]

There is a great deal of controversy over soy. It does have estrogen, but

is of a type not similar to what is in the human body and in theory blocks

the production of human estrogens that feed cancer. However, there are so

many conflicting reports, that I personally just stay away from it.

 

If you look long enough and hard enough, there will be a report out there

somewhere that says no matter what you eat and no matter how you prepare it,

it is bad for you. Simple rule of thumb, 90% plant based diet, 10% protein

and life will be pretty good. Stay away from pork as it takes from 4 to 6

times as long to digest as any other protein. Stay away from bleached foods

such as sugar and white flour. Don't drink soda pop as it is highly acidic

(phosphoric acid) and can significantly alter your ph levels.

 

If you want the most value out of the food you eat, juice a wide variety of

vegetables at least 5 times a week.

 

Do not subsititute supplements for proper nutrition.

 

Most of all, use some common sense. The typical American diet consists

today of 4 basic food groups: hamburgers, french fries, tacos, and pizza.

Do not over-indulge in these and you will go a long way to being healthy.

 

No diet, no matter what it consists of, is a guarantee you will never get

sick. I work with terminal cancer people every single day and at least a

quarter of them are vegans with much stricter diets than I would ever do

myself and they still got cancer.

 

Regards,

 

Bruce Guilmette, PhD

Author: THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST LIVING, A Personal Story About

Cancer Survival

Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc.

http://survivecancerfoundation.org

 

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day

has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6:34 (NIV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Abernethy

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:37 PM

 

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