Hazzards of Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

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Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig, Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

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The propaganda that has created the soy sales miracle is all the

more

remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the soybean was

considered

unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou Dynasty (1134-246 BC)

the

soybean was designated one of the five sacred grains, along with

barley,

wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph for the soybean,

which

dates from earlier times, indicates that it was not first used as a

food; for whereas the pictographs for the other four grains show the

seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph for the soybean

emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural literature of the period

speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop rotation.

Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a method of fixing

nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food until the discovery

of

fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou Dynasty. The

first

soy foods were fermented products like tempeh, natto, miso and soy

sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century BC, Chinese

scientists discovered that a purée of cooked soybeans could be

precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium sulfate (plaster of

Paris

or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu or bean curd. The

use

of fermented and precipitated soy products soon spread to other

parts of

the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The Chinese did not eat

unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such as lentils

because

the soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or

" antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that

block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein

digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that

are

not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce

serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic

deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets high in

trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of

the

pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a

clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump

together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth

inhibitors.

Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients fail to grow

normally. Growth-depressant compounds are deactivated during the

process

of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered how to ferment the

soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into their diets.In

precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate in the soaking

liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and bean curd, growth

depressants are reduced in quantity but not completely eliminated.

 

Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that depress thyroid

function

 

..Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy is genetically

modified

and it also has one of the highest percentages contamination by

pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high in phytic acid,

present

in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a substance that can block

the

uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and

especially zinc - in the intestinal tract.Although not a household

word,

phytic acid has been extensively studied; there are literally

hundreds

of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the current scientific

literature. Scientists are in general agreement that grain- and

legume-based diets high in phytates contribute to widespread mineral

deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis shows that calcium,

magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant foods eaten in

these

areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and grain-based diets

prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of the highest phytate

levels of any grain or legume that has been studied,16 and the

phytates

in soy are highly resistant to normal phytate-reducing techniques

such

as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of fermentation will

significantly reduce the phytate content of soybeans.When

precipitated

soy products like tofu are consumed with meat, the mineral-blocking

effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The Japanese traditionally

eat a

small amount of tofu or miso as part of a mineral-rich fish broth,

followed by a serving of meat or fish.Vegetarians who consume tofu

and

bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy products risk severe

mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium, magnesium and iron

deficiency are well known; those of zinc are less so.Zinc is called

the

intelligence mineral because it is needed for optimal development

and

functioning of the brain and nervous system. It plays a role in

protein

synthesis and collagen formation; it is involved in the blood-sugar

control mechanism and thus protects against diabetes; it is needed

for a

healthy reproductive system.Zinc is a key component in numerous

vital

enzymes and plays a role in the immune system. Phytates found in soy

products interfere with zinc absorption more completely than with

other

minerals.19 Zinc deficiency can cause a " spacey " feeling that some

vegetarians may mistake for the " high " of spiritual

enlightenment.Milk

drinking is given as the reason why second-generation Japanese in

America grow taller than their native ancestors. Some investigators

postulate that the reduced phytate content of the American diet -

whatever may be its other deficiencies - is the true explanation,

pointing out that both Asian and Western children who do not get

enough

meat and fish products to counteract the effects of a high phytate

diet,

frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other growth problems.20*

 

Soy Protein Isolate: Not So Friendly

 

*Soy processors have worked hard to get these antinutrients out of

the

finished product, particularly soy protein isolate (SPI) which is

the

key ingredient in most soy foods that imitate meat and dairy

products,

including baby formulas and some brands of soy milk.SPI is not

something

you can make in your own kitchen. Production takes place in

industrial

factories where a slurry of soy beans is first mixed with an

alkaline

solution to remove fiber, then precipitated and separated using an

acid

wash and, finally, neutralized in an alkaline solution.Acid washing

in

aluminum tanks leaches high levels of aluminum into the final

product.

The resultant curds are spray- dried at high temperatures to produce

a

high-protein powder. A final indignity to the original soybean is

high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion processing of soy protein

isolate to produce textured vegetable protein (TVP).Much of the

trypsin

inhibitor content can be removed through high-temperature

processing,

but not all. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy protein isolate can

vary

as much as fivefold.21 (In rats, even low-level trypsin inhibitor

SPI

feeding results in reduced weight gain compared to controls.22)But

high-temperature processing has the unfortunate side-effect of so

denaturing the other proteins in soy that they are rendered largely

ineffective.23 That's why animals on soy feed need lysine

supplements

for normal growth.Nitrites, which are potent carcinogens, are formed

during spray-drying, and a toxin called lysinoalanine is formed

during

alkaline processing.24 Numerous artificial flavorings, particularly

MSG,

are added to soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein

products

to mask their strong " beany " taste and to impart the flavor of

meat.25In

feeding experiments, the use of SPI increased requirements for

vitamins

E, K, D and B12 and created deficiency symptoms of calcium,

magnesium,

manganese, molybdenum, copper, iron and zinc.26 Phytic acid

remaining in

these soy products greatly inhibits zinc and iron absorption; test

animals fed SPI develop enlarged organs, particularly the pancreas

and

thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty acids in the

liver.27Yet soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein are

used

extensively in school lunch programs, commercial baked goods, diet

beverages and fast food products. They are heavily promoted in third

world countries and form the basis of many food giveaway programs.

In

spite of poor results in animal feeding trials, the soy industry has

sponsored a number of studies designed to show that soy protein

products

can be used in human diets as a replacement for traditional foods.

An

example is " Nutritional Quality of Soy Bean Protein Isolates:

Studies in

Children of Preschool Age " , sponsored by the Ralston Purina

Company.28 A

group of Central American children suffering from malnutrition was

first

stabilized and brought into better health by feeding them native

foods,

including meat and dairy products. Then, for a two-week period,

these

traditional foods were replaced by a drink made of soy protein

isolate

and sugar. All nitrogen taken in and all nitrogen excreted was

measured

in truly Orwellian fashion: the children were weighed naked every

morning, and all excrement and vomit gathered up for analysis. The

researchers found that the children retained nitrogen and that their

growth was " adequate " , so the experiment was declared a

success.Whether

the children were actually healthy on such a diet, or could remain

so

over a long period, is another matter. The researchers noted that

the

children vomited " occasionally " , usually after finishing a meal;

that

over half suffered from periods of moderate diarrhea; that some had

upper respiratory infections; and that others suffered from rash and

fever.It should be noted that the researchers did not dare to use

soy

products to help the children recover from malnutrition, and were

obliged to supplement the soy-sugar mixture with nutrients largely

absent in soy products - notably, vitamins A, D and B12, iron,

iodine

and zinc.*

 

Marketing The Perfect Food

*

" Just imagine you could grow the perfect food. This food not only

would

provide affordable nutrition, but also would be delicious and easy

to

prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a healthful food, with no

saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a virtual fountain of

youth

on your back forty. " The author is Dean Houghton, writing for The

Furrow,2 a magazine published in 12 languages by John Deere. " This

ideal

food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse, some of the world's

most

dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle crop in a variety of

soils

and climates. Its cultivation would build up, not deplete, the

land...this miracle food already exists... It's called soy. " Just

imagine. Farmers have been imagining - and planting more soy. What

was

once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US Department of Agriculture

(USDA) handbook not as a food but as an industrial product, now

covers

72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this harvest will be

used

to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon. Another large

fraction

will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine, shortenings and salad

dressings.Advances in technology make it possible to produce

isolated

soy protein from what was once considered a waste product - the

defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then transform something that

looks and smells terrible into products that can be consumed by

human

beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners, emulsifiers and

synthetic

nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the food processors' ugly

duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.The new fairy-tale food has been

marketed not so much for her beauty but for her virtues. Early on,

products based on soy protein isolate were sold as extenders and

meat

substitutes - a strategy that failed to produce the requisite

consumer

demand. The industry changed its approach. " The quickest way to gain

product acceptability in the less affluent society, " said an

industry

spokesman, " is to have the product consumed on its own merit in a

more

affluent society. " 3 So soy is now sold to the upscale consumer, not

as a

cheap, poverty food but as a miracle substance that will prevent

heart

disease and cancer, whisk away hot flushes, build strong bones and

keep

us forever young. The competition - meat, milk, cheese, butter and

eggs

- has been duly demonised by the appropriate government bodies. Soy

serves as meat and milk for a new generation of virtuous vegetarians.

*

 

Marketing Costs Money*

 

This is especially when it needs to be bolstered with " research " ,

but

there's plenty of funds available. All soybean producers pay a

mandatory

assessment of one-half to one per cent of the net market price of

soybeans. The total - something like US$80 million annually4 -

supports

United Soybean's program to " strengthen the position of soybeans in

the

marketplace and maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets for

uses for soybeans and soybean products " . State soybean councils from

Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Arkansas, Virginia, North Dakota and

Michigan provide another $2.5 million for " research " .5 Private

companies

like Archer Daniels Midland also contribute their share. ADM spent

$4.7

million for advertising on Meet the Press and $4.3 million on Face

the

Nation during the course of a year.6Public relations firms help

convert

research projects into newspaper articles and advertising copy, and

law

firms lobby for favorable government regulations. IMF money funds

soy

processing plants in foreign countries, and free trade policies keep

soybean abundance flowing to overseas destinations.The push for more

soy

has been relentless and global in its reach. Soy protein is now

found in

most supermarket breads. It is being used to transform " the humble

tortilla, Mexico's corn-based staple food, into a protein-fortified

'super-tortilla' that would give a nutritional boost to the nearly

20

million Mexicans who live in extreme poverty " .7 Advertising for a

new

soy-enriched loaf from Allied Bakeries in Britain targets menopausal

women seeking relief from hot flushes. Sales are running at a

quarter of

a million loaves per week.8The soy industry hired Norman Robert

Associates, a public relations firm, to " get more soy products onto

school menus " .9 The USDA responded with a proposal to scrap the 30

per

cent limit for soy in school lunches. The NuMenu program would allow

unlimited use of soy in student meals. With soy added to hamburgers,

tacos and lasagna, dieticians can get the total fat content below 30

per

cent of calories, thereby conforming to government dictates. " With

the

soy-enhanced food items, students are receiving better servings of

nutrients and less cholesterol and fat. " Soy milk has posted the

biggest

gains, soaring from $2 million in 1980 to $300 million in the US

last

year.10 Recent advances in processing have transformed the gray,

thin,

bitter, beany-tasting Asian beverage into a product that Western

consumers will accept - one that tastes like a milkshake, but

without

the guilt.Processing miracles, good packaging, massive advertising

and a

marketing strategy that stresses the products' possible health

benefits

account for increasing sales to all age groups. For example, reports

that soy helps prevent prostate cancer have made soy milk acceptable

to

middle-aged men. " You don't have to twist the arm of a 55- to

60-year-old guy to get him to try soy milk, " says Mark Messina.

Michael

Milken, former junk bond financier, has helped the industry shed its

hippie image with well-publicized efforts to consume 40 grams of soy

protein daily.America today, tomorrow the world. Soy milk sales are

rising in Canada, even though soy milk there costs twice as much as

cow's milk. Soybean milk processing plants are sprouting up in

places

like Kenya.11 Even China, where soy really is a poverty food and

whose

people want more meat, not tofu, has opted to build Western-style

soy

factories rather than develop western grasslands for grazing

animals.12*

 

FDA Health Claim Challenged*

 

On October 25, 1999 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

decided to

allow a health claim for products " low in saturated fat and

cholesterol "

that contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving. Breakfast

cereals,

baked goods, convenience food, smoothie mixes and meat substitutes

could

now be sold with labels touting benefits to cardiovascular health,

as

long as these products contained one heaping teaspoon of soy protein

per

100-gram serving. The best marketing strategy for a product that is

inherently unhealthy is, of course, a health claim. " The road to FDA

approval, " writes a soy apologist, " was long and demanding,

consisting

of a detailed review of human clinical data collected from more than

40

scientific studies conducted over the last 20 years. Soy protein was

found to be one of the rare foods that had sufficient scientific

evidence not only to qualify for an FDA health claim proposal but to

ultimately pass the rigorous approval process. " 29The " long and

demanding " road to FDA approval actually took a few unexpected

turns.

The original petition, submitted by Protein Technology

International,

requested a health claim for isoflavones, the estrogen-like

compounds

found plentifully in soybeans, based on assertions that " only soy

protein that has been processed in a manner in which isoflavones are

retained will result in cholesterol lowering " .In 1998, the FDA made

the

unprecedented move of rewriting PTI's petition, removing any

reference

to the phyto-estrogens and substituting a claim for soy protein - a

move

that was in direct contradiction to the agency's regulations. The

FDA is

authorized to make rulings only on substances presented by

petition.The

abrupt change in direction was no doubt due to the fact that a

number of

researchers, including scientists employed by the US Government,

submitted documents indicating that isoflavones are toxic.The FDA

had

also received, early in 1998, the final British Government report on

phytoestrogens, which failed to find much evidence of benefit and

warned

against potential adverse effects.30

Even with the change to soy protein isolate, FDA bureaucrats engaged

in

the " rigorous approval process " were forced to deal nimbly with

concerns

about mineral blocking effects, enzyme inhibitors, goitrogenicity,

endocrine disruption, reproductive problems and increased allergic

reactions from consumption of soy products.31One of the strongest

letters of protest came from Dr Dan Sheehan and Dr Daniel Doerge,

government researchers at the National Center for Toxicological

Research.32 Their pleas for warning labels were dismissed as

unwarranted. " Sufficient scientific evidence " of soy's

cholesterol-lowering properties is drawn largely from a 1995

meta-analysis by Dr James Anderson, sponsored by Protein

Technologies

International and published in the New England Journal of

Medicine.33A

meta-analysis is a review and summary of the results of many

clinical

studies on the same subject. Use of meta-analyses to draw general

conclusions has come under sharp criticism by members of the

scientific

community. " Researchers substituting meta-analysis for more rigorous

trials risk making faulty assumptions and indulging in creative

accounting, " says Sir John Scott, President of the Royal Society of

New

Zealand. " Like is not being lumped with like. Little lumps and big

lumps

of data are being gathered together by various groups. " 34There is

the

added temptation for researchers, particularly researchers funded by

a

company like Protein Technologies International, to leave out

studies

that would prevent the desired conclusions. Dr Anderson discarded

eight

studies for various reasons, leaving a remainder of twenty-nine. The

published report suggested that individuals with cholesterol levels

over

250 mg/dl would experience a " significant " reduction of 7 to 20 per

cent

in levels of serum cholesterol if they substituted soy protein for

animal protein. Cholesterol reduction was insignificant for

individuals

whose cholesterol was lower than 250 mg/dl.In other words, for most

of

us, giving up steak and eating vegieburgers instead will not bring

down

blood cholesterol levels. The health claim that the FDA

approved " after

detailed review of human clinical data " fails to inform the consumer

about these important details.Research that ties soy to positive

effects

on cholesterol levels is " incredibly immature " , said Ronald M.

Krauss,

MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research Program and Lawrence

Berkeley

National Laboratory.35 He might have added that studies in which

cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet or drugs have

consistently resulted in a greater number of deaths in the treatment

groups than in controls - deaths from stroke, cancer, intestinal

disorders, accident and suicide.36 Cholesterol-lowering measures in

the

US have fuelled a $60 billion per year cholesterol-lowering

industry,

but have not saved us from the ravages of heart disease.

 

____________________________

 

*Soy And Cancer *

The new FDA ruling does not allow any claims about cancer prevention

on

food packages, but that has not restrained the industry and its

marketers from making them in their promotional literature.

" In addition to protecting the heart, " says a vitamin company

brochure,

" soy has demonstrated powerful anticancer benefits...the Japanese,

who

eat 30 times as much soy as North Americans, have a lower incidence

of

cancers of the breast, uterus and prostate. " 37 Indeed they do. But

the

Japanese, and Asians in general, have much higher rates of other

types

of cancer, particularly cancer of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas

and

liver.38 Asians throughout the world also have high rates of thyroid

cancer.39 The logic that links low rates of reproductive cancers to

soy

consumption requires attribution of high rates of thyroid and

digestive

cancers to the same foods, particularly as soy causes these types of

cancers in laboratory rats.Just how much soy do Asians eat? A 1998

survey found that the average daily amount of soy protein consumed

in

Japan was about eight grams for men and seven for women - less than

two

teaspoons.40 The famous Cornell China Study, conducted by Colin T.

Campbell, found that legume consumption in China varied from 0 to 58

grams per day, with a mean of about twelve.41Assuming that two-

thirds of

legume consumption is soy, then the maximum consumption is about 40

grams, or less than three tablespoons per day, with an average

consumption of about nine grams, or less than two teaspoons. A

survey

conducted in the 1930s found that soy foods accounted for only 1.5

per

cent of calories in the Chinese diet, compared with 65 per cent of

calories from pork.42 (Asians traditionally cooked with lard, not

vegetable oil!)Traditionally fermented soy products make a

delicious,

natural seasoning that may supply important nutritional factors in

the

Asian diet. But except in times of famine, Asians consume soy

products

only in small amounts, as condiments, and not as a replacement for

animal foods - with one exception. Celibate monks living in

monasteries

and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy foods quite helpful

because

they dampen libido.It was a 1994 meta-analysis by Mark Messina,

published in Nutrition and Cancer, that fuelled speculation on soy's

anticarcinogenic properties.43 Messina noted that in 26 animal

studies,

65 per cent reported protective effects from soy. He conveniently

neglected to include at least one study in which soy feeding caused

pancreatic cancer - the 1985 study by Rackis.44 In the human studies

he

listed, the results were mixed.A few showed some protective effect,

but

most showed no correlation at all between soy consumption and cancer

rates. He concluded that " the data in this review cannot be used as

a

basis for claiming that soy intake decreases cancer risk " . Yet in

his

subsequent book, The Simple Soybean and Your Health, Messina makes

just

such a claim, recommending one cup or 230 grams of soy products per

day

in his " optimal " diet as a way to prevent cancer.Thousands of women

are

now consuming soy in the belief that it protects them against breast

cancer. Yet, in 1996, researchers found that women consuming soy

protein

isolate had an increased incidence of epithelial hyperplasia, a

condition that presages malignancies.45 A year later, dietary

genistein

was found to stimulate breast cells to enter the cell cycle - a

discovery that led the study authors to conclude that women should

not

consume soy products to prevent breast cancer.46*Phytoestrogens:

Panacea

Or Poison? *

The male species of tropical birds carries the drab plumage of the

female at birth and 'colors up' at maturity, somewhere between nine

and

24 months.In 1991, Richard and Valerie James, bird breeders in

Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of feed for their

birds -

one based largely on soy protein.47 When soy-based feed was used,

their

birds 'colored up' after just a few months. In fact, one bird-food

manufacturer claimed that this early development was an advantage

imparted by the feed.A 1992 ad for Roudybush feed formula showed a

picture of the male crimson rosella, an Australian parrot that

acquires

beautiful red plumage at 18 to 24 months, already brightly colored

at 11

weeks old.Unfortunately, in the ensuing years, there was decreased

fertility in the birds, with precocious maturation, deformed,

stunted

and stillborn babies, and premature deaths, especially among

females,

with the result that the total population in the aviaries went into

steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone deformities,

goiter,

immune system disorders and pathological, aggressive behavior.

Autopsy

revealed digestive organs in a state of disintegration. The list of

problems corresponded with many of the problems the Jameses had

encountered in their two children, who had been fed soy-based infant

formula.Startled, aghast, angry, the Jameses hired toxicologist Mike

Fitzpatrick. PhD, to investigate further. Dr Fitzpatrick's

literature

review uncovered evidence that soy consumption has been linked to

numerous disorders, including infertility, increased cancer and

infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back to the 1950s,48 that

genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in animals. Dr

Fitzpatrick

also analyzed the bird feed and found that it contained high levels

of

phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the Jameses discontinued

using soy-based feed, the flock gradually returned to normal

breeding

habits and behavior.The Jameses embarked on a private crusade to

warn

the public and government officials about toxins in soy foods,

particularly the endocrine-disrupting isoflavones, genistein and

diadzen. Protein Technology International received their material in

1994.In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that consumption of as

little as 30 grams or two tablespoons of soybeans per day for only

one

month resulted in a significant increase in thyroid-stimulating

hormone.49 Diffuse goiter and hypothyroidism appeared in some of the

subjects and many complained of constipation, fatigue and lethargy,

even

though their intake of iodine was adequate.In 1997, researchers from

the

FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research made the

embarrassing

discovery that the goitrogenic components of soy were the very same

isoflavones.50Twenty-five grams of soy protein isolate, the minimum

amount PTI claimed to have cholesterol-lowering effects, contains

from

50 to 70 mg of isoflavones. It took only 45 mg of isoflavones in

premenopausal women to exert significant biological effects,

including a

reduction in hormones needed for adequate thyroid function. These

effects lingered for three months after soy consumption was

discontinued.51 One hundred grams of soy protein - the maximum

suggested

cholesterol-lowering dose, and the amount recommended by Protein

Technologies International - can contain almost 600 mg of

isoflavones,52

an amount that is undeniably toxic. In 1992, the Swiss health

service

estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provided the estrogenic

equivalent of the Pill.53In vitro studies suggest that isoflavones

inhibit synthesis of estradiol and other steroid hormones.54

Reproductive problems, infertility, thyroid disease and liver

disease

due to dietary intake of isoflavones have been observed for several

species of animals including mice, cheetah, quail, pigs, rats,

sturgeon

and sheep.55 It is the isoflavones in soy that are said to have a

favorable effect on postmenopausal symptoms, including hot flushes,

and

protection from osteoporosis. Quantification of discomfort from hot

flushes is extremely subjective, and most studies show that control

subjects report reduction in discomfort in amounts equal to subjects

given soy.56 The claim that soy prevents osteoporosis is

extraordinary,

given that soy foods block calcium and cause vitamin D

deficiencies.If

Asians indeed have lower rates of osteoporosis than Westerners, it

is

because their diet provides plenty of vitamin D from shrimp, lard

and

seafood, and plenty of calcium from bone broths. The reason that

Westerners have such high rates of osteoporosis is because they have

substituted soy oil for butter, which is a traditional source of

vitamin

D and other fat-soluble activators needed for calcium absorption.*

 

Birth Control Pills For Babies*

 

But it was the isoflavones in infant formula that gave the Jameses

the

most cause for concern. In 1998, investigators reported that the

daily

exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant formula is 6 to11

times

higher on a body-weight basis than the dose that has hormonal

effects in

adults consuming soy foods. Circulating concentrations of

isoflavones in

infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000 times higher

than

plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cow's milk

formula.57Approximately 25 per cent of bottle-fed children in the US

receive soy-based formula - a much higher percentage than in other

parts

of the Western world. Fitzpatrick estimated that an infant

exclusively

fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body

weight) of at least five birth control pills per day.58 By contrast,

almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in dairy-based infant

formula or in human milk, even when the mother consumes soy

products.

Scientists have known for years that soy-based formula can cause

thyroid

problems in babies. But what are the effects of soy products on the

hormonal

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[Guest guest]

What does everyone recommend to drink instead?? Rice Milk??

 

 

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Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

 

Hazzards of Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

 

 

http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig, Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

Side

The propaganda that has created the soy sales miracle is all the

more

remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the soybean was

considered

unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou Dynasty (1134-246 BC)

the

soybean was designated one of the five sacred grains, along with

barley,

wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph for the soybean,

which

dates from earlier times, indicates that it was not first used as a

food; for whereas the pictographs for the other four grains show the

seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph for the soybean

emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural literature of the period

speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop rotation.

Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a method of fixing

nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food until the discovery

of

fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou Dynasty. The

first

soy foods were fermented products like tempeh, natto, miso and soy

sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century BC, Chinese

scientists discovered that a purée of cooked soybeans could be

precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium sulfate (plaster of

Paris

or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu or bean curd. The

use

of fermented and precipitated soy products soon spread to other

parts of

the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The Chinese did not eat

unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such as lentils

because

the soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or

" antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that

block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein

digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that

are

not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce

serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic

deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets high in

trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of

the

pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a

clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump

together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth

inhibitors.

Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients fail to grow

normally. Growth-depressant compounds are deactivated during the

process

of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered how to ferment the

soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into their diets.In

precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate in the soaking

liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and bean curd, growth

depressants are reduced in quantity but not completely eliminated.

 

Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that depress thyroid

function

 

..Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy is genetically

modified

and it also has one of the highest percentages contamination by

pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high in phytic acid,

present

in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a substance that can block

the

uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and

especially zinc - in the intestinal tract.Although not a household

word,

phytic acid has been extensively studied; there are literally

hundreds

of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the current scientific

literature. Scientists are in general agreement that grain- and

legume-based diets high in phytates contribute to widespread mineral

deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis shows that calcium,

magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant foods eaten in

these

areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and grain-based diets

prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of the highest phytate

levels of any grain or legume that has been studied,16 and the

phytates

in soy are highly resistant to normal phytate-reducing techniques

such

as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of fermentation will

significantly reduce the phytate content of soybeans.When

precipitated

soy products like tofu are consumed with meat, the mineral-blocking

effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The Japanese traditionally

eat a

small amount of tofu or miso as part of a mineral-rich fish broth,

followed by a serving of meat or fish.Vegetarians who consume tofu

and

bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy products risk severe

mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium, magnesium and iron

deficiency are well known; those of zinc are less so.Zinc is called

the

intelligence mineral because it is needed for optimal development

and

functioning of the brain and nervous system. It plays a role in

protein

synthesis and collagen formation; it is involved in the blood-sugar

control mechanism and thus protects against diabetes; it is needed

for a

healthy reproductive system.Zinc is a key component in numerous

vital

enzymes and plays a role in the immune system. Phytates found in soy

products interfere with zinc absorption more completely than with

other

minerals.19 Zinc deficiency can cause a " spacey " feeling that some

vegetarians may mistake for the " high " of spiritual

enlightenment.Milk

drinking is given as the reason why second-generation Japanese in

America grow taller than their native ancestors. Some investigators

postulate that the reduced phytate content of the American diet -

whatever may be its other deficiencies - is the true explanation,

pointing out that both Asian and Western children who do not get

enough

meat and fish products to counteract the effects of a high phytate

diet,

frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other growth problems.20*

 

Soy Protein Isolate: Not So Friendly

 

*Soy processors have worked hard to get these antinutrients out of

the

finished product, particularly soy protein isolate (SPI) which is

the

key ingredient in most soy foods that imitate meat and dairy

products,

including baby formulas and some brands of soy milk.SPI is not

something

you can make in your own kitchen. Production takes place in

industrial

factories where a slurry of soy beans is first mixed with an

alkaline

solution to remove fiber, then precipitated and separated using an

acid

wash and, finally, neutralized in an alkaline solution.Acid washing

in

aluminum tanks leaches high levels of aluminum into the final

product.

The resultant curds are spray- dried at high temperatures to produce

a

high-protein powder. A final indignity to the original soybean is

high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion processing of soy protein

isolate to produce textured vegetable protein (TVP).Much of the

trypsin

inhibitor content can be removed through high-temperature

processing,

but not all. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy protein isolate can

vary

as much as fivefold.21 (In rats, even low-level trypsin inhibitor

SPI

feeding results in reduced weight gain compared to controls.22)But

high-temperature processing has the unfortunate side-effect of so

denaturing the other proteins in soy that they are rendered largely

ineffective.23 That's why animals on soy feed need lysine

supplements

for normal growth.Nitrites, which are potent carcinogens, are formed

during spray-drying, and a toxin called lysinoalanine is formed

during

alkaline processing.24 Numerous artificial flavorings, particularly

MSG,

are added to soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein

products

to mask their strong " beany " taste and to impart the flavor of

meat.25In

feeding experiments, the use of SPI increased requirements for

vitamins

E, K, D and B12 and created deficiency symptoms of calcium,

magnesium,

manganese, molybdenum, copper, iron and zinc.26 Phytic acid

remaining in

these soy products greatly inhibits zinc and iron absorption; test

animals fed SPI develop enlarged organs, particularly the pancreas

and

thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty acids in the

liver.27Yet soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein are

used

extensively in school lunch programs, commercial baked goods, diet

beverages and fast food products. They are heavily promoted in third

world countries and form the basis of many food giveaway programs.

In

spite of poor results in animal feeding trials, the soy industry has

sponsored a number of studies designed to show that soy protein

products

can be used in human diets as a replacement for traditional foods.

An

example is " Nutritional Quality of Soy Bean Protein Isolates:

Studies in

Children of Preschool Age " , sponsored by the Ralston Purina

Company.28 A

group of Central American children suffering from malnutrition was

first

stabilized and brought into better health by feeding them native

foods,

including meat and dairy products. Then, for a two-week period,

these

traditional foods were replaced by a drink made of soy protein

isolate

and sugar. All nitrogen taken in and all nitrogen excreted was

measured

in truly Orwellian fashion: the children were weighed naked every

morning, and all excrement and vomit gathered up for analysis. The

researchers found that the children retained nitrogen and that their

growth was " adequate " , so the experiment was declared a

success.Whether

the children were actually healthy on such a diet, or could remain

so

over a long period, is another matter. The researchers noted that

the

children vomited " occasionally " , usually after finishing a meal;

that

over half suffered from periods of moderate diarrhea; that some had

upper respiratory infections; and that others suffered from rash and

fever.It should be noted that the researchers did not dare to use

soy

products to help the children recover from malnutrition, and were

obliged to supplement the soy-sugar mixture with nutrients largely

absent in soy products - notably, vitamins A, D and B12, iron,

iodine

and zinc.*

 

Marketing The Perfect Food

*

" Just imagine you could grow the perfect food. This food not only

would

provide affordable nutrition, but also would be delicious and easy

to

prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a healthful food, with no

saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a virtual fountain of

youth

on your back forty. " The author is Dean Houghton, writing for The

Furrow,2 a magazine published in 12 languages by John Deere. " This

ideal

food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse, some of the world's

most

dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle crop in a variety of

soils

and climates. Its cultivation would build up, not deplete, the

land...this miracle food already exists... It's called soy. " Just

imagine. Farmers have been imagining - and planting more soy. What

was

once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US Department of Agriculture

(USDA) handbook not as a food but as an industrial product, now

covers

72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this harvest will be

used

to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon. Another large

fraction

will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine, shortenings and salad

dressings.Advances in technology make it possible to produce

isolated

soy protein from what was once considered a waste product - the

defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then transform something that

looks and smells terrible into products that can be consumed by

human

beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners, emulsifiers and

synthetic

nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the food processors' ugly

duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.The new fairy-tale food has been

marketed not so much for her beauty but for her virtues. Early on,

products based on soy protein isolate were sold as extenders and

meat

substitutes - a strategy that failed to produce the requisite

consumer

demand. The industry changed its approach. " The quickest way to gain

product acceptability in the less affluent society, " said an

industry

spokesman, " is to have the product consumed on its own merit in a

more

affluent society. " 3 So soy is now sold to the upscale consumer, not

as a

cheap, poverty food but as a miracle substance that will prevent

heart

disease and cancer, whisk away hot flushes, build strong bones and

keep

us forever young. The competition - meat, milk, cheese, butter and

eggs

- has been duly demonised by the appropriate government bodies. Soy

serves as meat and milk for a new generation of virtuous vegetarians.

*

 

Marketing Costs Money*

 

This is especially when it needs to be bolstered with " research " ,

but

there's plenty of funds available. All soybean producers pay a

mandatory

assessment of one-half to one per cent of the net market price of

soybeans. The total - something like US$80 million annually4 -

supports

United Soybean's program to " strengthen the position of soybeans in

the

marketplace and maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets for

uses for soybeans and soybean products " . State soybean councils from

Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Arkansas, Virginia, North Dakota and

Michigan provide another $2.5 million for " research " .5 Private

companies

like Archer Daniels Midland also contribute their share. ADM spent

$4.7

million for advertising on Meet the Press and $4.3 million on Face

the

Nation during the course of a year.6Public relations firms help

convert

research projects into newspaper articles and advertising copy, and

law

firms lobby for favorable government regulations. IMF money funds

soy

processing plants in foreign countries, and free trade policies keep

soybean abundance flowing to overseas destinations.The push for more

soy

has been relentless and global in its reach. Soy protein is now

found in

most supermarket breads. It is being used to transform " the humble

tortilla, Mexico's corn-based staple food, into a protein-fortified

'super-tortilla' that would give a nutritional boost to the nearly

20

million Mexicans who live in extreme poverty " .7 Advertising for a

new

soy-enriched loaf from Allied Bakeries in Britain targets menopausal

women seeking relief from hot flushes. Sales are running at a

quarter of

a million loaves per week.8The soy industry hired Norman Robert

Associates, a public relations firm, to " get more soy products onto

school menus " .9 The USDA responded with a proposal to scrap the 30

per

cent limit for soy in school lunches. The NuMenu program would allow

unlimited use of soy in student meals. With soy added to hamburgers,

tacos and lasagna, dieticians can get the total fat content below 30

per

cent of calories, thereby conforming to government dictates. " With

the

soy-enhanced food items, students are receiving better servings of

nutrients and less cholesterol and fat. " Soy milk has posted the

biggest

gains, soaring from $2 million in 1980 to $300 million in the US

last

year.10 Recent advances in processing have transformed the gray,

thin,

bitter, beany-tasting Asian beverage into a product that Western

consumers will accept - one that tastes like a milkshake, but

without

the guilt.Processing miracles, good packaging, massive advertising

and a

marketing strategy that stresses the products' possible health

benefits

account for increasing sales to all age groups. For example, reports

that soy helps prevent prostate cancer have made soy milk acceptable

to

middle-aged men. " You don't have to twist the arm of a 55- to

60-year-old guy to get him to try soy milk, " says Mark Messina.

Michael

Milken, former junk bond financier, has helped the industry shed its

hippie image with well-publicized efforts to consume 40 grams of soy

protein daily.America today, tomorrow the world. Soy milk sales are

rising in Canada, even though soy milk there costs twice as much as

cow's milk. Soybean milk processing plants are sprouting up in

places

like Kenya.11 Even China, where soy really is a poverty food and

whose

people want more meat, not tofu, has opted to build Western-style

soy

factories rather than develop western grasslands for grazing

animals.12*

 

FDA Health Claim Challenged*

 

On October 25, 1999 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

decided to

allow a health claim for products " low in saturated fat and

cholesterol "

that contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving. Breakfast

cereals,

baked goods, convenience food, smoothie mixes and meat substitutes

could

now be sold with labels touting benefits to cardiovascular health,

as

long as these products contained one heaping teaspoon of soy protein

per

100-gram serving. The best marketing strategy for a product that is

inherently unhealthy is, of course, a health claim. " The road to FDA

approval, " writes a soy apologist, " was long and demanding,

consisting

of a detailed review of human clinical data collected from more than

40

scientific studies conducted over the last 20 years. Soy protein was

found to be one of the rare foods that had sufficient scientific

evidence not only to qualify for an FDA health claim proposal but to

ultimately pass the rigorous approval process. " 29The " long and

demanding " road to FDA approval actually took a few unexpected

turns.

The original petition, submitted by Protein Technology

International,

requested a health claim for isoflavones, the estrogen-like

compounds

found plentifully in soybeans, based on assertions that " only soy

protein that has been processed in a manner in which isoflavones are

retained will result in cholesterol lowering " .In 1998, the FDA made

the

unprecedented move of rewriting PTI's petition, removing any

reference

to the phyto-estrogens and substituting a claim for soy protein - a

move

that was in direct contradiction to the agency's regulations. The

FDA is

authorized to make rulings only on substances presented by

petition.The

abrupt change in direction was no doubt due to the fact that a

number of

researchers, including scientists employed by the US Government,

submitted documents indicating that isoflavones are toxic.The FDA

had

also received, early in 1998, the final British Government report on

phytoestrogens, which failed to find much evidence of benefit and

warned

against potential adverse effects.30

Even with the change to soy protein isolate, FDA bureaucrats engaged

in

the " rigorous approval process " were forced to deal nimbly with

concerns

about mineral blocking effects, enzyme inhibitors, goitrogenicity,

endocrine disruption, reproductive problems and increased allergic

reactions from consumption of soy products.31One of the strongest

letters of protest came from Dr Dan Sheehan and Dr Daniel Doerge,

government researchers at the National Center for Toxicological

Research.32 Their pleas for warning labels were dismissed as

unwarranted. " Sufficient scientific evidence " of soy's

cholesterol-lowering properties is drawn largely from a 1995

meta-analysis by Dr James Anderson, sponsored by Protein

Technologies

International and published in the New England Journal of

Medicine.33A

meta-analysis is a review and summary of the results of many

clinical

studies on the same subject. Use of meta-analyses to draw general

conclusions has come under sharp criticism by members of the

scientific

community. " Researchers substituting meta-analysis for more rigorous

trials risk making faulty assumptions and indulging in creative

accounting, " says Sir John Scott, President of the Royal Society of

New

Zealand. " Like is not being lumped with like. Little lumps and big

lumps

of data are being gathered together by various groups. " 34There is

the

added temptation for researchers, particularly researchers funded by

a

company like Protein Technologies International, to leave out

studies

that would prevent the desired conclusions. Dr Anderson discarded

eight

studies for various reasons, leaving a remainder of twenty-nine. The

published report suggested that individuals with cholesterol levels

over

250 mg/dl would experience a " significant " reduction of 7 to 20 per

cent

in levels of serum cholesterol if they substituted soy protein for

animal protein. Cholesterol reduction was insignificant for

individuals

whose cholesterol was lower than 250 mg/dl.In other words, for most

of

us, giving up steak and eating vegieburgers instead will not bring

down

blood cholesterol levels. The health claim that the FDA

approved " after

detailed review of human clinical data " fails to inform the consumer

about these important details.Research that ties soy to positive

effects

on cholesterol levels is " incredibly immature " , said Ronald M.

Krauss,

MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research Program and Lawrence

Berkeley

National Laboratory.35 He might have added that studies in which

cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet or drugs have

consistently resulted in a greater number of deaths in the treatment

groups than in controls - deaths from stroke, cancer, intestinal

disorders, accident and suicide.36 Cholesterol-lowering measures in

the

US have fuelled a $60 billion per year cholesterol-lowering

industry,

but have not saved us from the ravages of heart disease.

 

____________________________

 

*Soy And Cancer *

The new FDA ruling does not allow any claims about cancer prevention

on

food packages, but that has not restrained the industry and its

marketers from making them in their promotional literature.

" In addition to protecting the heart, " says a vitamin company

brochure,

" soy has demonstrated powerful anticancer benefits...the Japanese,

who

eat 30 times as much soy as North Americans, have a lower incidence

of

cancers of the breast, uterus and prostate. " 37 Indeed they do. But

the

Japanese, and Asians in general, have much higher rates of other

types

of cancer, particularly cancer of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas

and

liver.38 Asians throughout the world also have high rates of thyroid

cancer.39 The logic that links low rates of reproductive cancers to

soy

consumption requires attribution of high rates of thyroid and

digestive

cancers to the same foods, particularly as soy causes these types of

cancers in laboratory rats.Just how much soy do Asians eat? A 1998

survey found that the average daily amount of soy protein consumed

in

Japan was about eight grams for men and seven for women - less than

two

teaspoons.40 The famous Cornell China Study, conducted by Colin T.

Campbell, found that legume consumption in China varied from 0 to 58

grams per day, with a mean of about twelve.41Assuming that two-

thirds of

legume consumption is soy, then the maximum consumption is about 40

grams, or less than three tablespoons per day, with an average

consumption of about nine grams, or less than two teaspoons. A

survey

conducted in the 1930s found that soy foods accounted for only 1.5

per

cent of calories in the Chinese diet, compared with 65 per cent of

calories from pork.42 (Asians traditionally cooked with lard, not

vegetable oil!)Traditionally fermented soy products make a

delicious,

natural seasoning that may supply important nutritional factors in

the

Asian diet. But except in times of famine, Asians consume soy

products

only in small amounts, as condiments, and not as a replacement for

animal foods - with one exception. Celibate monks living in

monasteries

and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy foods quite helpful

because

they dampen libido.It was a 1994 meta-analysis by Mark Messina,

published in Nutrition and Cancer, that fuelled speculation on soy's

anticarcinogenic properties.43 Messina noted that in 26 animal

studies,

65 per cent reported protective effects from soy. He conveniently

neglected to include at least one study in which soy feeding caused

pancreatic cancer - the 1985 study by Rackis.44 In the human studies

he

listed, the results were mixed.A few showed some protective effect,

but

most showed no correlation at all between soy consumption and cancer

rates. He concluded that " the data in this review cannot be used as

a

basis for claiming that soy intake decreases cancer risk " . Yet in

his

subsequent book, The Simple Soybean and Your Health, Messina makes

just

such a claim, recommending one cup or 230 grams of soy products per

day

in his " optimal " diet as a way to prevent cancer.Thousands of women

are

now consuming soy in the belief that it protects them against breast

cancer. Yet, in 1996, researchers found that women consuming soy

protein

isolate had an increased incidence of epithelial hyperplasia, a

condition that presages malignancies.45 A year later, dietary

genistein

was found to stimulate breast cells to enter the cell cycle - a

discovery that led the study authors to conclude that women should

not

consume soy products to prevent breast cancer.46*Phytoestrogens:

Panacea

Or Poison? *

The male species of tropical birds carries the drab plumage of the

female at birth and 'colors up' at maturity, somewhere between nine

and

24 months.In 1991, Richard and Valerie James, bird breeders in

Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of feed for their

birds -

one based largely on soy protein.47 When soy-based feed was used,

their

birds 'colored up' after just a few months. In fact, one bird-food

manufacturer claimed that this early development was an advantage

imparted by the feed.A 1992 ad for Roudybush feed formula showed a

picture of the male crimson rosella, an Australian parrot that

acquires

beautiful red plumage at 18 to 24 months, already brightly colored

at 11

weeks old.Unfortunately, in the ensuing years, there was decreased

fertility in the birds, with precocious maturation, deformed,

stunted

and stillborn babies, and premature deaths, especially among

females,

with the result that the total population in the aviaries went into

steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone deformities,

goiter,

immune system disorders and pathological, aggressive behavior.

Autopsy

revealed digestive organs in a state of disintegration. The list of

problems corresponded with many of the problems the Jameses had

encountered in their two children, who had been fed soy-based infant

formula.Startled, aghast, angry, the Jameses hired toxicologist Mike

Fitzpatrick. PhD, to investigate further. Dr Fitzpatrick's

literature

review uncovered evidence that soy consumption has been linked to

numerous disorders, including infertility, increased cancer and

infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back to the 1950s,48 that

genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in animals. Dr

Fitzpatrick

also analyzed the bird feed and found that it contained high levels

of

phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the Jameses discontinued

using soy-based feed, the flock gradually returned to normal

breeding

habits and behavior.The Jameses embarked on a private crusade to

warn

the public and government officials about toxins in soy foods,

particularly the endocrine-disrupting isoflavones, genistein and

diadzen. Protein Technology International received their material in

1994.In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that consumption of as

little as 30 grams or two tablespoons of soybeans per day for only

one

month resulted in a significant increase in thyroid-stimulating

hormone.49 Diffuse goiter and hypothyroidism appeared in some of the

subjects and many complained of constipation, fatigue and lethargy,

even

though their intake of iodine was adequate.In 1997, researchers from

the

FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research made the

embarrassing

discovery that the goitrogenic components of soy were the very same

isoflavones.50Twenty-five grams of soy protein isolate, the minimum

amount PTI claimed to have cholesterol-lowering effects, contains

from

50 to 70 mg of isoflavones. It took only 45 mg of isoflavones in

premenopausal women to exert significant biological effects,

including a

reduction in hormones needed for adequate thyroid function. These

effects lingered for three months after soy consumption was

discontinued.51 One hundred grams of soy protein - the maximum

suggested

cholesterol-lowering dose, and the amount recommended by Protein

Technologies International - can contain almost 600 mg of

isoflavones,52

an amount that is undeniably toxic. In 1992, the Swiss health

service

estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provided the estrogenic

equivalent of the Pill.53In vitro studies suggest that isoflavones

inhibit synthesis of estradiol and other steroid hormones.54

Reproductive problems, infertility, thyroid disease and liver

disease

due to dietary intake of isoflavones have been observed for several

species of animals including mice, cheetah, quail, pigs, rats,

sturgeon

and sheep.55 It is the isoflavones in soy that are said to have a

favorable effect on postmenopausal symptoms, including hot flushes,

and

protection from osteoporosis. Quantification of discomfort from hot

flushes is extremely subjective, and most studies show that control

subjects report reduction in discomfort in amounts equal to subjects

given soy.56 The claim that soy prevents osteoporosis is

extraordinary,

given that soy foods block calcium and cause vitamin D

deficiencies.If

Asians indeed have lower rates of osteoporosis than Westerners, it

is

because their diet provides plenty of vitamin D from shrimp, lard

and

seafood, and plenty of calcium from bone broths. The reason that

Westerners have such high rates of osteoporosis is because they have

substituted soy oil for butter, which is a traditional source of

vitamin

D and other fat-soluble activators needed for calcium absorption.*

 

Birth Control Pills For Babies*

 

But it was the isoflavones in infant formula that gave the Jameses

the

most cause for concern. In 1998, investigators reported that the

daily

exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant formula is 6 to11

times

higher on a body-weight basis than the dose that has hormonal

effects in

adults consuming soy foods. Circulating concentrations of

isoflavones in

infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000 times higher

than

plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cow's milk

formula.57Approximately 25 per cent of bottle-fed children in the US

receive soy-based formula - a much higher percentage than in other

parts

of the Western world. Fitzpatrick estimated that an infant

exclusively

fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body

weight) of at least five birth control pills per day.58 By contrast,

almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in dairy-based infant

formula or in human milk, even when the mother consumes soy

products.

Scientists have known for years that soy-based formula can cause

thyroid

problems in babies. But what are the effects of soy products on the

hormonal

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Why do you need to drink something other than water?

 

--- Rob Combis <rcombis wrote:

 

>

> What does everyone recommend to drink instead??

> Rice Milk??

>

>

> mm121elaine [121]

> Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

>

> Hazzards of

> Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

>

>

> http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

> Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

> Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig,

> Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

> Side

> The propaganda that has created the soy sales

> miracle is all the

> more

> remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the

> soybean was

> considered

> unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou Dynasty

> (1134-246 BC)

> the

> soybean was designated one of the five sacred

> grains, along with

> barley,

> wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph for

> the soybean,

> which

> dates from earlier times, indicates that it was not

> first used as a

> food; for whereas the pictographs for the other four

> grains show the

> seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph

> for the soybean

> emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural

> literature of the period

> speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop

> rotation.

> Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a

> method of fixing

> nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food

> until the discovery

> of

> fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou

> Dynasty. The

> first

> soy foods were fermented products like tempeh,

> natto, miso and soy

> sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century

> BC, Chinese

> scientists discovered that a purée of cooked

> soybeans could be

> precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium

> sulfate (plaster of

> Paris

> or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu

> or bean curd. The

> use

> of fermented and precipitated soy products soon

> spread to other

> parts of

> the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The Chinese

> did not eat

> unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such

> as lentils

> because

> the soybean contains large quantities of natural

> toxins or

> " antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme

> inhibitors that

> block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed

> for protein

> digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly folded

> proteins that

> are

> not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking.

> They can produce

> serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion

> and chronic

> deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals,

> diets high in

> trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and

> pathological conditions of

> the

> pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also contain

> haemagglutinin, a

> clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells

> to clump

> together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are

> growth

> inhibitors.

> Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients

> fail to grow

> normally. Growth-depressant compounds are

> deactivated during the

> process

> of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered how

> to ferment the

> soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into

> their diets.In

> precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate

> in the soaking

> liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and

> bean curd, growth

> depressants are reduced in quantity but not

> completely eliminated.

>

> Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that

> depress thyroid

> function

>

> .Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy is

> genetically

> modified

> and it also has one of the highest percentages

> contamination by

> pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high in

> phytic acid,

> present

> in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a substance

> that can block

> the

> uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium,

> copper, iron and

> especially zinc - in the intestinal tract.Although

> not a household

> word,

> phytic acid has been extensively studied; there are

> literally

> hundreds

> of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the

> current scientific

> literature. Scientists are in general agreement that

> grain- and

> legume-based diets high in phytates contribute to

> widespread mineral

> deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis

> shows that calcium,

> magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant

> foods eaten in

> these

> areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and

> grain-based diets

> prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of the

> highest phytate

> levels of any grain or legume that has been

> studied,16 and the

> phytates

> in soy are highly resistant to normal

> phytate-reducing techniques

> such

> as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of

> fermentation will

> significantly reduce the phytate content of

> soybeans.When

> precipitated

> soy products like tofu are consumed with meat, the

> mineral-blocking

> effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The Japanese

> traditionally

> eat a

> small amount of tofu or miso as part of a

> mineral-rich fish broth,

> followed by a serving of meat or fish.Vegetarians

> who consume tofu

> and

> bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy

> products risk severe

> mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium,

> magnesium and iron

> deficiency are well known; those of zinc are less

> so.Zinc is called

> the

> intelligence mineral because it is needed for

> optimal development

> and

> functioning of the brain and nervous system. It

> plays a role in

> protein

> synthesis and collagen formation; it is involved in

> the blood-sugar

> control mechanism and thus protects against

> diabetes; it is needed

> for a

> healthy reproductive system.Zinc is a key component

> in numerous

> vital

> enzymes and plays a role in the immune system.

> Phytates found in soy

> products interfere with zinc absorption more

> completely than with

> other

> minerals.19 Zinc deficiency can cause a " spacey "

> feeling that some

> vegetarians may mistake for the " high " of spiritual

> enlightenment.Milk

> drinking is given as the reason why

> second-generation Japanese in

> America grow taller than their native ancestors.

> Some investigators

> postulate that the reduced phytate content of the

> American diet -

> whatever may be its other deficiencies - is the true

> explanation,

> pointing out that both Asian and Western children

> who do not get

> enough

> meat and fish products to counteract the effects of

> a high phytate

> diet,

> frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other growth

> problems.20*

>

> Soy Protein Isolate: Not So Friendly

>

> *Soy processors have worked hard to get these

> antinutrients out of

> the

> finished product, particularly soy protein isolate

> (SPI) which is

> the

> key ingredient in most soy foods that imitate meat

> and dairy

> products,

> including baby formulas and some brands of soy

> milk.SPI is not

> something

> you can make in your own kitchen. Production takes

> place in

> industrial

> factories where a slurry of soy beans is first mixed

> with an

> alkaline

> solution to remove fiber, then precipitated and

> separated using an

> acid

> wash and, finally, neutralized in an alkaline

> solution.Acid washing

> in

> aluminum tanks leaches high levels of aluminum into

> the final

> product.

> The resultant curds are spray- dried at high

> temperatures to produce

> a

> high-protein powder. A final indignity to the

> original soybean is

> high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion processing

> of soy protein

> isolate to produce textured vegetable protein

> (TVP).Much of the

> trypsin

> inhibitor content can be removed through

> high-temperature

> processing,

> but not all. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy

> protein isolate can

> vary

> as much as fivefold.21 (In rats, even low-level

> trypsin inhibitor

> SPI

> feeding results in reduced weight gain compared to

> controls.22)But

> high-temperature processing has the unfortunate

> side-effect of so

> denaturing the other proteins in soy that they are

> rendered largely

> ineffective.23 That's why animals on soy feed need

> lysine

> supplements

> for normal growth.Nitrites, which are potent

> carcinogens, are formed

> during spray-drying, and a toxin called

> lysinoalanine is formed

> during

> alkaline processing.24 Numerous artificial

> flavorings, particularly

> MSG,

> are added to soy protein isolate and textured

> vegetable protein

> products

> to mask their strong " beany " taste and to impart the

> flavor of

> meat.25In

> feeding experiments, the use of SPI increased

> requirements for

> vitamins

> E, K, D and B12 and created deficiency symptoms of

> calcium,

> magnesium,

> manganese, molybdenum, copper, iron and zinc.26

> Phytic acid

> remaining in

> these soy products greatly inhibits zinc and iron

> absorption; test

> animals fed SPI develop enlarged organs,

> particularly the pancreas

> and

> thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty

> acids in the

> liver.27Yet soy protein isolate and textured

> vegetable protein are

> used

> extensively in school lunch programs, commercial

> baked goods, diet

> beverages and fast food products. They are heavily

> promoted in third

> world countries and form the basis of many food

> giveaway programs.

> In

> spite of poor results in animal feeding trials, the

> soy industry has

> sponsored a number of studies designed to show that

> soy protein

> products

> can be used in human diets as a replacement for

> traditional foods.

> An

> example is " Nutritional Quality of Soy Bean Protein

> Isolates:

> Studies in

> Children of Preschool Age " , sponsored by the Ralston

> Purina

> Company.28 A

> group of Central American children suffering from

> malnutrition was

> first

> stabilized and brought into better health by feeding

> them native

> foods,

> including meat and dairy products. Then, for a

> two-week period,

> these

> traditional foods were replaced by a drink made of

> soy protein

> isolate

> and sugar. All nitrogen taken in and all nitrogen

> excreted was

> measured

> in truly Orwellian fashion: the children were

> weighed naked every

> morning, and all excrement and vomit gathered up for

> analysis. The

> researchers found that the children retained

> nitrogen and that their

> growth was " adequate " , so the experiment was

> declared a

> success.Whether

> the children were actually healthy on such a diet,

> or could remain

> so

> over a long period, is another matter. The

> researchers noted that

> the

> children vomited " occasionally " , usually after

> finishing a meal;

> that

> over half suffered from periods of moderate

> diarrhea; that some had

> upper respiratory infections; and that others

> suffered from rash and

> fever.It should be noted that the researchers did

> not dare to use

> soy

> products to help the children recover from

> malnutrition, and were

> obliged to supplement the soy-sugar mixture with

> nutrients largely

> absent in soy products - notably, vitamins A, D and

> B12, iron,

> iodine

> and zinc.*

>

> Marketing The Perfect Food

> *

> " Just imagine you could grow the perfect food. This

> food not only

> would

> provide affordable nutrition, but also would be

> delicious and easy

> to

> prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a

> healthful food, with no

> saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a

> virtual fountain of

> youth

> on your back forty. " The author is Dean Houghton,

> writing for The

> Furrow,2 a magazine published in 12 languages by

> John Deere. " This

> ideal

> food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse, some

> of the world's

> most

> dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle crop

> in a variety of

> soils

> and climates. Its cultivation would build up, not

> deplete, the

> land...this miracle food already exists... It's

> called soy. " Just

> imagine. Farmers have been imagining - and planting

> more soy. What

> was

> once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US Department

> of Agriculture

> (USDA) handbook not as a food but as an industrial

> product, now

> covers

> 72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this

> harvest will be

> used

> to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon.

> Another large

> fraction

> will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine,

> shortenings and salad

> dressings.Advances in technology make it possible to

> produce

> isolated

> soy protein from what was once considered a waste

> product - the

> defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then

> transform something that

> looks and smells terrible into products that can be

> consumed by

> human

> beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners,

> emulsifiers and

> synthetic

> nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the food

> processors' ugly

> duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.The new

> fairy-tale food has been

> marketed not so much for her beauty but for her

> virtues. Early on,

> products based on soy protein isolate were sold as

> extenders and

> meat

> substitutes - a strategy that failed to produce the

> requisite

> consumer

> demand. The industry changed its approach. " The

> quickest way to gain

> product acceptability in the less affluent society, "

> said an

> industry

> spokesman, " is to have the product consumed on its

> own merit in a

> more

> affluent society. " 3 So soy is now sold to the

> upscale consumer, not

> as a

> cheap, poverty food but as a miracle substance that

> will prevent

> heart

> disease and cancer, whisk away hot flushes, build

> strong bones and

> keep

> us forever young. The competition - meat, milk,

> cheese, butter and

> eggs

> - has been duly demonised by the appropriate

> government bodies. Soy

> serves as meat and milk for a new generation of

> virtuous vegetarians.

> *

>

> Marketing Costs Money*

>

> This is especially when it needs to be bolstered

> with " research " ,

> but

> there's plenty of funds available. All soybean

> producers pay a

> mandatory

> assessment of one-half to one per cent of the net

> market price of

> soybeans. The total - something like US$80 million

> annually4 -

> supports

> United Soybean's program to " strengthen the position

> of soybeans in

> the

> marketplace and maintain and expand domestic and

> foreign markets for

> uses for soybeans and soybean products " . State

> soybean councils from

> Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Arkansas, Virginia,

> North Dakota and

> Michigan provide another $2.5 million for

> " research " .5 Private

> companies

> like Archer Daniels Midland also contribute their

> share. ADM spent

> $4.7

> million for advertising on Meet the Press and $4.3

> million on Face

> the

> Nation during the course of a year.6Public relations

> firms help

> convert

> research projects into newspaper articles and

> advertising copy, and

> law

> firms lobby for favorable government regulations.

> IMF money funds

> soy

> processing plants in foreign countries, and free

> trade policies keep

> soybean abundance flowing to overseas

> destinations.The push for more

> soy

> has been relentless and global in its reach. Soy

> protein is now

> found in

> most supermarket breads. It is being used to

> transform " the humble

> tortilla, Mexico's corn-based staple food, into a

> protein-fortified

> 'super-tortilla' that would give a nutritional boost

> to the nearly

> 20

> million Mexicans who live in extreme poverty " .7

> Advertising for a

> new

> soy-enriched loaf from Allied Bakeries in Britain

> targets menopausal

> women seeking relief from hot flushes. Sales are

> running at a

> quarter of

> a million loaves per week.8The soy industry hired

> Norman Robert

> Associates, a public relations firm, to " get more

> soy products onto

> school menus " .9 The USDA responded with a proposal

> to scrap the 30

> per

> cent limit for soy in school lunches. The NuMenu

> program would allow

> unlimited use of soy in student meals. With soy

> added to hamburgers,

> tacos and lasagna, dieticians can get the total fat

> content below 30

> per

> cent of calories, thereby conforming to government

> dictates. " With

> the

> soy-enhanced food items, students are receiving

> better servings of

> nutrients and less cholesterol and fat. " Soy milk has

> posted the

> biggest

> gains, soaring from $2 million in 1980 to $300

> million in the US

> last

> year.10 Recent advances in processing have

> transformed the gray,

> thin,

> bitter, beany-tasting Asian beverage into a product

> that Western

> consumers will accept - one that tastes like a

> milkshake, but

> without

> the guilt.Processing miracles, good packaging,

> massive advertising

> and a

> marketing strategy that stresses the products'

> possible health

> benefits

> account for increasing sales to all age groups. For

> example, reports

> that soy helps prevent prostate cancer have made soy

> milk acceptable

> to

> middle-aged men. " You don't have to twist the arm of

> a 55- to

> 60-year-old guy to get him to try soy milk, " says

> Mark Messina.

> Michael

> Milken, former junk bond financier, has helped the

> industry shed its

> hippie image with well-publicized efforts to consume

> 40 grams of soy

> protein daily.America today, tomorrow the world. Soy

> milk sales are

> rising in Canada, even though soy milk there costs

> twice as much as

> cow's milk. Soybean milk processing plants are

> sprouting up in

> places

> like Kenya.11 Even China, where soy really is a

> poverty food and

> whose

> people want more meat, not tofu, has opted to build

> Western-style

> soy

> factories rather than develop western grasslands for

> grazing

> animals.12*

>

> FDA Health Claim Challenged*

>

> On October 25, 1999 the US Food and Drug

> Administration (FDA)

> decided to

> allow a health claim for products " low in saturated

> fat and

> cholesterol "

> that contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving.

> Breakfast

> cereals,

> baked goods, convenience food, smoothie mixes and

> meat substitutes

> could

> now be sold with labels touting benefits to

> cardiovascular health,

> as

> long as these products contained one heaping

> teaspoon of soy protein

> per

> 100-gram serving. The best marketing strategy for a

> product that is

> inherently unhealthy is, of course, a health

> claim. " The road to FDA

> approval, " writes a soy apologist, " was long and

> demanding,

> consisting

> of a detailed review of human clinical data

> collected from more than

> 40

> scientific studies conducted over the last 20 years.

> Soy protein was

> found to be one of the rare foods that had

> sufficient scientific

> evidence not only to qualify for an FDA health claim

> proposal but to

> ultimately pass the rigorous approval process. " 29The

> " long and

> demanding " road to FDA approval actually took a few

> unexpected

> turns.

> The original petition, submitted by Protein

> Technology

> International,

> requested a health claim for isoflavones, the

> estrogen-like

> compounds

> found plentifully in soybeans, based on assertions

> that " only soy

> protein that has been processed in a manner in which

> isoflavones are

> retained will result in cholesterol lowering " .In

> 1998, the FDA made

> the

> unprecedented move of rewriting PTI's petition,

> removing any

> reference

> to the phyto-estrogens and substituting a claim for

> soy protein - a

> move

> that was in direct contradiction to the agency's

> regulations. The

> FDA is

> authorized to make rulings only on substances

> presented by

> petition.The

> abrupt change in direction was no doubt due to the

> fact that a

> number of

> researchers, including scientists employed by the US

> Government,

> submitted documents indicating that isoflavones are

> toxic.The FDA

> had

> also received, early in 1998, the final British

> Government report on

> phytoestrogens, which failed to find much evidence

> of benefit and

> warned

> against potential adverse effects.30

> Even with the change to soy protein isolate, FDA

> bureaucrats engaged

> in

> the " rigorous approval process " were forced to deal

> nimbly with

> concerns

> about mineral blocking effects, enzyme inhibitors,

> goitrogenicity,

> endocrine disruption, reproductive problems and

> increased allergic

> reactions from consumption of soy products.31One of

> the strongest

> letters of protest came from Dr Dan Sheehan and Dr

> Daniel Doerge,

> government researchers at the National Center for

> Toxicological

> Research.32 Their pleas for warning labels were

> dismissed as

> unwarranted. " Sufficient scientific evidence " of

> soy's

> cholesterol-lowering properties is drawn largely

> from a 1995

> meta-analysis by Dr James Anderson, sponsored by

> Protein

> Technologies

> International and published in the New England

> Journal of

> Medicine.33A

> meta-analysis is a review and summary of the results

> of many

> clinical

> studies on the same subject. Use of meta-analyses to

> draw general

> conclusions has come under sharp criticism by

> members of the

> scientific

> community. " Researchers substituting meta-analysis

> for more rigorous

> trials risk making faulty assumptions and indulging

> in creative

> accounting, " says Sir John Scott, President of the

> Royal Society of

> New

> Zealand. " Like is not being lumped with like. Little

> lumps and big

> lumps

> of data are being gathered together by various

> groups. " 34There is

> the

> added temptation for researchers, particularly

> researchers funded by

> a

> company like Protein Technologies International, to

> leave out

> studies

> that would prevent the desired conclusions. Dr

> Anderson discarded

> eight

> studies for various reasons, leaving a remainder of

> twenty-nine. The

> published report suggested that individuals with

> cholesterol levels

> over

> 250 mg/dl would experience a " significant " reduction

> of 7 to 20 per

> cent

> in levels of serum cholesterol if they substituted

> soy protein for

> animal protein. Cholesterol reduction was

> insignificant for

> individuals

> whose cholesterol was lower than 250 mg/dl.In other

> words, for most

> of

> us, giving up steak and eating vegieburgers instead

> will not bring

> down

> blood cholesterol levels. The health claim that the

> FDA

> approved " after

> detailed review of human clinical data " fails to

> inform the consumer

> about these important details.Research that ties soy

> to positive

> effects

> on cholesterol levels is " incredibly immature " , said

> Ronald M.

> Krauss,

> MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research Program

> and Lawrence

> Berkeley

> National Laboratory.35 He might have added that

> studies in which

> cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet

> or drugs have

> consistently resulted in a greater number of deaths

> in the treatment

> groups than in controls - deaths from stroke,

> cancer, intestinal

> disorders, accident and suicide.36

> Cholesterol-lowering measures in

> the

> US have fuelled a $60 billion per year

> cholesterol-lowering

> industry,

> but have not saved us from the ravages of heart

> disease.

>

> ____________________________

>

> *Soy And Cancer *

> The new FDA ruling does not allow any claims about

> cancer prevention

> on

> food packages, but that has not restrained the

> industry and its

> marketers from making them in their promotional

> literature.

> " In addition to protecting the heart, " says a

> vitamin company

> brochure,

> " soy has demonstrated powerful anticancer

> benefits...the Japanese,

> who

> eat 30 times as much soy as North Americans, have a

> lower incidence

> of

> cancers of the breast, uterus and prostate. " 37

> Indeed they do. But

> the

> Japanese, and Asians in general, have much higher

> rates of other

> types

> of cancer, particularly cancer of the esophagus,

> stomach, pancreas

> and

> liver.38 Asians throughout the world also have high

> rates of thyroid

> cancer.39 The logic that links low rates of

> reproductive cancers to

> soy

> consumption requires attribution of high rates of

> thyroid and

> digestive

> cancers to the same foods, particularly as soy

> causes these types of

> cancers in laboratory rats.Just how much soy do

> Asians eat? A 1998

> survey found that the average daily amount of soy

> protein consumed

> in

> Japan was about eight grams for men and seven for

> women - less than

> two

> teaspoons.40 The famous Cornell China Study,

> conducted by Colin T.

> Campbell, found that legume consumption in China

> varied from 0 to 58

> grams per day, with a mean of about

> twelve.41Assuming that two-

> thirds of

> legume consumption is soy, then the maximum

> consumption is about 40

> grams, or less than three tablespoons per day, with

> an average

> consumption of about nine grams, or less than two

> teaspoons. A

> survey

> conducted in the 1930s found that soy foods

> accounted for only 1.5

> per

> cent of calories in the Chinese diet, compared with

> 65 per cent of

> calories from pork.42 (Asians traditionally cooked

> with lard, not

> vegetable oil!)Traditionally fermented soy products

> make a

> delicious,

> natural seasoning that may supply important

> nutritional factors in

> the

> Asian diet. But except in times of famine, Asians

> consume soy

> products

> only in small amounts, as condiments, and not as a

> replacement for

> animal foods - with one exception. Celibate monks

> living in

> monasteries

> and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy foods

> quite helpful

> because

> they dampen libido.It was a 1994 meta-analysis by

> Mark Messina,

> published in Nutrition and Cancer, that fuelled

> speculation on soy's

> anticarcinogenic properties.43 Messina noted that in

> 26 animal

> studies,

> 65 per cent reported protective effects from soy. He

> conveniently

> neglected to include at least one study in which soy

> feeding caused

> pancreatic cancer - the 1985 study by Rackis.44 In

> the human studies

> he

> listed, the results were mixed.A few showed some

> protective effect,

> but

> most showed no correlation at all between soy

> consumption and cancer

> rates. He concluded that " the data in this review

> cannot be used as

> a

> basis for claiming that soy intake decreases cancer

> risk " . Yet in

> his

> subsequent book, The Simple Soybean and Your Health,

> Messina makes

> just

> such a claim, recommending one cup or 230 grams of

> soy products per

> day

> in his " optimal " diet as a way to prevent

> cancer.Thousands of women

> are

> now consuming soy in the belief that it protects

> them against breast

> cancer. Yet, in 1996, researchers found that women

> consuming soy

> protein

> isolate had an increased incidence of epithelial

> hyperplasia, a

> condition that presages malignancies.45 A year

> later, dietary

> genistein

> was found to stimulate breast cells to enter the

> cell cycle - a

> discovery that led the study authors to conclude

> that women should

> not

> consume soy products to prevent breast

> cancer.46*Phytoestrogens:

> Panacea

> Or Poison? *

> The male species of tropical birds carries the drab

> plumage of the

> female at birth and 'colors up' at maturity,

> somewhere between nine

> and

> 24 months.In 1991, Richard and Valerie James, bird

> breeders in

> Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of feed

> for their

> birds -

> one based largely on soy protein.47 When soy-based

> feed was used,

> their

> birds 'colored up' after just a few months. In fact,

> one bird-food

> manufacturer claimed that this early development was

> an advantage

> imparted by the feed.A 1992 ad for Roudybush feed

> formula showed a

> picture of the male crimson rosella, an Australian

> parrot that

> acquires

> beautiful red plumage at 18 to 24 months, already

> brightly colored

> at 11

> weeks old.Unfortunately, in the ensuing years, there

> was decreased

> fertility in the birds, with precocious maturation,

> deformed,

> stunted

> and stillborn babies, and premature deaths,

> especially among

> females,

> with the result that the total population in the

> aviaries went into

> steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone

> deformities,

> goiter,

> immune system disorders and pathological, aggressive

> behavior.

> Autopsy

> revealed digestive organs in a state of

> disintegration. The list of

> problems corresponded with many of the problems the

> Jameses had

> encountered in their two children, who had been fed

> soy-based infant

> formula.Startled, aghast, angry, the Jameses hired

> toxicologist Mike

> Fitzpatrick. PhD, to investigate further. Dr

> Fitzpatrick's

> literature

> review uncovered evidence that soy consumption has

> been linked to

> numerous disorders, including infertility, increased

> cancer and

> infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back to

> the 1950s,48 that

> genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in

> animals. Dr

> Fitzpatrick

> also analyzed the bird feed and found that it

> contained high levels

> of

> phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the

> Jameses discontinued

> using soy-based feed, the flock gradually returned

> to normal

> breeding

> habits and behavior.The Jameses embarked on a

> private crusade to

> warn

> the public and government officials about toxins in

> soy foods,

> particularly the endocrine-disrupting isoflavones,

> genistein and

> diadzen. Protein Technology International received

> their material in

> 1994.In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that

> consumption of as

> little as 30 grams or two tablespoons of soybeans

> per day for only

> one

> month resulted in a significant increase in

> thyroid-stimulating

> hormone.49 Diffuse goiter and hypothyroidism

> appeared in some of the

> subjects and many complained of constipation,

> fatigue and lethargy,

> even

> though their intake of iodine was adequate.In 1997,

> researchers from

> the

> FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research

> made the

> embarrassing

> discovery that the goitrogenic components of soy

> were the very same

> isoflavones.50Twenty-five grams of soy protein

> isolate, the minimum

> amount PTI claimed to have cholesterol-lowering

> effects, contains

> from

> 50 to 70 mg of isoflavones. It took only 45 mg of

> isoflavones in

> premenopausal women to exert significant biological

> effects,

> including a

> reduction in hormones needed for adequate thyroid

> function. These

> effects lingered for three months after soy

> consumption was

> discontinued.51 One hundred grams of soy protein -

> the maximum

> suggested

> cholesterol-lowering dose, and the amount

> recommended by Protein

> Technologies International - can contain almost 600

> mg of

> isoflavones,52

> an amount that is undeniably toxic. In 1992, the

> Swiss health

> service

> estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provided the

> estrogenic

> equivalent of the Pill.53In vitro studies suggest

> that isoflavones

> inhibit synthesis of estradiol and other steroid

> hormones.54

> Reproductive problems, infertility, thyroid disease

> and liver

> disease

> due to dietary intake of isoflavones have been

> observed for several

> species of animals including mice, cheetah, quail,

> pigs, rats,

> sturgeon

> and sheep.55 It is the isoflavones in soy that are

> said to have a

> favorable effect on postmenopausal symptoms,

> including hot flushes,

> and

> protection from osteoporosis. Quantification of

> discomfort from hot

> flushes is extremely subjective, and most studies

> show that control

> subjects report reduction in discomfort in amounts

> equal to subjects

> given soy.56 The claim that soy prevents

> osteoporosis is

> extraordinary,

> given that soy foods block calcium and cause vitamin

> D

> deficiencies.If

> Asians indeed have lower rates of osteoporosis than

> Westerners, it

> is

> because their diet provides plenty of vitamin D from

> shrimp, lard

> and

> seafood, and plenty of calcium from bone broths. The

> reason that

> Westerners have such high rates of osteoporosis is

> because they have

> substituted soy oil for butter, which is a

> traditional source of

> vitamin

> D and other fat-soluble activators needed for

> calcium absorption.*

>

> Birth Control Pills For Babies*

>

> But it was the isoflavones in infant formula that

> gave the Jameses

> the

> most cause for concern. In 1998, investigators

> reported that the

> daily

> exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant

> formula is 6 to11

> times

> higher on a body-weight basis than the dose that has

> hormonal

> effects in

> adults consuming soy foods. Circulating

> concentrations of

> isoflavones in

> infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000

> times higher

> than

> plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cow's

> milk

> formula.57Approximately 25 per cent of bottle-fed

> children in the US

> receive soy-based formula - a much higher percentage

> than in other

> parts

> of the Western world. Fitzpatrick estimated that an

> infant

> exclusively

> fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent

> (based on body

> weight) of at least five birth control pills per

> day.58 By contrast,

> almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in

> dairy-based infant

> formula or in human milk, even when the mother

> consumes soy

> products.

> Scientists have known for years that soy-based

> formula can cause

> thyroid

> problems in babies. But what are the effects of soy

> products on the

> hormonal

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[Guest guest]

There is no reason to be " convinced, " that Soy is harmful to human health.

These are " viewpoints, " and there are opposing viewpoints out there, held

by equally disinguished reasearchers.

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" Chris StClair " <cstclr

 

Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:16 PM

RE: Hazzards of Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

 

 

> Why do you need to drink something other than water?

>

> --- Rob Combis <rcombis wrote:

>

> >

> > What does everyone recommend to drink instead??

> > Rice Milk??

> >

> >

> > mm121elaine [121]

> > Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

> >

> > Hazzards of

> > Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

> >

> >

> > http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

> > Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

> > Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig,

> > Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

> > Side

> > The propaganda that has created the soy sales

> > miracle is all the

> > more

> > remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the

> > soybean was

> > considered

> > unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou Dynasty

> > (1134-246 BC)

> > the

> > soybean was designated one of the five sacred

> > grains, along with

> > barley,

> > wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph for

> > the soybean,

> > which

> > dates from earlier times, indicates that it was not

> > first used as a

> > food; for whereas the pictographs for the other four

> > grains show the

> > seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph

> > for the soybean

> > emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural

> > literature of the period

> > speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop

> > rotation.

> > Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a

> > method of fixing

> > nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food

> > until the discovery

> > of

> > fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou

> > Dynasty. The

> > first

> > soy foods were fermented products like tempeh,

> > natto, miso and soy

> > sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century

> > BC, Chinese

> > scientists discovered that a purée of cooked

> > soybeans could be

> > precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium

> > sulfate (plaster of

> > Paris

> > or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu

> > or bean curd. The

> > use

> > of fermented and precipitated soy products soon

> > spread to other

> > parts of

> > the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The Chinese

> > did not eat

> > unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such

> > as lentils

> > because

> > the soybean contains large quantities of natural

> > toxins or

> > " antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme

> > inhibitors that

> > block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed

> > for protein

> > digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly folded

> > proteins that

> > are

> > not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking.

> > They can produce

> > serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion

> > and chronic

> > deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals,

> > diets high in

> > trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and

> > pathological conditions of

> > the

> > pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also contain

> > haemagglutinin, a

> > clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells

> > to clump

> > together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are

> > growth

> > inhibitors.

> > Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients

> > fail to grow

> > normally. Growth-depressant compounds are

> > deactivated during the

> > process

> > of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered how

> > to ferment the

> > soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into

> > their diets.In

> > precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors concentrate

> > in the soaking

> > liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and

> > bean curd, growth

> > depressants are reduced in quantity but not

> > completely eliminated.

> >

> > Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that

> > depress thyroid

> > function

> >

> > .Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy is

> > genetically

> > modified

> > and it also has one of the highest percentages

> > contamination by

> > pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high in

> > phytic acid,

> > present

> > in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a substance

> > that can block

> > the

> > uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium,

> > copper, iron and

> > especially zinc - in the intestinal tract.Although

> > not a household

> > word,

> > phytic acid has been extensively studied; there are

> > literally

> > hundreds

> > of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the

> > current scientific

> > literature. Scientists are in general agreement that

> > grain- and

> > legume-based diets high in phytates contribute to

> > widespread mineral

> > deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis

> > shows that calcium,

> > magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant

> > foods eaten in

> > these

> > areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and

> > grain-based diets

> > prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of the

> > highest phytate

> > levels of any grain or legume that has been

> > studied,16 and the

> > phytates

> > in soy are highly resistant to normal

> > phytate-reducing techniques

> > such

> > as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of

> > fermentation will

> > significantly reduce the phytate content of

> > soybeans.When

> > precipitated

> > soy products like tofu are consumed with meat, the

> > mineral-blocking

> > effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The Japanese

> > traditionally

> > eat a

> > small amount of tofu or miso as part of a

> > mineral-rich fish broth,

> > followed by a serving of meat or fish.Vegetarians

> > who consume tofu

> > and

> > bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy

> > products risk severe

> > mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium,

> > magnesium and iron

> > deficiency are well known; those of zinc are less

> > so.Zinc is called

> > the

> > intelligence mineral because it is needed for

> > optimal development

> > and

> > functioning of the brain and nervous system. It

> > plays a role in

> > protein

> > synthesis and collagen formation; it is involved in

> > the blood-sugar

> > control mechanism and thus protects against

> > diabetes; it is needed

> > for a

> > healthy reproductive system.Zinc is a key component

> > in numerous

> > vital

> > enzymes and plays a role in the immune system.

> > Phytates found in soy

> > products interfere with zinc absorption more

> > completely than with

> > other

> > minerals.19 Zinc deficiency can cause a " spacey "

> > feeling that some

> > vegetarians may mistake for the " high " of spiritual

> > enlightenment.Milk

> > drinking is given as the reason why

> > second-generation Japanese in

> > America grow taller than their native ancestors.

> > Some investigators

> > postulate that the reduced phytate content of the

> > American diet -

> > whatever may be its other deficiencies - is the true

> > explanation,

> > pointing out that both Asian and Western children

> > who do not get

> > enough

> > meat and fish products to counteract the effects of

> > a high phytate

> > diet,

> > frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other growth

> > problems.20*

> >

> > Soy Protein Isolate: Not So Friendly

> >

> > *Soy processors have worked hard to get these

> > antinutrients out of

> > the

> > finished product, particularly soy protein isolate

> > (SPI) which is

> > the

> > key ingredient in most soy foods that imitate meat

> > and dairy

> > products,

> > including baby formulas and some brands of soy

> > milk.SPI is not

> > something

> > you can make in your own kitchen. Production takes

> > place in

> > industrial

> > factories where a slurry of soy beans is first mixed

> > with an

> > alkaline

> > solution to remove fiber, then precipitated and

> > separated using an

> > acid

> > wash and, finally, neutralized in an alkaline

> > solution.Acid washing

> > in

> > aluminum tanks leaches high levels of aluminum into

> > the final

> > product.

> > The resultant curds are spray- dried at high

> > temperatures to produce

> > a

> > high-protein powder. A final indignity to the

> > original soybean is

> > high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion processing

> > of soy protein

> > isolate to produce textured vegetable protein

> > (TVP).Much of the

> > trypsin

> > inhibitor content can be removed through

> > high-temperature

> > processing,

> > but not all. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy

> > protein isolate can

> > vary

> > as much as fivefold.21 (In rats, even low-level

> > trypsin inhibitor

> > SPI

> > feeding results in reduced weight gain compared to

> > controls.22)But

> > high-temperature processing has the unfortunate

> > side-effect of so

> > denaturing the other proteins in soy that they are

> > rendered largely

> > ineffective.23 That's why animals on soy feed need

> > lysine

> > supplements

> > for normal growth.Nitrites, which are potent

> > carcinogens, are formed

> > during spray-drying, and a toxin called

> > lysinoalanine is formed

> > during

> > alkaline processing.24 Numerous artificial

> > flavorings, particularly

> > MSG,

> > are added to soy protein isolate and textured

> > vegetable protein

> > products

> > to mask their strong " beany " taste and to impart the

> > flavor of

> > meat.25In

> > feeding experiments, the use of SPI increased

> > requirements for

> > vitamins

> > E, K, D and B12 and created deficiency symptoms of

> > calcium,

> > magnesium,

> > manganese, molybdenum, copper, iron and zinc.26

> > Phytic acid

> > remaining in

> > these soy products greatly inhibits zinc and iron

> > absorption; test

> > animals fed SPI develop enlarged organs,

> > particularly the pancreas

> > and

> > thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty

> > acids in the

> > liver.27Yet soy protein isolate and textured

> > vegetable protein are

> > used

> > extensively in school lunch programs, commercial

> > baked goods, diet

> > beverages and fast food products. They are heavily

> > promoted in third

> > world countries and form the basis of many food

> > giveaway programs.

> > In

> > spite of poor results in animal feeding trials, the

> > soy industry has

> > sponsored a number of studies designed to show that

> > soy protein

> > products

> > can be used in human diets as a replacement for

> > traditional foods.

> > An

> > example is " Nutritional Quality of Soy Bean Protein

> > Isolates:

> > Studies in

> > Children of Preschool Age " , sponsored by the Ralston

> > Purina

> > Company.28 A

> > group of Central American children suffering from

> > malnutrition was

> > first

> > stabilized and brought into better health by feeding

> > them native

> > foods,

> > including meat and dairy products. Then, for a

> > two-week period,

> > these

> > traditional foods were replaced by a drink made of

> > soy protein

> > isolate

> > and sugar. All nitrogen taken in and all nitrogen

> > excreted was

> > measured

> > in truly Orwellian fashion: the children were

> > weighed naked every

> > morning, and all excrement and vomit gathered up for

> > analysis. The

> > researchers found that the children retained

> > nitrogen and that their

> > growth was " adequate " , so the experiment was

> > declared a

> > success.Whether

> > the children were actually healthy on such a diet,

> > or could remain

> > so

> > over a long period, is another matter. The

> > researchers noted that

> > the

> > children vomited " occasionally " , usually after

> > finishing a meal;

> > that

> > over half suffered from periods of moderate

> > diarrhea; that some had

> > upper respiratory infections; and that others

> > suffered from rash and

> > fever.It should be noted that the researchers did

> > not dare to use

> > soy

> > products to help the children recover from

> > malnutrition, and were

> > obliged to supplement the soy-sugar mixture with

> > nutrients largely

> > absent in soy products - notably, vitamins A, D and

> > B12, iron,

> > iodine

> > and zinc.*

> >

> > Marketing The Perfect Food

> > *

> > " Just imagine you could grow the perfect food. This

> > food not only

> > would

> > provide affordable nutrition, but also would be

> > delicious and easy

> > to

> > prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a

> > healthful food, with no

> > saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a

> > virtual fountain of

> > youth

> > on your back forty. " The author is Dean Houghton,

> > writing for The

> > Furrow,2 a magazine published in 12 languages by

> > John Deere. " This

> > ideal

> > food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse, some

> > of the world's

> > most

> > dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle crop

> > in a variety of

> > soils

> > and climates. Its cultivation would build up, not

> > deplete, the

> > land...this miracle food already exists... It's

> > called soy. " Just

> > imagine. Farmers have been imagining - and planting

> > more soy. What

> > was

> > once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US Department

> > of Agriculture

> > (USDA) handbook not as a food but as an industrial

> > product, now

> > covers

> > 72 million acres of American farmland. Much of this

> > harvest will be

> > used

> > to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and salmon.

> > Another large

> > fraction

> > will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine,

> > shortenings and salad

> > dressings.Advances in technology make it possible to

> > produce

> > isolated

> > soy protein from what was once considered a waste

> > product - the

> > defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then

> > transform something that

> > looks and smells terrible into products that can be

> > consumed by

> > human

> > beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners,

> > emulsifiers and

> > synthetic

> > nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the food

> > processors' ugly

> > duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.The new

> > fairy-tale food has been

> > marketed not so much for her beauty but for her

> > virtues. Early on,

> > products based on soy protein isolate were sold as

> > extenders and

> > meat

> > substitutes - a strategy that failed to produce the

> > requisite

> > consumer

> > demand. The industry changed its approach. " The

> > quickest way to gain

> > product acceptability in the less affluent society, "

> > said an

> > industry

> > spokesman, " is to have the product consumed on its

> > own merit in a

> > more

> > affluent society. " 3 So soy is now sold to the

> > upscale consumer, not

> > as a

> > cheap, poverty food but as a miracle substance that

> > will prevent

> > heart

> > disease and cancer, whisk away hot flushes, build

> > strong bones and

> > keep

> > us forever young. The competition - meat, milk,

> > cheese, butter and

> > eggs

> > - has been duly demonised by the appropriate

> > government bodies. Soy

> > serves as meat and milk for a new generation of

> > virtuous vegetarians.

> > *

> >

> > Marketing Costs Money*

> >

> > This is especially when it needs to be bolstered

> > with " research " ,

> > but

> > there's plenty of funds available. All soybean

> > producers pay a

> > mandatory

> > assessment of one-half to one per cent of the net

> > market price of

> > soybeans. The total - something like US$80 million

> > annually4 -

> > supports

> > United Soybean's program to " strengthen the position

> > of soybeans in

> > the

> > marketplace and maintain and expand domestic and

> > foreign markets for

> > uses for soybeans and soybean products " . State

> > soybean councils from

> > Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Arkansas, Virginia,

> > North Dakota and

> > Michigan provide another $2.5 million for

> > " research " .5 Private

> > companies

> > like Archer Daniels Midland also contribute their

> > share. ADM spent

> > $4.7

> > million for advertising on Meet the Press and $4.3

> > million on Face

> > the

> > Nation during the course of a year.6Public relations

> > firms help

> > convert

> > research projects into newspaper articles and

> > advertising copy, and

> > law

> > firms lobby for favorable government regulations.

> > IMF money funds

> > soy

> > processing plants in foreign countries, and free

> > trade policies keep

> > soybean abundance flowing to overseas

> > destinations.The push for more

> > soy

> > has been relentless and global in its reach. Soy

> > protein is now

> > found in

> > most supermarket breads. It is being used to

> > transform " the humble

> > tortilla, Mexico's corn-based staple food, into a

> > protein-fortified

> > 'super-tortilla' that would give a nutritional boost

> > to the nearly

> > 20

> > million Mexicans who live in extreme poverty " .7

> > Advertising for a

> > new

> > soy-enriched loaf from Allied Bakeries in Britain

> > targets menopausal

> > women seeking relief from hot flushes. Sales are

> > running at a

> > quarter of

> > a million loaves per week.8The soy industry hired

> > Norman Robert

> > Associates, a public relations firm, to " get more

> > soy products onto

> > school menus " .9 The USDA responded with a proposal

> > to scrap the 30

> > per

> > cent limit for soy in school lunches. The NuMenu

> > program would allow

> > unlimited use of soy in student meals. With soy

> > added to hamburgers,

> > tacos and lasagna, dieticians can get the total fat

> > content below 30

> > per

> > cent of calories, thereby conforming to government

> > dictates. " With

> > the

> > soy-enhanced food items, students are receiving

> > better servings of

> > nutrients and less cholesterol and fat. " Soy milk has

> > posted the

> > biggest

> > gains, soaring from $2 million in 1980 to $300

> > million in the US

> > last

> > year.10 Recent advances in processing have

> > transformed the gray,

> > thin,

> > bitter, beany-tasting Asian beverage into a product

> > that Western

> > consumers will accept - one that tastes like a

> > milkshake, but

> > without

> > the guilt.Processing miracles, good packaging,

> > massive advertising

> > and a

> > marketing strategy that stresses the products'

> > possible health

> > benefits

> > account for increasing sales to all age groups. For

> > example, reports

> > that soy helps prevent prostate cancer have made soy

> > milk acceptable

> > to

> > middle-aged men. " You don't have to twist the arm of

> > a 55- to

> > 60-year-old guy to get him to try soy milk, " says

> > Mark Messina.

> > Michael

> > Milken, former junk bond financier, has helped the

> > industry shed its

> > hippie image with well-publicized efforts to consume

> > 40 grams of soy

> > protein daily.America today, tomorrow the world. Soy

> > milk sales are

> > rising in Canada, even though soy milk there costs

> > twice as much as

> > cow's milk. Soybean milk processing plants are

> > sprouting up in

> > places

> > like Kenya.11 Even China, where soy really is a

> > poverty food and

> > whose

> > people want more meat, not tofu, has opted to build

> > Western-style

> > soy

> > factories rather than develop western grasslands for

> > grazing

> > animals.12*

> >

> > FDA Health Claim Challenged*

> >

> > On October 25, 1999 the US Food and Drug

> > Administration (FDA)

> > decided to

> > allow a health claim for products " low in saturated

> > fat and

> > cholesterol "

> > that contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving.

> > Breakfast

> > cereals,

> > baked goods, convenience food, smoothie mixes and

> > meat substitutes

> > could

> > now be sold with labels touting benefits to

> > cardiovascular health,

> > as

> > long as these products contained one heaping

> > teaspoon of soy protein

> > per

> > 100-gram serving. The best marketing strategy for a

> > product that is

> > inherently unhealthy is, of course, a health

> > claim. " The road to FDA

> > approval, " writes a soy apologist, " was long and

> > demanding,

> > consisting

> > of a detailed review of human clinical data

> > collected from more than

> > 40

> > scientific studies conducted over the last 20 years.

> > Soy protein was

> > found to be one of the rare foods that had

> > sufficient scientific

> > evidence not only to qualify for an FDA health claim

> > proposal but to

> > ultimately pass the rigorous approval process. " 29The

> > " long and

> > demanding " road to FDA approval actually took a few

> > unexpected

> > turns.

> > The original petition, submitted by Protein

> > Technology

> > International,

> > requested a health claim for isoflavones, the

> > estrogen-like

> > compounds

> > found plentifully in soybeans, based on assertions

> > that " only soy

> > protein that has been processed in a manner in which

> > isoflavones are

> > retained will result in cholesterol lowering " .In

> > 1998, the FDA made

> > the

> > unprecedented move of rewriting PTI's petition,

> > removing any

> > reference

> > to the phyto-estrogens and substituting a claim for

> > soy protein - a

> > move

> > that was in direct contradiction to the agency's

> > regulations. The

> > FDA is

> > authorized to make rulings only on substances

> > presented by

> > petition.The

> > abrupt change in direction was no doubt due to the

> > fact that a

> > number of

> > researchers, including scientists employed by the US

> > Government,

> > submitted documents indicating that isoflavones are

> > toxic.The FDA

> > had

> > also received, early in 1998, the final British

> > Government report on

> > phytoestrogens, which failed to find much evidence

> > of benefit and

> > warned

> > against potential adverse effects.30

> > Even with the change to soy protein isolate, FDA

> > bureaucrats engaged

> > in

> > the " rigorous approval process " were forced to deal

> > nimbly with

> > concerns

> > about mineral blocking effects, enzyme inhibitors,

> > goitrogenicity,

> > endocrine disruption, reproductive problems and

> > increased allergic

> > reactions from consumption of soy products.31One of

> > the strongest

> > letters of protest came from Dr Dan Sheehan and Dr

> > Daniel Doerge,

> > government researchers at the National Center for

> > Toxicological

> > Research.32 Their pleas for warning labels were

> > dismissed as

> > unwarranted. " Sufficient scientific evidence " of

> > soy's

> > cholesterol-lowering properties is drawn largely

> > from a 1995

> > meta-analysis by Dr James Anderson, sponsored by

> > Protein

> > Technologies

> > International and published in the New England

> > Journal of

> > Medicine.33A

> > meta-analysis is a review and summary of the results

> > of many

> > clinical

> > studies on the same subject. Use of meta-analyses to

> > draw general

> > conclusions has come under sharp criticism by

> > members of the

> > scientific

> > community. " Researchers substituting meta-analysis

> > for more rigorous

> > trials risk making faulty assumptions and indulging

> > in creative

> > accounting, " says Sir John Scott, President of the

> > Royal Society of

> > New

> > Zealand. " Like is not being lumped with like. Little

> > lumps and big

> > lumps

> > of data are being gathered together by various

> > groups. " 34There is

> > the

> > added temptation for researchers, particularly

> > researchers funded by

> > a

> > company like Protein Technologies International, to

> > leave out

> > studies

> > that would prevent the desired conclusions. Dr

> > Anderson discarded

> > eight

> > studies for various reasons, leaving a remainder of

> > twenty-nine. The

> > published report suggested that individuals with

> > cholesterol levels

> > over

> > 250 mg/dl would experience a " significant " reduction

> > of 7 to 20 per

> > cent

> > in levels of serum cholesterol if they substituted

> > soy protein for

> > animal protein. Cholesterol reduction was

> > insignificant for

> > individuals

> > whose cholesterol was lower than 250 mg/dl.In other

> > words, for most

> > of

> > us, giving up steak and eating vegieburgers instead

> > will not bring

> > down

> > blood cholesterol levels. The health claim that the

> > FDA

> > approved " after

> > detailed review of human clinical data " fails to

> > inform the consumer

> > about these important details.Research that ties soy

> > to positive

> > effects

> > on cholesterol levels is " incredibly immature " , said

> > Ronald M.

> > Krauss,

> > MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research Program

> > and Lawrence

> > Berkeley

> > National Laboratory.35 He might have added that

> > studies in which

> > cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet

> > or drugs have

> > consistently resulted in a greater number of deaths

> > in the treatment

> > groups than in controls - deaths from stroke,

> > cancer, intestinal

> > disorders, accident and suicide.36

> > Cholesterol-lowering measures in

> > the

> > US have fuelled a $60 billion per year

> > cholesterol-lowering

> > industry,

> > but have not saved us from the ravages of heart

> > disease.

> >

> > ____________________________

> >

> > *Soy And Cancer *

> > The new FDA ruling does not allow any claims about

> > cancer prevention

> > on

> > food packages, but that has not restrained the

> > industry and its

> > marketers from making them in their promotional

> > literature.

> > " In addition to protecting the heart, " says a

> > vitamin company

> > brochure,

> > " soy has demonstrated powerful anticancer

> > benefits...the Japanese,

> > who

> > eat 30 times as much soy as North Americans, have a

> > lower incidence

> > of

> > cancers of the breast, uterus and prostate. " 37

> > Indeed they do. But

> > the

> > Japanese, and Asians in general, have much higher

> > rates of other

> > types

> > of cancer, particularly cancer of the esophagus,

> > stomach, pancreas

> > and

> > liver.38 Asians throughout the world also have high

> > rates of thyroid

> > cancer.39 The logic that links low rates of

> > reproductive cancers to

> > soy

> > consumption requires attribution of high rates of

> > thyroid and

> > digestive

> > cancers to the same foods, particularly as soy

> > causes these types of

> > cancers in laboratory rats.Just how much soy do

> > Asians eat? A 1998

> > survey found that the average daily amount of soy

> > protein consumed

> > in

> > Japan was about eight grams for men and seven for

> > women - less than

> > two

> > teaspoons.40 The famous Cornell China Study,

> > conducted by Colin T.

> > Campbell, found that legume consumption in China

> > varied from 0 to 58

> > grams per day, with a mean of about

> > twelve.41Assuming that two-

> > thirds of

> > legume consumption is soy, then the maximum

> > consumption is about 40

> > grams, or less than three tablespoons per day, with

> > an average

> > consumption of about nine grams, or less than two

> > teaspoons. A

> > survey

> > conducted in the 1930s found that soy foods

> > accounted for only 1.5

> > per

> > cent of calories in the Chinese diet, compared with

> > 65 per cent of

> > calories from pork.42 (Asians traditionally cooked

> > with lard, not

> > vegetable oil!)Traditionally fermented soy products

> > make a

> > delicious,

> > natural seasoning that may supply important

> > nutritional factors in

> > the

> > Asian diet. But except in times of famine, Asians

> > consume soy

> > products

> > only in small amounts, as condiments, and not as a

> > replacement for

> > animal foods - with one exception. Celibate monks

> > living in

> > monasteries

> > and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy foods

> > quite helpful

> > because

> > they dampen libido.It was a 1994 meta-analysis by

> > Mark Messina,

> > published in Nutrition and Cancer, that fuelled

> > speculation on soy's

> > anticarcinogenic properties.43 Messina noted that in

> > 26 animal

> > studies,

> > 65 per cent reported protective effects from soy. He

> > conveniently

> > neglected to include at least one study in which soy

> > feeding caused

> > pancreatic cancer - the 1985 study by Rackis.44 In

> > the human studies

> > he

> > listed, the results were mixed.A few showed some

> > protective effect,

> > but

> > most showed no correlation at all between soy

> > consumption and cancer

> > rates. He concluded that " the data in this review

> > cannot be used as

> > a

> > basis for claiming that soy intake decreases cancer

> > risk " . Yet in

> > his

> > subsequent book, The Simple Soybean and Your Health,

> > Messina makes

> > just

> > such a claim, recommending one cup or 230 grams of

> > soy products per

> > day

> > in his " optimal " diet as a way to prevent

> > cancer.Thousands of women

> > are

> > now consuming soy in the belief that it protects

> > them against breast

> > cancer. Yet, in 1996, researchers found that women

> > consuming soy

> > protein

> > isolate had an increased incidence of epithelial

> > hyperplasia, a

> > condition that presages malignancies.45 A year

> > later, dietary

> > genistein

> > was found to stimulate breast cells to enter the

> > cell cycle - a

> > discovery that led the study authors to conclude

> > that women should

> > not

> > consume soy products to prevent breast

> > cancer.46*Phytoestrogens:

> > Panacea

> > Or Poison? *

> > The male species of tropical birds carries the drab

> > plumage of the

> > female at birth and 'colors up' at maturity,

> > somewhere between nine

> > and

> > 24 months.In 1991, Richard and Valerie James, bird

> > breeders in

> > Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of feed

> > for their

> > birds -

> > one based largely on soy protein.47 When soy-based

> > feed was used,

> > their

> > birds 'colored up' after just a few months. In fact,

> > one bird-food

> > manufacturer claimed that this early development was

> > an advantage

> > imparted by the feed.A 1992 ad for Roudybush feed

> > formula showed a

> > picture of the male crimson rosella, an Australian

> > parrot that

> > acquires

> > beautiful red plumage at 18 to 24 months, already

> > brightly colored

> > at 11

> > weeks old.Unfortunately, in the ensuing years, there

> > was decreased

> > fertility in the birds, with precocious maturation,

> > deformed,

> > stunted

> > and stillborn babies, and premature deaths,

> > especially among

> > females,

> > with the result that the total population in the

> > aviaries went into

> > steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone

> > deformities,

> > goiter,

> > immune system disorders and pathological, aggressive

> > behavior.

> > Autopsy

> > revealed digestive organs in a state of

> > disintegration. The list of

> > problems corresponded with many of the problems the

> > Jameses had

> > encountered in their two children, who had been fed

> > soy-based infant

> > formula.Startled, aghast, angry, the Jameses hired

> > toxicologist Mike

> > Fitzpatrick. PhD, to investigate further. Dr

> > Fitzpatrick's

> > literature

> > review uncovered evidence that soy consumption has

> > been linked to

> > numerous disorders, including infertility, increased

> > cancer and

> > infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back to

> > the 1950s,48 that

> > genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in

> > animals. Dr

> > Fitzpatrick

> > also analyzed the bird feed and found that it

> > contained high levels

> > of

> > phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the

> > Jameses discontinued

> > using soy-based feed, the flock gradually returned

> > to normal

> > breeding

> > habits and behavior.The Jameses embarked on a

> > private crusade to

> > warn

> > the public and government officials about toxins in

> > soy foods,

> > particularly the endocrine-disrupting isoflavones,

> > genistein and

> > diadzen. Protein Technology International received

> > their material in

> > 1994.In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that

> > consumption of as

> > little as 30 grams or two tablespoons of soybeans

> > per day for only

> > one

> > month resulted in a significant increase in

> > thyroid-stimulating

> > hormone.49 Diffuse goiter and hypothyroidism

> > appeared in some of the

> > subjects and many complained of constipation,

> > fatigue and lethargy,

> > even

> > though their intake of iodine was adequate.In 1997,

> > researchers from

> > the

> > FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research

> > made the

> > embarrassing

> > discovery that the goitrogenic components of soy

> > were the very same

> > isoflavones.50Twenty-five grams of soy protein

> > isolate, the minimum

> > amount PTI claimed to have cholesterol-lowering

> > effects, contains

> > from

> > 50 to 70 mg of isoflavones. It took only 45 mg of

> > isoflavones in

> > premenopausal women to exert significant biological

> > effects,

> > including a

> > reduction in hormones needed for adequate thyroid

> > function. These

> > effects lingered for three months after soy

> > consumption was

> > discontinued.51 One hundred grams of soy protein -

> > the maximum

> > suggested

> > cholesterol-lowering dose, and the amount

> > recommended by Protein

> > Technologies International - can contain almost 600

> > mg of

> > isoflavones,52

> > an amount that is undeniably toxic. In 1992, the

> > Swiss health

> > service

> > estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provided the

> > estrogenic

> > equivalent of the Pill.53In vitro studies suggest

> > that isoflavones

> > inhibit synthesis of estradiol and other steroid

> > hormones.54

> > Reproductive problems, infertility, thyroid disease

> > and liver

> > disease

> > due to dietary intake of isoflavones have been

> > observed for several

> > species of animals including mice, cheetah, quail,

> > pigs, rats,

> > sturgeon

> > and sheep.55 It is the isoflavones in soy that are

> > said to have a

> > favorable effect on postmenopausal symptoms,

> > including hot flushes,

> > and

> > protection from osteoporosis. Quantification of

> > discomfort from hot

> > flushes is extremely subjective, and most studies

> > show that control

> > subjects report reduction in discomfort in amounts

> > equal to subjects

> > given soy.56 The claim that soy prevents

> > osteoporosis is

> > extraordinary,

> > given that soy foods block calcium and cause vitamin

> > D

> > deficiencies.If

> > Asians indeed have lower rates of osteoporosis than

> > Westerners, it

> > is

> > because their diet provides plenty of vitamin D from

> > shrimp, lard

> > and

> > seafood, and plenty of calcium from bone broths. The

> > reason that

> > Westerners have such high rates of osteoporosis is

> > because they have

> > substituted soy oil for butter, which is a

> > traditional source of

> > vitamin

> > D and other fat-soluble activators needed for

> > calcium absorption.*

> >

> > Birth Control Pills For Babies*

> >

> > But it was the isoflavones in infant formula that

> > gave the Jameses

> > the

> > most cause for concern. In 1998, investigators

> > reported that the

> > daily

> > exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant

> > formula is 6 to11

> > times

> > higher on a body-weight basis than the dose that has

> > hormonal

> > effects in

> > adults consuming soy foods. Circulating

> > concentrations of

> > isoflavones in

> > infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000

> > times higher

> > than

> > plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cow's

> > milk

> > formula.57Approximately 25 per cent of bottle-fed

> > children in the US

> > receive soy-based formula - a much higher percentage

> > than in other

> > parts

> > of the Western world. Fitzpatrick estimated that an

> > infant

> > exclusively

> > fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent

> > (based on body

> > weight) of at least five birth control pills per

> > day.58 By contrast,

> > almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in

> > dairy-based infant

> > formula or in human milk, even when the mother

> > consumes soy

> > products.

> > Scientists have known for years that soy-based

> > formula can cause

> > thyroid

> > problems in babies. But what are the effects of soy

> > products on the

> > hormonal

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yes I must try water in my ceral

 

Yes I must try water in my smoothies (will they be

smooth)

--- Chris StClair <cstclr wrote:

 

> Why do you need to drink something other than water?

>

> --- Rob Combis <rcombis wrote:

>

> >

> > What does everyone recommend to drink instead??

> > Rice Milk??

> >

> >

> > mm121elaine [121]

> > Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

> >

> > Hazzards of

> > Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

> >

> >

> > http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

> > Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

> > Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig,

> > Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

> > Side

> > The propaganda that has created the soy sales

> > miracle is all the

> > more

> > remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the

> > soybean was

> > considered

> > unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou

> Dynasty

> > (1134-246 BC)

> > the

> > soybean was designated one of the five sacred

> > grains, along with

> > barley,

> > wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph for

> > the soybean,

> > which

> > dates from earlier times, indicates that it was

> not

> > first used as a

> > food; for whereas the pictographs for the other

> four

> > grains show the

> > seed and stem structure of the plant, the

> pictograph

> > for the soybean

> > emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural

> > literature of the period

> > speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in

> crop

> > rotation.

> > Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a

> > method of fixing

> > nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food

> > until the discovery

> > of

> > fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou

> > Dynasty. The

> > first

> > soy foods were fermented products like tempeh,

> > natto, miso and soy

> > sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century

> > BC, Chinese

> > scientists discovered that a purée of cooked

> > soybeans could be

> > precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium

> > sulfate (plaster of

> > Paris

> > or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu

> > or bean curd. The

> > use

> > of fermented and precipitated soy products soon

> > spread to other

> > parts of

> > the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The

> Chinese

> > did not eat

> > unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes

> such

> > as lentils

> > because

> > the soybean contains large quantities of natural

> > toxins or

> > " antinutrients " . First among them are potent

> enzyme

> > inhibitors that

> > block the action of trypsin and other enzymes

> needed

> > for protein

> > digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly

> folded

> > proteins that

> > are

> > not completely deactivated during ordinary

> cooking.

> > They can produce

> > serious gastric distress, reduced protein

> digestion

> > and chronic

> > deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test

> animals,

> > diets high in

> > trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and

> > pathological conditions of

> > the

> > pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also contain

> > haemagglutinin, a

> > clot-promoting substance that causes red blood

> cells

> > to clump

> > together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are

> > growth

> > inhibitors.

> > Weanling rats fed soy containing these

> antinutrients

> > fail to grow

> > normally. Growth-depressant compounds are

> > deactivated during the

> > process

> > of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered

> how

> > to ferment the

> > soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods into

> > their diets.In

> > precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors

> concentrate

> > in the soaking

> > liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu and

> > bean curd, growth

> > depressants are reduced in quantity but not

> > completely eliminated.

> >

> > Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that

> > depress thyroid

> > function

> >

> > .Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy

> is

> > genetically

> > modified

> > and it also has one of the highest percentages

> > contamination by

> > pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high

> in

> > phytic acid,

> > present

> > in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a

> substance

> > that can block

> > the

> > uptake of essential minerals - calcium, magnesium,

> > copper, iron and

> > especially zinc - in the intestinal tract.Although

> > not a household

> > word,

> > phytic acid has been extensively studied; there

> are

> > literally

> > hundreds

> > of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the

> > current scientific

> > literature. Scientists are in general agreement

> that

> > grain- and

> > legume-based diets high in phytates contribute to

> > widespread mineral

> > deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis

> > shows that calcium,

> > magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the plant

> > foods eaten in

> > these

> > areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and

> > grain-based diets

> > prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of

> the

> > highest phytate

> > levels of any grain or legume that has been

> > studied,16 and the

> > phytates

> > in soy are highly resistant to normal

> > phytate-reducing techniques

> > such

> > as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of

> > fermentation will

> > significantly reduce the phytate content of

> > soybeans.When

> > precipitated

> > soy products like tofu are consumed with meat, the

> > mineral-blocking

> > effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The

> Japanese

> > traditionally

> > eat a

> > small amount of tofu or miso as part of a

> > mineral-rich fish broth,

> > followed by a serving of meat or fish.Vegetarians

> > who consume tofu

> > and

> > bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy

> > products risk severe

> > mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium,

>

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The question that was asked was what everyone

recommended to " drink " , not what they put in their

cereal.

 

Before you post again, you might try reading with

comprehension.

 

 

--- mike man <mgsboediitodpc wrote:

 

> yes I must try water in my ceral

>

> Yes I must try water in my smoothies (will they be

> smooth)

> --- Chris StClair <cstclr wrote:

>

> > Why do you need to drink something other than

> water?

> >

> > --- Rob Combis <rcombis wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > What does everyone recommend to drink instead??

> > > Rice Milk??

> > >

> > >

> > > mm121elaine [121]

> > > Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

> > >

> > > Hazzards of

> > > Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

> > >

> > >

> > > http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

> > > Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

> > > Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig,

> > > Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

> > > Side

> > > The propaganda that has created the soy sales

> > > miracle is all the

> > > more

> > > remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the

> > > soybean was

> > > considered

> > > unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou

> > Dynasty

> > > (1134-246 BC)

> > > the

> > > soybean was designated one of the five sacred

> > > grains, along with

> > > barley,

> > > wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph

> for

> > > the soybean,

> > > which

> > > dates from earlier times, indicates that it was

> > not

> > > first used as a

> > > food; for whereas the pictographs for the other

> > four

> > > grains show the

> > > seed and stem structure of the plant, the

> > pictograph

> > > for the soybean

> > > emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural

> > > literature of the period

> > > speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in

> > crop

> > > rotation.

> > > Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a

> > > method of fixing

> > > nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food

> > > until the discovery

> > > of

> > > fermentation techniques, some time during the

> Chou

> > > Dynasty. The

> > > first

> > > soy foods were fermented products like tempeh,

> > > natto, miso and soy

> > > sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd

> century

> > > BC, Chinese

> > > scientists discovered that a purée of cooked

> > > soybeans could be

> > > precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium

> > > sulfate (plaster of

> > > Paris

> > > or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd -

> tofu

> > > or bean curd. The

> > > use

> > > of fermented and precipitated soy products soon

> > > spread to other

> > > parts of

> > > the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The

> > Chinese

> > > did not eat

> > > unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes

> > such

> > > as lentils

> > > because

> > > the soybean contains large quantities of natural

> > > toxins or

> > > " antinutrients " . First among them are potent

> > enzyme

> > > inhibitors that

> > > block the action of trypsin and other enzymes

> > needed

> > > for protein

> > > digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly

> > folded

> > > proteins that

> > > are

> > > not completely deactivated during ordinary

> > cooking.

> > > They can produce

> > > serious gastric distress, reduced protein

> > digestion

> > > and chronic

> > > deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test

> > animals,

> > > diets high in

> > > trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and

> > > pathological conditions of

> > > the

> > > pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also

> contain

> > > haemagglutinin, a

> > > clot-promoting substance that causes red blood

> > cells

> > > to clump

> > > together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin

> are

> > > growth

> > > inhibitors.

> > > Weanling rats fed soy containing these

> > antinutrients

> > > fail to grow

> > > normally. Growth-depressant compounds are

> > > deactivated during the

> > > process

> > > of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered

> > how

> > > to ferment the

> > > soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods

> into

> > > their diets.In

> > > precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors

> > concentrate

> > > in the soaking

> > > liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu

> and

> > > bean curd, growth

> > > depressants are reduced in quantity but not

> > > completely eliminated.

> > >

> > > Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that

> > > depress thyroid

> > > function

> > >

> > > .Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy

> > is

> > > genetically

> > > modified

> > > and it also has one of the highest percentages

> > > contamination by

> > > pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high

> > in

> > > phytic acid,

> > > present

> > > in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a

> > substance

> > > that can block

> > > the

> > > uptake of essential minerals - calcium,

> magnesium,

> > > copper, iron and

> > > especially zinc - in the intestinal

> tract.Although

> > > not a household

> > > word,

> > > phytic acid has been extensively studied; there

> > are

> > > literally

> > > hundreds

> > > of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the

> > > current scientific

> > > literature. Scientists are in general agreement

> > that

> > > grain- and

> > > legume-based diets high in phytates contribute

> to

> > > widespread mineral

> > > deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis

> > > shows that calcium,

> > > magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the

> plant

> > > foods eaten in

> > > these

> > > areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and

> > > grain-based diets

> > > prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of

> > the

> > > highest phytate

> > > levels of any grain or legume that has been

> > > studied,16 and the

> > > phytates

> > > in soy are highly resistant to normal

> > > phytate-reducing techniques

> > > such

> > > as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of

> > > fermentation will

> > > significantly reduce the phytate content of

> > > soybeans.When

> > > precipitated

> > > soy products like tofu are consumed with meat,

> the

> > > mineral-blocking

> > > effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The

> > Japanese

> > > traditionally

> > > eat a

> > > small amount of tofu or miso as part of a

> > > mineral-rich fish broth,

> > > followed by a serving of meat or

> fish.Vegetarians

> > > who consume tofu

> > > and

> > > bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy

> > > products risk severe

> > > mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium,

> >

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Many of the compounds in soy are harmful to human

beings. That is a fact.

 

Do some compounds in soy also help human beings? Yes.

But those things aren't going to do you much good when

you factor in the bad that soy does.

 

The " experts " who promote soy typically are unaware of

the bad qualities of soy or intentionally refuse to

discuss those bad qualities because they are on the

payroll of some entity with a financial interest in

promoting soy.

 

Castor beans provide fiber. Eaten any lately John?

 

 

--- John Polifronio <counterpnt wrote:

 

> There is no reason to be " convinced, " that Soy is

> harmful to human health.

> These are " viewpoints, " and there are opposing

> viewpoints out there, held

> by equally disinguished reasearchers.

> -

> " Chris StClair " <cstclr

>

> Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:16 PM

> RE: Hazzards of

> Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

>

>

> > Why do you need to drink something other than

> water?

> >

> > --- Rob Combis <rcombis wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > What does everyone recommend to drink instead??

> > > Rice Milk??

> > >

> > >

> > > mm121elaine [121]

> > > Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:54 PM

> > >

> > > Hazzards of

> > > Unfermented Soy foods Part 1

> > >

> > >

> > > http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

> > > Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

> > > Page 1-3 of 3 by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig,

> > > Ph.D.Cinderella's Dark

> > > Side

> > > The propaganda that has created the soy sales

> > > miracle is all the

> > > more

> > > remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the

> > > soybean was

> > > considered

> > > unfit to eat - even in Asia. During the Chou

> Dynasty

> > > (1134-246 BC)

> > > the

> > > soybean was designated one of the five sacred

> > > grains, along with

> > > barley,

> > > wheat, millet and rice.However, the pictograph

> for

> > > the soybean,

> > > which

> > > dates from earlier times, indicates that it was

> not

> > > first used as a

> > > food; for whereas the pictographs for the other

> four

> > > grains show the

> > > seed and stem structure of the plant, the

> pictograph

> > > for the soybean

> > > emphasizes the root structure. Agricultural

> > > literature of the period

> > > speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in

> crop

> > > rotation.

> > > Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a

> > > method of fixing

> > > nitrogen.13 The soybean did not serve as a food

> > > until the discovery

> > > of

> > > fermentation techniques, some time during the

> Chou

> > > Dynasty. The

> > > first

> > > soy foods were fermented products like tempeh,

> > > natto, miso and soy

> > > sauce.At a later date, possibly in the 2nd

> century

> > > BC, Chinese

> > > scientists discovered that a purée of cooked

> > > soybeans could be

> > > precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium

> > > sulfate (plaster of

> > > Paris

> > > or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd -

> tofu

> > > or bean curd. The

> > > use

> > > of fermented and precipitated soy products soon

> > > spread to other

> > > parts of

> > > the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia.The

> Chinese

> > > did not eat

> > > unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes

> such

> > > as lentils

> > > because

> > > the soybean contains large quantities of natural

> > > toxins or

> > > " antinutrients " . First among them are potent

> enzyme

> > > inhibitors that

> > > block the action of trypsin and other enzymes

> needed

> > > for protein

> > > digestion.These inhibitors are large, tightly

> folded

> > > proteins that

> > > are

> > > not completely deactivated during ordinary

> cooking.

> > > They can produce

> > > serious gastric distress, reduced protein

> digestion

> > > and chronic

> > > deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test

> animals,

> > > diets high in

> > > trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and

> > > pathological conditions of

> > > the

> > > pancreas, including cancer.14Soybeans also

> contain

> > > haemagglutinin, a

> > > clot-promoting substance that causes red blood

> cells

> > > to clump

> > > together.Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin

> are

> > > growth

> > > inhibitors.

> > > Weanling rats fed soy containing these

> antinutrients

> > > fail to grow

> > > normally. Growth-depressant compounds are

> > > deactivated during the

> > > process

> > > of fermentation, so once the Chinese discovered

> how

> > > to ferment the

> > > soybean, they began to incorporate soy foods

> into

> > > their diets.In

> > > precipitated products, enzyme inhibitors

> concentrate

> > > in the soaking

> > > liquid rather than in the curd. Thus, in tofu

> and

> > > bean curd, growth

> > > depressants are reduced in quantity but not

> > > completely eliminated.

> > >

> > > Soy also contains goitrogens - substances that

> > > depress thyroid

> > > function

> > >

> > > .Additionally 99% a very large percentage of soy

> is

> > > genetically

> > > modified

> > > and it also has one of the highest percentages

> > > contamination by

> > > pesticides of any of our foods.Soybeans are high

> in

> > > phytic acid,

> > > present

> > > in the bran or hulls of all seeds. It's a

> substance

> > > that can block

> > > the

> > > uptake of essential minerals - calcium,

> magnesium,

> > > copper, iron and

> > > especially zinc - in the intestinal

> tract.Although

> > > not a household

> > > word,

> > > phytic acid has been extensively studied; there

> are

> > > literally

> > > hundreds

> > > of articles on the effects of phytic acid in the

> > > current scientific

> > > literature. Scientists are in general agreement

> that

> > > grain- and

> > > legume-based diets high in phytates contribute

> to

> > > widespread mineral

> > > deficiencies in third world countries.15Analysis

> > > shows that calcium,

> > > magnesium, iron and zinc are present in the

> plant

> > > foods eaten in

> > > these

> > > areas, but the high phytate content of soy- and

> > > grain-based diets

> > > prevents their absorption.The soybean has one of

> the

> > > highest phytate

> > > levels of any grain or legume that has been

> > > studied,16 and the

> > > phytates

> > > in soy are highly resistant to normal

> > > phytate-reducing techniques

> > > such

> > > as long, slow cooking.17 Only a long period of

> > > fermentation will

> > > significantly reduce the phytate content of

> > > soybeans.When

> > > precipitated

> > > soy products like tofu are consumed with meat,

> the

> > > mineral-blocking

> > > effects of the phytates are reduced.18 The

> Japanese

> > > traditionally

> > > eat a

> > > small amount of tofu or miso as part of a

> > > mineral-rich fish broth,

> > > followed by a serving of meat or

> fish.Vegetarians

> > > who consume tofu

> > > and

> > > bean curd as a substitute for meat and dairy

> > > products risk severe

> > > mineral deficiencies. The results of calcium,

> > > magnesium and iron

> > > deficiency are well known; those of zinc are

> less

> > > so.Zinc is called

> > > the

> > > intelligence mineral because it is needed for

> > > optimal development

> > > and

> > > functioning of the brain and nervous system. It

> > > plays a role in

> > > protein

> > > synthesis and collagen formation; it is involved

> in

> > > the blood-sugar

> > > control mechanism and thus protects against

> > > diabetes; it is needed

> > > for a

> > > healthy reproductive system.Zinc is a key

> component

> > > in numerous

> > > vital

> > > enzymes and plays a role in the immune system.

> > > Phytates found in soy

> > > products interfere with zinc absorption more

> > > completely than with

> > > other

> > > minerals.19 Zinc deficiency can cause a " spacey "

> > > feeling that some

> > > vegetarians may mistake for the " high " of

> spiritual

> > > enlightenment.Milk

> > > drinking is given as the reason why

> > > second-generation Japanese in

> > > America grow taller than their native ancestors.

> > > Some investigators

> > > postulate that the reduced phytate content of

> the

> > > American diet -

> > > whatever may be its other deficiencies - is the

> true

> > > explanation,

> > > pointing out that both Asian and Western

> children

> > > who do not get

> > > enough

> > > meat and fish products to counteract the effects

> of

> > > a high phytate

> > > diet,

> > > frequently suffer rickets, stunting and other

> growth

> > > problems.20*

> > >

> > > Soy Protein Isolate: Not So Friendly

> > >

> > > *Soy processors have worked hard to get these

> > > antinutrients out of

> > > the

> > > finished product, particularly soy protein

> isolate

> > > (SPI) which is

> > > the

> > > key ingredient in most soy foods that imitate

> meat

> > > and dairy

> > > products,

> > > including baby formulas and some brands of soy

> > > milk.SPI is not

> > > something

> > > you can make in your own kitchen. Production

> takes

> > > place in

> > > industrial

> > > factories where a slurry of soy beans is first

> mixed

> > > with an

> > > alkaline

> > > solution to remove fiber, then precipitated and

> > > separated using an

> > > acid

> > > wash and, finally, neutralized in an alkaline

> > > solution.Acid washing

> > > in

> > > aluminum tanks leaches high levels of aluminum

> into

> > > the final

> > > product.

> > > The resultant curds are spray- dried at high

> > > temperatures to produce

> > > a

> > > high-protein powder. A final indignity to the

> > > original soybean is

> > > high-temperature, high-pressure extrusion

> processing

> > > of soy protein

> > > isolate to produce textured vegetable protein

> > > (TVP).Much of the

> > > trypsin

> > > inhibitor content can be removed through

> > > high-temperature

> > > processing,

> > > but not all. Trypsin inhibitor content of soy

> > > protein isolate can

> > > vary

> > > as much as fivefold.21 (In rats, even low-level

> > > trypsin inhibitor

> > > SPI

> > > feeding results in reduced weight gain compared

> to

> > > controls.22)But

> > > high-temperature processing has the unfortunate

> > > side-effect of so

> > > denaturing the other proteins in soy that they

> are

> > > rendered largely

> > > ineffective.23 That's why animals on soy feed

> need

> > > lysine

> > > supplements

> > > for normal growth.Nitrites, which are potent

> > > carcinogens, are formed

> > > during spray-drying, and a toxin called

> > > lysinoalanine is formed

> > > during

> > > alkaline processing.24 Numerous artificial

> > > flavorings, particularly

> > > MSG,

> > > are added to soy protein isolate and textured

> > > vegetable protein

> > > products

> > > to mask their strong " beany " taste and to impart

> the

> > > flavor of

> > > meat.25In

> > > feeding experiments, the use of SPI increased

> > > requirements for

> > > vitamins

> > > E, K, D and B12 and created deficiency symptoms

> of

> > > calcium,

> > > magnesium,

> > > manganese, molybdenum, copper, iron and zinc.26

> > > Phytic acid

> > > remaining in

> > > these soy products greatly inhibits zinc and

> iron

> > > absorption; test

> > > animals fed SPI develop enlarged organs,

> > > particularly the pancreas

> > > and

> > > thyroid gland, and increased deposition of fatty

> > > acids in the

> > > liver.27Yet soy protein isolate and textured

> > > vegetable protein are

> > > used

> > > extensively in school lunch programs, commercial

> > > baked goods, diet

> > > beverages and fast food products. They are

> heavily

> > > promoted in third

> > > world countries and form the basis of many food

> > > giveaway programs.

> > > In

> > > spite of poor results in animal feeding trials,

> the

> > > soy industry has

> > > sponsored a number of studies designed to show

> that

> > > soy protein

> > > products

> > > can be used in human diets as a replacement for

> > > traditional foods.

> > > An

> > > example is " Nutritional Quality of Soy Bean

> Protein

> > > Isolates:

> > > Studies in

> > > Children of Preschool Age " , sponsored by the

> Ralston

> > > Purina

> > > Company.28 A

> > > group of Central American children suffering

> from

> > > malnutrition was

> > > first

> > > stabilized and brought into better health by

> feeding

> > > them native

> > > foods,

> > > including meat and dairy products. Then, for a

> > > two-week period,

> > > these

> > > traditional foods were replaced by a drink made

> of

> > > soy protein

> > > isolate

> > > and sugar. All nitrogen taken in and all

> nitrogen

> > > excreted was

> > > measured

> > > in truly Orwellian fashion: the children were

> > > weighed naked every

> > > morning, and all excrement and vomit gathered up

> for

> > > analysis. The

> > > researchers found that the children retained

> > > nitrogen and that their

> > > growth was " adequate " , so the experiment was

> > > declared a

> > > success.Whether

> > > the children were actually healthy on such a

> diet,

> > > or could remain

> > > so

> > > over a long period, is another matter. The

> > > researchers noted that

> > > the

> > > children vomited " occasionally " , usually after

> > > finishing a meal;

> > > that

> > > over half suffered from periods of moderate

> > > diarrhea; that some had

> > > upper respiratory infections; and that others

> > > suffered from rash and

> > > fever.It should be noted that the researchers

> did

> > > not dare to use

> > > soy

> > > products to help the children recover from

> > > malnutrition, and were

> > > obliged to supplement the soy-sugar mixture with

> > > nutrients largely

> > > absent in soy products - notably, vitamins A, D

> and

> > > B12, iron,

> > > iodine

> > > and zinc.*

> > >

> > > Marketing The Perfect Food

> > > *

> > > " Just imagine you could grow the perfect food.

> This

> > > food not only

> > > would

> > > provide affordable nutrition, but also would be

> > > delicious and easy

> > > to

> > > prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a

> > > healthful food, with no

> > > saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a

> > > virtual fountain of

> > > youth

> > > on your back forty. " The author is Dean Houghton,

> > > writing for The

> > > Furrow,2 a magazine published in 12 languages by

> > > John Deere. " This

> > > ideal

> > > food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse,

> some

> > > of the world's

> > > most

> > > dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle

> crop

> > > in a variety of

> > > soils

> > > and climates. Its cultivation would build up,

> not

> > > deplete, the

> > > land...this miracle food already exists... It's

> > > called soy. " Just

> > > imagine. Farmers have been imagining - and

> planting

> > > more soy. What

> > > was

> > > once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US

> Department

> > > of Agriculture

> > > (USDA) handbook not as a food but as an

> industrial

> > > product, now

> > > covers

> > > 72 million acres of American farmland. Much of

> this

> > > harvest will be

> > > used

> > > to feed chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows and

> salmon.

> > > Another large

> > > fraction

> > > will be squeezed to produce oil for margarine,

> > > shortenings and salad

> > > dressings.Advances in technology make it

> possible to

> > > produce

> > > isolated

> > > soy protein from what was once considered a

> waste

> > > product - the

> > > defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then

> > > transform something that

> > > looks and smells terrible into products that can

> be

> > > consumed by

> > > human

> > > beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners,

> > > emulsifiers and

> > > synthetic

> > > nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the

> food

> > > processors' ugly

> > > duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.The new

> > > fairy-tale food has been

> > > marketed not so much for her beauty but for her

> > > virtues. Early on,

> > > products based on soy protein isolate were sold

> as

> > > extenders and

> > > meat

> > > substitutes - a strategy that failed to produce

> the

> > > requisite

> > > consumer

> > > demand. The industry changed its approach. " The

> > > quickest way to gain

> > > product acceptability in the less affluent

> society, "

> > > said an

> > > industry

> > > spokesman, " is to have the product consumed on

> its

> > > own merit in a

> > > more

> > > affluent society. " 3 So soy is now sold to the

> > > upscale consumer, not

> > > as a

> > > cheap, poverty food but as a miracle substance

> that

> > > will prevent

> > > heart

> > > disease and cancer, whisk away hot flushes,

> build

> > > strong bones and

> > > keep

> > > us forever young. The competition - meat, milk,

> > > cheese, butter and

> > > eggs

> > > - has been duly demonised by the appropriate

> > > government bodies. Soy

> > > serves as meat and milk for a new generation of

> > > virtuous vegetarians.

> > > *

> > >

> > > Marketing Costs Money*

> > >

> > > This is especially when it needs to be bolstered

> > > with " research " ,

> > > but

> > > there's plenty of funds available. All soybean

> > > producers pay a

> > > mandatory

> > > assessment of one-half to one per cent of the

> net

> > > market price of

> > > soybeans. The total - something like US$80

> million

> > > annually4 -

> > > supports

> > > United Soybean's program to " strengthen the

> position

> > > of soybeans in

> > > the

> > > marketplace and maintain and expand domestic and

> > > foreign markets for

> > > uses for soybeans and soybean products " . State

> > > soybean councils from

> > > Maryland, Nebraska, Delaware, Arkansas,

> Virginia,

> > > North Dakota and

> > > Michigan provide another $2.5 million for

> > > " research " .5 Private

> > > companies

> > > like Archer Daniels Midland also contribute

> their

> > > share. ADM spent

> > > $4.7

> > > million for advertising on Meet the Press and

> $4.3

> > > million on Face

> > > the

> > > Nation during the course of a year.6Public

> relations

> > > firms help

> > > convert

> > > research projects into newspaper articles and

> > > advertising copy, and

> > > law

> > > firms lobby for favorable government

> regulations.

> > > IMF money funds

> > > soy

> > > processing plants in foreign countries, and free

> > > trade policies keep

> > > soybean abundance flowing to overseas

> > > destinations.The push for more

> > > soy

> > > has been relentless and global in its reach. Soy

> > > protein is now

> > > found in

> > > most supermarket breads. It is being used to

> > > transform " the humble

> > > tortilla, Mexico's corn-based staple food, into

> a

> > > protein-fortified

> > > 'super-tortilla' that would give a nutritional

> boost

> > > to the nearly

> > > 20

> > > million Mexicans who live in extreme poverty " .7

> > > Advertising for a

> > > new

> > > soy-enriched loaf from Allied Bakeries in

> Britain

> > > targets menopausal

> > > women seeking relief from hot flushes. Sales are

> > > running at a

> > > quarter of

> > > a million loaves per week.8The soy industry

> hired

> > > Norman Robert

> > > Associates, a public relations firm, to " get

> more

> > > soy products onto

> > > school menus " .9 The USDA responded with a

> proposal

> > > to scrap the 30

> > > per

> > > cent limit for soy in school lunches. The NuMenu

> > > program would allow

> > > unlimited use of soy in student meals. With soy

> > > added to hamburgers,

> > > tacos and lasagna, dieticians can get the total

> fat

> > > content below 30

> > > per

> > > cent of calories, thereby conforming to

> government

> > > dictates. " With

> > > the

> > > soy-enhanced food items, students are receiving

> > > better servings of

> > > nutrients and less cholesterol and fat. " Soy milk

> has

> > > posted the

> > > biggest

> > > gains, soaring from $2 million in 1980 to $300

> > > million in the US

> > > last

> > > year.10 Recent advances in processing have

> > > transformed the gray,

> > > thin,

> > > bitter, beany-tasting Asian beverage into a

> product

> > > that Western

> > > consumers will accept - one that tastes like a

> > > milkshake, but

> > > without

> > > the guilt.Processing miracles, good packaging,

> > > massive advertising

> > > and a

> > > marketing strategy that stresses the products'

> > > possible health

> > > benefits

> > > account for increasing sales to all age groups.

> For

> > > example, reports

> > > that soy helps prevent prostate cancer have made

> soy

> > > milk acceptable

> > > to

> > > middle-aged men. " You don't have to twist the

> arm of

> > > a 55- to

> > > 60-year-old guy to get him to try soy milk, "

> says

> > > Mark Messina.

> > > Michael

> > > Milken, former junk bond financier, has helped

> the

> > > industry shed its

> > > hippie image with well-publicized efforts to

> consume

> > > 40 grams of soy

> > > protein daily.America today, tomorrow the world.

> Soy

> > > milk sales are

> > > rising in Canada, even though soy milk there

> costs

> > > twice as much as

> > > cow's milk. Soybean milk processing plants are

> > > sprouting up in

> > > places

> > > like Kenya.11 Even China, where soy really is a

> > > poverty food and

> > > whose

> > > people want more meat, not tofu, has opted to

> build

> > > Western-style

> > > soy

> > > factories rather than develop western grasslands

> for

> > > grazing

> > > animals.12*

> > >

> > > FDA Health Claim Challenged*

> > >

> > > On October 25, 1999 the US Food and Drug

> > > Administration (FDA)

> > > decided to

> > > allow a health claim for products " low in

> saturated

> > > fat and

> > > cholesterol "

> > > that contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per

> serving.

> > > Breakfast

> > > cereals,

> > > baked goods, convenience food, smoothie mixes

> and

> > > meat substitutes

> > > could

> > > now be sold with labels touting benefits to

> > > cardiovascular health,

> > > as

> > > long as these products contained one heaping

> > > teaspoon of soy protein

> > > per

> > > 100-gram serving. The best marketing strategy

> for a

> > > product that is

> > > inherently unhealthy is, of course, a health

> > > claim. " The road to FDA

> > > approval, " writes a soy apologist, " was long and

> > > demanding,

> > > consisting

> > > of a detailed review of human clinical data

> > > collected from more than

> > > 40

> > > scientific studies conducted over the last 20

> years.

> > > Soy protein was

> > > found to be one of the rare foods that had

> > > sufficient scientific

> > > evidence not only to qualify for an FDA health

> claim

> > > proposal but to

> > > ultimately pass the rigorous approval

> process. " 29The

> > > " long and

> > > demanding " road to FDA approval actually took a

> few

> > > unexpected

> > > turns.

> > > The original petition, submitted by Protein

> > > Technology

> > > International,

> > > requested a health claim for isoflavones, the

> > > estrogen-like

> > > compounds

> > > found plentifully in soybeans, based on

> assertions

> > > that " only soy

> > > protein that has been processed in a manner in

> which

> > > isoflavones are

> > > retained will result in cholesterol lowering " .In

> > > 1998, the FDA made

> > > the

> > > unprecedented move of rewriting PTI's petition,

> > > removing any

> > > reference

> > > to the phyto-estrogens and substituting a claim

> for

> > > soy protein - a

> > > move

> > > that was in direct contradiction to the agency's

> > > regulations. The

> > > FDA is

> > > authorized to make rulings only on substances

> > > presented by

> > > petition.The

> > > abrupt change in direction was no doubt due to

> the

> > > fact that a

> > > number of

> > > researchers, including scientists employed by

> the US

> > > Government,

> > > submitted documents indicating that isoflavones

> are

> > > toxic.The FDA

> > > had

> > > also received, early in 1998, the final British

> > > Government report on

> > > phytoestrogens, which failed to find much

> evidence

> > > of benefit and

> > > warned

> > > against potential adverse effects.30

> > > Even with the change to soy protein isolate, FDA

> > > bureaucrats engaged

> > > in

> > > the " rigorous approval process " were forced to

> deal

> > > nimbly with

> > > concerns

> > > about mineral blocking effects, enzyme

> inhibitors,

> > > goitrogenicity,

> > > endocrine disruption, reproductive problems and

> > > increased allergic

> > > reactions from consumption of soy products.31One

> of

> > > the strongest

> > > letters of protest came from Dr Dan Sheehan and

> Dr

> > > Daniel Doerge,

> > > government researchers at the National Center

> for

> > > Toxicological

> > > Research.32 Their pleas for warning labels were

> > > dismissed as

> > > unwarranted. " Sufficient scientific evidence " of

> > > soy's

> > > cholesterol-lowering properties is drawn largely

> > > from a 1995

> > > meta-analysis by Dr James Anderson, sponsored by

> > > Protein

> > > Technologies

> > > International and published in the New England

> > > Journal of

> > > Medicine.33A

> > > meta-analysis is a review and summary of the

> results

> > > of many

> > > clinical

> > > studies on the same subject. Use of

> meta-analyses to

> > > draw general

> > > conclusions has come under sharp criticism by

> > > members of the

> > > scientific

> > > community. " Researchers substituting

> meta-analysis

> > > for more rigorous

> > > trials risk making faulty assumptions and

> indulging

> > > in creative

> > > accounting, " says Sir John Scott, President of

> the

> > > Royal Society of

> > > New

> > > Zealand. " Like is not being lumped with like.

> Little

> > > lumps and big

> > > lumps

> > > of data are being gathered together by various

> > > groups. " 34There is

> > > the

> > > added temptation for researchers, particularly

> > > researchers funded by

> > > a

> > > company like Protein Technologies International,

> to

> > > leave out

> > > studies

> > > that would prevent the desired conclusions. Dr

> > > Anderson discarded

> > > eight

> > > studies for various reasons, leaving a remainder

> of

> > > twenty-nine. The

> > > published report suggested that individuals with

> > > cholesterol levels

> > > over

> > > 250 mg/dl would experience a " significant "

> reduction

> > > of 7 to 20 per

> > > cent

> > > in levels of serum cholesterol if they

> substituted

> > > soy protein for

> > > animal protein. Cholesterol reduction was

> > > insignificant for

> > > individuals

> > > whose cholesterol was lower than 250 mg/dl.In

> other

> > > words, for most

> > > of

> > > us, giving up steak and eating vegieburgers

> instead

> > > will not bring

> > > down

> > > blood cholesterol levels. The health claim that

> the

> > > FDA

> > > approved " after

> > > detailed review of human clinical data " fails to

> > > inform the consumer

> > > about these important details.Research that ties

> soy

> > > to positive

> > > effects

> > > on cholesterol levels is " incredibly immature " ,

> said

> > > Ronald M.

> > > Krauss,

> > > MD, head of the Molecular Medical Research

> Program

> > > and Lawrence

> > > Berkeley

> > > National Laboratory.35 He might have added that

> > > studies in which

> > > cholesterol levels were lowered through either

> diet

> > > or drugs have

> > > consistently resulted in a greater number of

> deaths

> > > in the treatment

> > > groups than in controls - deaths from stroke,

> > > cancer, intestinal

> > > disorders, accident and suicide.36

> > > Cholesterol-lowering measures in

> > > the

> > > US have fuelled a $60 billion per year

> > > cholesterol-lowering

> > > industry,

> > > but have not saved us from the ravages of heart

> > > disease.

> > >

> > > ____________________________

> > >

> > > *Soy And Cancer *

> > > The new FDA ruling does not allow any claims

> about

> > > cancer prevention

> > > on

> > > food packages, but that has not restrained the

> > > industry and its

> > > marketers from making them in their promotional

> > > literature.

> > > " In addition to protecting the heart, " says a

> > > vitamin company

> > > brochure,

> > > " soy has demonstrated powerful anticancer

> > > benefits...the Japanese,

> > > who

> > > eat 30 times as much soy as North Americans,

> have a

> > > lower incidence

> > > of

> > > cancers of the breast, uterus and prostate. " 37

> > > Indeed they do. But

> > > the

> > > Japanese, and Asians in general, have much

> higher

> > > rates of other

> > > types

> > > of cancer, particularly cancer of the esophagus,

> > > stomach, pancreas

> > > and

> > > liver.38 Asians throughout the world also have

> high

> > > rates of thyroid

> > > cancer.39 The logic that links low rates of

> > > reproductive cancers to

> > > soy

> > > consumption requires attribution of high rates

> of

> > > thyroid and

> > > digestive

> > > cancers to the same foods, particularly as soy

> > > causes these types of

> > > cancers in laboratory rats.Just how much soy do

> > > Asians eat? A 1998

> > > survey found that the average daily amount of

> soy

> > > protein consumed

> > > in

> > > Japan was about eight grams for men and seven

> for

> > > women - less than

> > > two

> > > teaspoons.40 The famous Cornell China Study,

> > > conducted by Colin T.

> > > Campbell, found that legume consumption in China

> > > varied from 0 to 58

> > > grams per day, with a mean of about

> > > twelve.41Assuming that two-

> > > thirds of

> > > legume consumption is soy, then the maximum

> > > consumption is about 40

> > > grams, or less than three tablespoons per day,

> with

> > > an average

> > > consumption of about nine grams, or less than

> two

> > > teaspoons. A

> > > survey

> > > conducted in the 1930s found that soy foods

> > > accounted for only 1.5

> > > per

> > > cent of calories in the Chinese diet, compared

> with

> > > 65 per cent of

> > > calories from pork.42 (Asians traditionally

> cooked

> > > with lard, not

> > > vegetable oil!)Traditionally fermented soy

> products

> > > make a

> > > delicious,

> > > natural seasoning that may supply important

> > > nutritional factors in

> > > the

> > > Asian diet. But except in times of famine,

> Asians

> > > consume soy

> > > products

> > > only in small amounts, as condiments, and not as

> a

> > > replacement for

> > > animal foods - with one exception. Celibate

> monks

> > > living in

> > > monasteries

> > > and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy

> foods

> > > quite helpful

> > > because

> > > they dampen libido.It was a 1994 meta-analysis

> by

> > > Mark Messina,

> > > published in Nutrition and Cancer, that fuelled

> > > speculation on soy's

> > > anticarcinogenic properties.43 Messina noted

> that in

> > > 26 animal

> > > studies,

> > > 65 per cent reported protective effects from

> soy. He

> > > conveniently

> > > neglected to include at least one study in which

> soy

> > > feeding caused

> > > pancreatic cancer - the 1985 study by Rackis.44

> In

> > > the human studies

> > > he

> > > listed, the results were mixed.A few showed some

> > > protective effect,

> > > but

> > > most showed no correlation at all between soy

> > > consumption and cancer

> > > rates. He concluded that " the data in this

> review

> > > cannot be used as

> > > a

> > > basis for claiming that soy intake decreases

> cancer

> > > risk " . Yet in

> > > his

> > > subsequent book, The Simple Soybean and Your

> Health,

> > > Messina makes

> > > just

> > > such a claim, recommending one cup or 230 grams

> of

> > > soy products per

> > > day

> > > in his " optimal " diet as a way to prevent

> > > cancer.Thousands of women

> > > are

> > > now consuming soy in the belief that it protects

> > > them against breast

> > > cancer. Yet, in 1996, researchers found that

> women

> > > consuming soy

> > > protein

> > > isolate had an increased incidence of epithelial

> > > hyperplasia, a

> > > condition that presages malignancies.45 A year

> > > later, dietary

> > > genistein

> > > was found to stimulate breast cells to enter the

> > > cell cycle - a

> > > discovery that led the study authors to conclude

> > > that women should

> > > not

> > > consume soy products to prevent breast

> > > cancer.46*Phytoestrogens:

> > > Panacea

> > > Or Poison? *

> > > The male species of tropical birds carries the

> drab

> > > plumage of the

> > > female at birth and 'colors up' at maturity,

> > > somewhere between nine

> > > and

> > > 24 months.In 1991, Richard and Valerie James,

> bird

> > > breeders in

> > > Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of

> feed

> > > for their

> > > birds -

> > > one based largely on soy protein.47 When

> soy-based

> > > feed was used,

> > > their

> > > birds 'colored up' after just a few months. In

> fact,

> > > one bird-food

> > > manufacturer claimed that this early development

> was

> > > an advantage

> > > imparted by the feed.A 1992 ad for Roudybush

> feed

> > > formula showed a

> > > picture of the male crimson rosella, an

> Australian

> > > parrot that

> > > acquires

> > > beautiful red plumage at 18 to 24 months,

> already

> > > brightly colored

> > > at 11

> > > weeks old.Unfortunately, in the ensuing years,

> there

> > > was decreased

> > > fertility in the birds, with precocious

> maturation,

> > > deformed,

> > > stunted

> > > and stillborn babies, and premature deaths,

> > > especially among

> > > females,

> > > with the result that the total population in the

> > > aviaries went into

> > > steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone

> > > deformities,

> > > goiter,

> > > immune system disorders and pathological,

> aggressive

> > > behavior.

> > > Autopsy

> > > revealed digestive organs in a state of

> > > disintegration. The list of

> > > problems corresponded with many of the problems

> the

> > > Jameses had

> > > encountered in their two children, who had been

> fed

> > > soy-based infant

> > > formula.Startled, aghast, angry, the Jameses

> hired

> > > toxicologist Mike

> > > Fitzpatrick. PhD, to investigate further. Dr

> > > Fitzpatrick's

> > > literature

> > > review uncovered evidence that soy consumption

> has

> > > been linked to

> > > numerous disorders, including infertility,

> increased

> > > cancer and

> > > infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back

> to

> > > the 1950s,48 that

> > > genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in

> > > animals. Dr

> > > Fitzpatrick

> > > also analyzed the bird feed and found that it

> > > contained high levels

> > > of

> > > phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the

> > > Jameses discontinued

> > > using soy-based feed, the flock gradually

> returned

> > > to normal

> > > breeding

> > > habits and behavior.The Jameses embarked on a

> > > private crusade to

> > > warn

> > > the public and government officials about toxins

> in

> > > soy foods,

> > > particularly the endocrine-disrupting

> isoflavones,

> > > genistein and

> > > diadzen. Protein Technology International

> received

> > > their material in

> > > 1994.In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that

> > > consumption of as

> > > little as 30 grams or two tablespoons of

> soybeans

> > > per day for only

> > > one

> > > month resulted in a significant increase in

> > > thyroid-stimulating

> > > hormone.49 Diffuse goiter and hypothyroidism

> > > appeared in some of the

> > > subjects and many complained of constipation,

> > > fatigue and lethargy,

> > > even

> > > though their intake of iodine was adequate.In

> 1997,

> > > researchers from

> > > the

> > > FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research

> > > made the

> > > embarrassing

> > > discovery that the goitrogenic components of soy

> > > were the very same

> > > isoflavones.50Twenty-five grams of soy protein

> > > isolate, the minimum

> > > amount PTI claimed to have cholesterol-lowering

> > > effects, contains

> > > from

> > > 50 to 70 mg of isoflavones. It took only 45 mg

> of

> > > isoflavones in

> > > premenopausal women to exert significant

> biological

> > > effects,

> > > including a

> > > reduction in hormones needed for adequate

> thyroid

> > > function. These

> > > effects lingered for three months after soy

> > > consumption was

> > > discontinued.51 One hundred grams of soy protein

> -

> > > the maximum

> > > suggested

> > > cholesterol-lowering dose, and the amount

> > > recommended by Protein

> > > Technologies International - can contain almost

> 600

> > > mg of

> > > isoflavones,52

> > > an amount that is undeniably toxic. In 1992, the

> > > Swiss health

> > > service

> > > estimated that 100 grams of soy protein provided

> the

> > > estrogenic

> > > equivalent of the Pill.53In vitro studies

> suggest

> > > that isoflavones

> > > inhibit synthesis of estradiol and other steroid

> > > hormones.54

> > > Reproductive problems, infertility, thyroid

> disease

> > > and liver

> > > disease

> > > due to dietary intake of isoflavones have been

> > > observed for several

> > > species of animals including mice, cheetah,

> quail,

> > > pigs, rats,

> > > sturgeon

> > > and sheep.55 It is the isoflavones in soy that

> are

> > > said to have a

> > > favorable effect on postmenopausal symptoms,

> > > including hot flushes,

> > > and

> > > protection from osteoporosis. Quantification of

> > > discomfort from hot

> > > flushes is extremely subjective, and most

> studies

> > > show that control

> > > subjects report reduction in discomfort in

> amounts

> > > equal to subjects

> > > given soy.56 The claim that soy prevents

> > > osteoporosis is

> > > extraordinary,

> > > given that soy foods block calcium and cause

> vitamin

> > > D

> > > deficiencies.If

> > > Asians indeed have lower rates of osteoporosis

> than

> > > Westerners, it

> > > is

> > > because their diet provides plenty of vitamin D

> from

> > > shrimp, lard

> > > and

> > > seafood, and plenty of calcium from bone broths.

> The

> > > reason that

> > > Westerners have such high rates of osteoporosis

> is

> > > because they have

> > > substituted soy oil for butter, which is a

> > > traditional source of

> > > vitamin

> > > D and other fat-soluble activators needed for

> > > calcium absorption.*

> > >

> > > Birth Control Pills For Babies*

> > >

> > > But it was the isoflavones in infant formula

> that

> > > gave the Jameses

> > > the

> > > most cause for concern. In 1998, investigators

> > > reported that the

> > > daily

> > > exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant

> > > formula is 6 to11

> > > times

> > > higher on a body-weight basis than the dose that

> has

> > > hormonal

> > > effects in

> > > adults consuming soy foods. Circulating

> > > concentrations of

> > > isoflavones in

> > > infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to

> 22,000

> > > times higher

> > > than

> > > plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on

> cow's

> > > milk

> > > formula.57Approximately 25 per cent of

> bottle-fed

> > > children in the US

> > > receive soy-based formula - a much higher

> percentage

> > > than in other

> > > parts

> > > of the Western world. Fitzpatrick estimated that

> an

> > > infant

> > > exclusively

> > > fed soy formula receives the estrogenic

> equivalent

> > > (based on body

> > > weight) of at least five birth control pills per

> > > day.58 By contrast,

> > > almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in

> > > dairy-based infant

> > > formula or in human milk, even when the mother

> > > consumes soy

> > > products.

> > > Scientists have known for years that soy-based

> > > formula can cause

> > > thyroid

> > > problems in babies. But what are the effects of

> soy

> > > products on the

> > > hormonal

> > > --- End forwarded message ---

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