Soy - Good or Bad?

[Guest guest]

A few weeks ago we had a discussion on the list about the pros and cons

of soy. The cover story in today's SF Chronicle Magazine was, " The

Great Soy Scam: Manufacturing a Health Obsession. " If you only read

the first part of the article, you would think that soy should be

avoided. Kaayla Daniel is quoted on the many risks of soy. She even

blames the early onset of puberty in girls on estrogen in soy infant

formula. No mention of all the estrogen in meat and milk, which are

much more widely consumed, of course. (One of the other " experts "

questions her credentials, which I found interesting.)

 

But if you keep reading to the end of the article (several pages), the

final message is that there have been many studies on soy, most of

which show not much benefit or risk in consuming it. Those are not the

studies that get the publicity, though.

 

Karen