[SouthBayVeggies] Making sense of soy

[Guest guest]

First, there's John Robbins' response to Kaayla Daniel's article in Mothering

Magazine

 

http://www.foodrevolution.org/mothering.htm

 

There's a thoughtful, albeit occasionally ranting (love her anyway) response by

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau:

http://www.compassionatecooks.com/blog/2007/02/soy-is-not-evil.html

 

Lots more " Is Soy Safe? " articles here:

http://www.veghealthguide.com/soy-tofu.html#soy_research

 

About the estrogen, these are plant hormones. PLANT hormones. That's why they

are called phytoestrogens (phyto- meaning plants.) Some studies suggest that

they have mild effects that mimic animal estrogen but others have shown them to

actually have an antagonistic effect (similar enough to bind animal estrogen

receptors but different enough to not activate those receptors.) Read more

here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytoestrogens

 

Incidentally, flax has an even higher phyto-estrogen content than soy, and I've

never heard warning calls against flax.

 

Probably far more damaging than phytoestrogens are the animal hormones in animal

agriculture including and especially in dairy.

 

Always check the references and do your own research.

 

Cheers!

Matthew

 

 

 

 

Elchanan <Elchanan

 

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 1:48:27 PM

[southBayVeggies] Food Assessment: Soy Not Food For Humans (WAS: Tofu

may raise risk of memory loss)

 

If you're interested in health and would like to learn, in great detail, why

soy is not food for humans, visit <http://www.wholesoystory.com/>

http://www.wholesoystory.com/. This is Kaayla Daniels' web site. She wrote

her doctoral dissertation on this topic and has since published her work in

an excellent book bearing the same name as her Web site. Much free info on

the site, if you don't wish to read the whole book.

 

The estrogen warning is serious, but just the tiny tip of a very large

iceberg.

 

Best regards,

Elchanan

_____

 

Richard [noperdu]

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:00 PM

Mark Galeck; 'Andy'

Cc:

RE: [southBayVeggies] Tofu may raise risk of memory loss

 

If you're interested in a fermented soy protein powder, there's Jarrow's Soy

Essence ( " organic soy milk yogurt " with calcium, magnesium,

bromelain and papain), available at Whole Foods. Interestingly, the package

warns, " This product contains naturally occurring phytoestrogens. Do not

take more than 2 servings per day. Do not give to children under 12 years

old. " I think Jarrow's non-fermented soy protein supplements have a similar

warning.

 

Richard