Promoting soy foods as health foods while ignoring the dangers of\nsoy and soy derivatives should be considered a crime against humanity. If you\nthink this statement is too extreme, read this article to the end, and then see\nwhat you think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dangers of soy are thoroughly documented in the scientific\nliterature, which makes it hard to believe that many health and fitness\ncommunities and counselors, and most health food stores, still promote soy\nproducts as ultra-healthy foods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hopefully this harmful misrepresentation of soy foods will begin\nto change as the dangers of soy become better known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this list of the dangers of soy isn’t enough to make you run\nout the door of your local health food store, keep reading. It gets worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would you want to knowingly expose your tiny infant to the dangers\nof soy formula? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It seems that historically, Oriental cultures consumed mostly\ntraditionally fermented soy products such as miso, tempeh, natto, shoyu and\ntamari. (Tofu is not fermented, and falls into the dangerous soy foods\ncategory.) They consumed these soy foods in small amounts, as a condiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soy foods account for only 1.5 percent of calories in the\nChinese diet, researchers found. (1977 Chang KC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The actual soybean consumed today is not the same one used\nby traditional Oriental cultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Weston Price Foundation has a list of studies carried out from 1971 to 2003<\/strong><\/a>\nshowing the adverse effects of dietary soy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To give you an idea of how condemning these studies are, here are\njust a few summaries. There are over 50 more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n You might think that people probably just didn’t know about the\ntoxic effects of soybeans, that the food industry and the FDA must have just\nbeen misinformed about the supposed benefits, and very real dangers, of soy. Unfortunately,\nfor the FDA\u2019s credibility, this was not the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you simply do a search on ‘soybean’ at the Poisonous Plant Database<\/strong>\nof the United States FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, you\ncan see this information yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right there in black and white you’ll find 288 studies on soy,\nmany focused on the toxic properties and effects of soybeans. It’s not very easy\nto understand or get access to the actual studies, but it is cause for great\nconcern that the FDA had this information and knowingly chose to ignore the\ndangers, just as it has done with so many other additives and pharmaceuticals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s tragic to think of the human suffering that could have been\navoided had the FDA just been more cautious and listened to their scientific\nadvisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it\u2019s mind-boggling to think that the very federal agency\nwhose mandate is, among other things, “to promote and protect the public\nhealth, to monitor products for continued safety after they are in use, and to\nhelp the public get the accurate, science-based information needed to improve\nhealth,” could knowingly do the apparent opposite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one more example that highlights the need to educate\nyourself by finding good sources of information to base your health and diet\ndecisions on, rather than relying on the FDA\u2019s stamp of approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When there is a pretty good possibility that something is\nharmful, as is the case with soy, common sense dictates that it\u2019s better to\navoid it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporations who make billions from selling soy would like us\nto believe that until the dangers of soy are proven beyond a shadow of a doubt,\nwe shouldn’t worry about them. This reminds me of Russian roulette: if a gun\nhad a hundred chambers, and only one was loaded, I wouldn\u2019t risk putting it to\nmy head and pulling the trigger. Would you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or, as Roger Eichman, DDS, succinctly summed up the precautionary\nprinciple: “The precautionary principle requires action once the possibility<\/strong>\nof harm exists. It does not require proof beyond a shadow of a doubt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is more than enough sound scientific evidence to convince\nme. I used to think soy was a good dietary choice, but not anymore. I quit\neating it a long time ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information about the dangers of soy, go to the Weston Price Foundation. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n High Soy Rations Torture Prisoners: Nutrition Expert Asks Obama\nto Intervene <\/p>\n\n\n\n Go to Natural\nHealth Remedies and Strategies home page from Dangers of Soy page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Promoting soy foods as health foods while ignoring the dangers of soy and soy derivatives should be considered a crime against humanity. If you think this statement is too extreme, … <\/p>\n\n 1986<\/strong>
\n Fort P and others. Breast feeding and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in\n children. J Am Coll Nutr 1986;5(5):439-441. Twice as many soy-fed children\n developed diabetes as those in a control group that was breast fed or\n received milk-based formula. It was based on this study that the American\n Academy of Pediatrics took a position of opposition to the use of soy infant\n formula. This objection was later dropped after the AAP received substantial\n grants from the Infant Formula Council.<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n 1994<\/strong>
\n Hawkins NM and others. Potential aluminium toxicity in infants fed special\n infant formula. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1994;19(4):377-81 (1994). Researchers\n found aluminum concentrations of 534 micrograms\/L in soy formula<\/strong>, as\n compared to 9.2 micrograms\/L in breast milk. The authors concluded that\n infants may be at risk from aluminium toxicity when consuming formula\n containing more than 300 micrograms\/L.<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n 1999<\/strong>
\n Sheehan DM and Doerge DR, Letter to Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)\n February 18, 1999. A strong letter of protest from two government researchers\n at the National Center for Toxicological Research urging that soy protein\n carry a warning label rather than a health claim.<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n 1999<\/strong>
\n White L. Association of High Midlife Tofu Consumption with Accelerated Brain\n Aging. Plenary Session #8: Cognitive Function, The Third International Soy\n Symposium, Program, November 1999, page 26. An ongoing study of Japanese\n Americans living in Hawaii found a significant statistical relationship\n between two or more servings of tofu per week and “accelerated brain\n aging.” Those participants who consumed tofu in mid life had lower\n cognitive function in late life and a greater incidence of Alzheimer’s and\n dementia.<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n 2001<\/strong>
\n Strom BL and others. Exposure to soy-based formula in infancy and\n endocrinological and reproductive outcomes in young adulthood. JAMA 2001 Nov\n 21;286(19):2402-3. Although reported in the media as a vindication of soy\n infant formula, the study actually found that soy-fed infants had more\n reproductive problems and more asthma as adults. <\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe FDA Had the Scientific Information about the Dangers of Soy but Chose\nto Ignore It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
More Confirmation on the Dangers of Soy: Medical Conditions Possibly Attributable\nto Soy Consumption<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n Asthma Chronic Fatigue Depression Diabetes Heart Arrhythmia Heart or Liver Disease Infertility\/Reproductive\n Problems Irritable Bowel Syndrome Learning\n Disabilities\/ADD\/ADHD Pancreatic Disorders Premature or Delayed Puberty Rheumatoid Arthritis Thyroid Conditions: Auto-Immune Thyroid Disorders\n (Graves\u2019 or Hashimoto\u2019s Disease) Goiter Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Thyroid Nodules Thyroid Cancer Other thyroid disordersUterine Cancer Weight Gain\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Weston Price Foundation<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Symptoms of Disorders Possibly Attributable to Soy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n Always feeling cold or warm Anemia Behavioral problems Brittle nails Eczema Hair thinning or loss Hyperactivity Learning deficiencies Lethargy or low blood\n pressure Sore bones and joints Watery or swelling eyes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Weston Price Foundation<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Do You Still Think We\u2019re Exaggerating the Dangers of Soy? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n