Soy Pages: Weston A. Price Foundation

July 22, 2003

If you are interested, I suggest that you go to the site below and read the

information there.

Read our Soy Alert! Update 2002 for the latest

on our campaign against soy in the food chain

and how you can help!

Confused About Soy?

High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium,

magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by

ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow

cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.

Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause

pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors

caused stunted growth.

Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to

cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.

Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause

hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy

formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.

Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the

body's requirement for B12.

Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.

Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make

soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.

Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine

and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.

Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food

processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.

Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous

system and the kidneys.

Also of interest:

Soy Alert! Donation Form

Press Release: 09/06/01 Experts dispute soy formula safety

Myths & Truths About Soy

Pas op met soya (Our Soy Brochure in Dutch)

Les bonnes raisons d'éviter de consommer les dérivés du soja (French)

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