To soy, or not to soy?!?

[Guest guest]

....so, other than the GMO issue, who thinks that it is a propaganda move that

gives us " greedy Americans " the right to gorge, or otherwise overindulge in

something that may or may not be healthy for us?

 

Steve

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Dear Steve,

YOU ASKED FOR IT - I WOULD NOT TOUCH SOY AT ALL IN THE STATES AS THE

MAJORITY IS HEAVILY GENETIC ENGINEERED.

AND- EVEN IF IT SAYS IT ISN'T - THERE IS DOUBT THAT THE SATEMENT IS

TRUE..................sigh........just my two bits

worth.............Love Penny (a longtime member of the Organic Consumers

Association which is now true foods and great supporter of Ronnie Cummins and

Greenpeace)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

gorging on anything is unhealty

[Guest guest]

I was looking to get opinions on the fact that there is alot of " bad mouthing "

soy recently, and it's not from the " mainstream " that us " liberals " have to

choose sides against, but since " I don't know " if this is true or not, I was

just asking opinions, which opens the limits of discussion up a little versus

" I heard so-and-so and you-know-who say... "

 

Maybe I didn't make myself clear the first time, but I have the understanding

that one way may b e spreading rumors, while the other is stimulating

conversation!!

 

Any views??

Steve

 

Steve

-----------------------------

Dear Steve,

YOU ASKED FOR IT - I WOULD NOT TOUCH SOY AT ALL IN THE STATES AS THE

MAJORITY IS HEAVILY GENETIC ENGINEERED.

AND- EVEN IF IT SAYS IT ISN'T - THERE IS DOUBT THAT THE SATEMENT IS

TRUE..................sigh........just my two bits

worth.............Love Penny (a longtime member of the Organic Consumers

Association which is now true foods and great supporter of Ronnie Cummins and

Greenpeace)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Steve,

YOU ASKED FOR IT - I WOULD NOT TOUCH SOY AT ALL IN THE STATES AS THE

MAJORITY IS HEAVILY GENETIC ENGINEERED.

AND- EVEN IF IT SAYS IT ISN'T - THERE IS DOUBT THAT THE SATEMENT IS

TRUE..................sigh........just my two bits

worth.............Love Penny (a longtime member of the Organic Consumers

Association which is now true foods and great supporter of Ronnie

Cummins and Greenpeace)

[Guest guest]

Steve,

 

Thing is aside from the genetically-engineered issue,

I at least always hope that when it says non-GMO, it

actually is.....but I too have read that that is no

guarantee. Aside from this there is a lot of negative

press on this, including that soy blocks mineral

absorption. Of some particular concern is that

isoflavone supplements or soy protein act as potent

anti-thyroid agents and are capable of suppressing

thyroid function, and causing or worsening

hypothyroidism.

 

It's another one of those things you have to research,

and then decide for yourself, but for me there is just

so much negative stuff on this I hear that I would be

very PROUD to say I never touch the stuff. Except

that I occasionally do, actually. I don't eat meat or

poultry and I no longer eat cheese (or almost never),

so it is an occasional thing with me, but I would

" like " to say I don't eat it.

 

Doc Ian is someone who won't touch soy either, but in

his case I " believe " it is mostly because of the GE

issue and the fact that it can't be guaranteed. I

don't remember where he lies on the other issues.

 

If you do a search in the message archives, you

" should " be able to come up with quite a few thoughts

on this subject. It's definitely been discussed here

before.

 

Also, here are some good links:

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

http://www.rheumatic.org/soy.htm

http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa083099.htm

 

Valerie

 

--- Steve <bigbird3969 wrote:

> I was looking to get opinions on the fact that there

> is alot of " bad mouthing " soy recently, and it's not

> from the " mainstream " that us " liberals " have to

> choose sides against, but since " I don't know " if

> this is true or not, I was just asking opinions,

> which opens the limits of discussion up a little

> versus " I heard so-and-so and you-know-who say... "

>

> Maybe I didn't make myself clear the first time, but

> I have the understanding that one way may b e

> spreading rumors, while the other is stimulating

> conversation!!

>

> Any views??

> Steve

>

> Steve

>

-----------------------------

> Dear Steve,

> YOU ASKED FOR IT - I WOULD NOT TOUCH SOY AT ALL

> IN THE STATES AS THE MAJORITY IS HEAVILY GENETIC

> ENGINEERED.

> AND- EVEN IF IT SAYS IT ISN'T - THERE IS DOUBT THAT

> THE SATEMENT IS

> TRUE..................sigh........just my two bits

> worth.............Love Penny (a longtime member of

> the Organic Consumers Association which is now true

> foods and great supporter of Ronnie Cummins and

> Greenpeace)

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Taken in moderation and balanced out by other nutritious foods, I believe soy is

a good thing. The problem is, as you mentioned, when we hear something touted

as a " wonder food " or " miracle food " we over do it. Very few Americans have a

good concept of balance.

Jennie

Steve wrote:

 

> What do ya'll think of the assertion that soy is the product of an

overstocked, powerful lobbyist with nothing to do but slop the hogs/cattle, so

they push these studies to let you think that soy is the wonder food, when in

actuality, we overconsume (as usual - compared to the Asians), may be damaging

our thyroids by not eating more seaweeds and fish, and that the fish, veggies,

and FERMENTED soy (ie. miso, tempeh) is what makes the Asians less prone to our

diseases?

>

> Steve