Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 Has anyone seen this article on soy causing cancer?...I seriously hope that it's not conclusive but it has me very worried. I got the article from this link: http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link Special report: what's wrong with our food? by Antony Barnett, public affairs editor Sunday August 13, 2000 A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants. The disclosure, which sent shockwaves through the multi-billion dollar food industry, came after the scientists decided to break ranks with colleagues in the US Food and Drug Administration and oppose its decision last year to approve a health claim that soya reduced the risk of heart disease. They wrote an internal protest letter warning of 28 studies revealing toxic effects of soya. In an interview with The Observer, one of the scientists, Daniel Doerge, an expert on soya, said: 'We have very real worries that this health claim will be used by the industry as an endorsement of much wider health benefits to soya beyond the heart. Research has shown a clear link between soya and the potential for adverse effects in humans.' BSE and other health scares related to meat have led to rocketing sales of soya-related products in Britain. But it is not just vegetarian foods such as tofu that use soya. It is a key ingredient in products from meat sausages and fish fingers to salad creams and breakfast cereals. The concerns of Doerge and fellow FDA researcher Daniel Sheehan focus on chemicals in soya known as isoflavones which have effects similar to the female hormone oestrogen. While these chemicals may help to prevent a range of conditions including high cholesterol, they also lead to health problems in animals including altering sexual development of foetuses and causing thyroid disorders. Although soy is thought to protect against breast cancer, some studies show that chemicals in soya may increase the chances of breast cancer which uses oestrogen-type hormones for growth. Their letter to the FDA seen by The Observer states: 'There is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy demonstrate toxicity in oestrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. Additionally, the adverse effects in humans occur in several tissues. 'During pregnancy in humans, isoflavones per se could be a risk factor for abnormal brain and reproductive tract development.' This will frighten mothers who increasingly use soya milk for babies. Doerge said: 'They are exposing their children to chemicals which we know have adverse effects in animals. It's like doing a large uncontrolled and unmonitored experiment on infants.' The soya industry insists that most research shows the health benefits of soya outweigh risks and that adverse effects seen in animals do not apply to humans. Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' Useful links: www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/public/FoodInfoSheets/soya.html Institute of Food Research information sheet on soya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 I personally am not concerned every study I have read over the years has proven the opposite, that soy helps prevent cancer. Like the story sayes itself: " The soya industry insists that most research shows the health benefits of soya outweigh risks and that adverse effects seen in animals do not apply to humans. Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' " Summer , " Akil Abdalla " <akilubaida@p...> wrote: > Has anyone seen this article on soy causing cancer?...I seriously hope that it's not conclusive but it has me very worried. > > I got the article from this link: http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html > > Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link > > Special report: what's wrong with our food? > > by Antony Barnett, public affairs editor > Sunday August 13, 2000 > > A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants. > The disclosure, which sent shockwaves through the multi-billion dollar food industry, came after the scientists decided to break ranks with colleagues in the US Food and Drug Administration and oppose its decision last year to approve a health claim that soya reduced the risk of heart disease. They wrote an internal protest letter warning of 28 studies revealing toxic effects of soya. > > In an interview with The Observer, one of the scientists, Daniel Doerge, an expert on soya, said: 'We have very real worries that this health claim will be used by the industry as an endorsement of much wider health benefits to soya beyond the heart. Research has shown a clear link between soya and the potential for adverse effects in humans.' > > BSE and other health scares related to meat have led to rocketing sales of soya-related products in Britain. But it is not just vegetarian foods such as tofu that use soya. It is a key ingredient in products from meat sausages and fish fingers to salad creams and breakfast cereals. > > The concerns of Doerge and fellow FDA researcher Daniel Sheehan focus on chemicals in soya known as isoflavones which have effects similar to the female hormone oestrogen. > > While these chemicals may help to prevent a range of conditions including high cholesterol, they also lead to health problems in animals including altering sexual development of foetuses and causing thyroid disorders. Although soy is thought to protect against breast cancer, some studies show that chemicals in soya may increase the chances of breast cancer which uses oestrogen-type hormones for growth. > > Their letter to the FDA seen by The Observer states: 'There is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy demonstrate toxicity in oestrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. Additionally, the adverse effects in humans occur in several tissues. > > 'During pregnancy in humans, isoflavones per se could be a risk factor for abnormal brain and reproductive tract development.' > > This will frighten mothers who increasingly use soya milk for babies. Doerge said: 'They are exposing their children to chemicals which we know have adverse effects in animals. It's like doing a large uncontrolled and unmonitored experiment on infants.' > > The soya industry insists that most research shows the health benefits of soya outweigh risks and that adverse effects seen in animals do not apply to humans. > > Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' > > Useful links: > > > www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/public/FoodInfoSheets/soya.html Institute of Food Research information sheet on soya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 Okay, my uneducated opinion about this is, that we should take it easy. First, they did animal experiments, how often have they proven wrong? Alot of times. How many years have American babies been drinking soy milk? A looong time. So, your mother and grandmother and maybe greatgrandmother may have been raised on soyformula, and a lot of other Americans, how do the studies hold up on that ? Have any studies been done about people who have been raised on soyformula? How many have died from soyformula? And another important question, how much soy is "deadly"? Those studies on soy, was that regular soy or GMO soy? No, at this point I am not convinced. Also, the scientists that did the research, do they have any ties to the dairy industry or meat lobby? How come that this gets so much coverage, and the fact that milk is pus with blood with added hormons, pesticides, antibiotics and other chemicals keeps getting ingnored even though there are many more than just two *government* scientists who have found out the truth? I think we should take it easy. If you don't really trust your soymilk, well, change to rice milk or nut milks, make your own burgers and eat predominantly veggies. Don't depend on soy so much, eat your grilled piece of tofu. I believe it is okay in moderation. If you don't live exclusively of of soy, I don't believe there will be problems. Just take rice milk shake, lean back, relax and watch things unfold. I would stick my neck out and say that there are plenty of other "normal foods" that are at least as dangerous as they say soy may be. Michaela Akil Abdalla schrieb: Has anyone seen this article on soy causing cancer?...I seriously hope that it's not conclusive but it has me very worried. I got the article from this link: http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.htmlSoya alert over cancer and brain damage link Special report: what's wrong with our food? by Antony Barnett, public affairs editor Sunday August 13, 2000 A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants. The disclosure, which sent shockwaves through the multi-billion dollar food industry, came after the scientists decided to break ranks with colleagues in the US Food and Drug Administration and oppose its decision last year to approve a health claim that soya reduced the risk of heart disease. They wrote an internal protest letter warning of 28 studies revealing toxic effects of soya. In an interview with The Observer, one of the scientists, Daniel Doerge, an expert on soya, said: 'We have very real worries that this health claim will be used by the industry as an endorsement of much wider health benefits to soya beyond the heart. Research has shown a clear link between soya and the potential for adverse effects in humans.' BSE and other health scares related to meat have led to rocketing sales of soya-related products in Britain. But it is not just vegetarian foods such as tofu that use soya. It is a key ingredient in products from meat sausages and fish fingers to salad creams and breakfast cereals. The concerns of Doerge and fellow FDA researcher Daniel Sheehan focus on chemicals in soya known as isoflavones which have effects similar to the female hormone oestrogen. While these chemicals may help to prevent a range of conditions including high cholesterol, they also lead to health problems in animals including altering sexual development of foetuses and causing thyroid disorders. Although soy is thought to protect against breast cancer, some studies show that chemicals in soya may increase the chances of breast cancer which uses oestrogen-type hormones for growth. Their letter to the FDA seen by The Observer states: 'There is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy demonstrate toxicity in oestrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. Additionally, the adverse effects in humans occur in several tissues. 'During pregnancy in humans, isoflavones per se could be a risk factor for abnormal brain and reproductive tract development.' This will frighten mothers who increasingly use soya milk for babies. Doerge said: 'They are exposing their children to chemicals which we know have adverse effects in animals. It's like doing a large uncontrolled and unmonitored experiment on infants.' The soya industry insists that most research shows the health benefits of soya outweigh risks and that adverse effects seen in animals do not apply to humans. Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' Useful links: www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/public/FoodInfoSheets/soya.html Institute of Food Research information sheet on soya For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2000 Report Share Posted August 17, 2000 It seems that the soy industry would have a financial interest in promoting the safety of it's products. Does anyone have any studies documenting the cancer prevention aspects of soy products? I'd like to see them. I consume soy products as do my children so I'm very much concerned. Akil - <tasroe Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:56 AM Re: Soya Cancer/Brain damage alert!! > I personally am not concerned every study I have read over the years > has proven the opposite, that soy helps prevent cancer. > > Like the story sayes itself: " The soya industry insists that most > research shows the health benefits of soya outweigh risks and that > adverse effects seen in animals do not apply to humans. > > Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, > said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for > years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' " > > Summer > > , " Akil Abdalla " <akilubaida@p...> wrote: > > Has anyone seen this article on soy causing cancer?...I seriously > hope that it's not conclusive but it has me very worried. > > > > I got the article from this link: > http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html > > > > Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link > > > > Special report: what's wrong with our food? > > > > by Antony Barnett, public affairs editor > > Sunday August 13, 2000 > > > > A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating > soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that > chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in > women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants. > > The disclosure, which sent shockwaves through the multi-billion > dollar food industry, came after the scientists decided to break > ranks with colleagues in the US Food and Drug Administration and > oppose its decision last year to approve a health claim that soya > reduced the risk of heart disease. They wrote an internal protest > letter warning of 28 studies revealing toxic effects of soya. > > > > In an interview with The Observer, one of the scientists, Daniel > Doerge, an expert on soya, said: 'We have very real worries that this > health claim will be used by the industry as an endorsement of much > wider health benefits to soya beyond the heart. Research has shown a > clear link between soya and the potential for adverse effects in > humans.' > > > > BSE and other health scares related to meat have led to rocketing > sales of soya-related products in Britain. But it is not just > vegetarian foods such as tofu that use soya. It is a key ingredient > in products from meat sausages and fish fingers to salad creams and > breakfast cereals. > > > > The concerns of Doerge and fellow FDA researcher Daniel Sheehan > focus on chemicals in soya known as isoflavones which have effects > similar to the female hormone oestrogen. > > > > While these chemicals may help to prevent a range of conditions > including high cholesterol, they also lead to health problems in > animals including altering sexual development of foetuses and causing > thyroid disorders. Although soy is thought to protect against breast > cancer, some studies show that chemicals in soya may increase the > chances of breast cancer which uses oestrogen-type hormones for > growth. > > > > Their letter to the FDA seen by The Observer states: 'There is > abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy > demonstrate toxicity in oestrogen sensitive tissues and in the > thyroid. Additionally, the adverse effects in humans occur in several > tissues. > > > > 'During pregnancy in humans, isoflavones per se could be a risk > factor for abnormal brain and reproductive tract development.' > > > > This will frighten mothers who increasingly use soya milk for > babies. Doerge said: 'They are exposing their children to chemicals > which we know have adverse effects in animals. It's like doing a > large uncontrolled and unmonitored experiment on infants.' > > > > The soya industry insists that most research shows the health > benefits of soya outweigh risks and that adverse effects seen in > animals do not apply to humans. > > > > Richard Barnes, European director of the US Soy Bean Association, > said: 'Millions of people around the world have been eating soya for > years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders.' > > > > Useful links: > > > > > > www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/public/FoodInfoSheets/soya.html Institute of > Food Research information sheet on soya > > > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2000 Report Share Posted August 17, 2000 I haven't read the studies that have been mentioned on the dangers of soy, but what is fasciniating to me is that they seem to me to be appearing shortly after I'd read about the Dairy industry's anger over the producers of Soy Milks using the term "milk" to refer to their products. Just seems interesting to me. I will check then out though. Thanks. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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