Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 This is my first time writing in to the list, so bear with me. I have just had an article forwarded to me that proposes that soy (in its various forms) is not all it's cracked up to be. It causes pancreatic cancer, growth problems, and various other unhealthy things. Here is a snippet: " [T]he soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or " antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion. These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that are not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer.14 Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump together. Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth inhibitors. Weanling rats fed soy containing these antinutrients fail to grow normally. " As a vegetarian (6 years) and mother of a 6 month old who I have decided to raise vegetarian as well (most likely vegan once I become more familiar and comfortable with the nutritional info), this article kind of scares me. I was wondering if anyone on the list has heard any of this information, has any insight into the article (link is below), or can offer some reassurance and/or suggestions as to sources that could de-bunk this scary information. http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Erica Mamasita Extraordinaire to Giovanni " Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Meat " _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Hi All, Here's what our book Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ has to say on the subject: " There were several good articles explaining both sides of this conflict. One was done by Laura Lane for CNN and is titled " How Good Is Soy? " If you go to the CNN website and use the search feature it should be easily accessible. The other was " Mad About the Soy, " by Suzannah Oliver, and can be accessed on the Fox News website at www.foxnews.com/health/101000/soy.sml. For a more scientific resource, refer to the Loma Linda University Vegetarian Nutrition & Health Letter article " Is Soy Safe to Eat? " (September 2000). The articles all come to the conclusion that there is not enough evidence yet to prove that you should exclude soy foods from your diet. " Davida The VRG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 Dear Erica, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I read another article recently that praised soy EXCEPT for people at risk for hormone- dependent cancer (which my mom had last year). A few trials suggest that the isoflavones in soy may aggravate these types of cancers. My husband and I are in the early stages of becoming vegetarian and this has caused me some concern. I will look forward to reading responses to your posting. Best Regards, Clare , " Erica Baldwin " <athena78@h...> wrote: > This is my first time writing in to the list, so bear with me. I have just > had an article forwarded to me that proposes that soy (in its various forms) > is not all it's cracked up to be. It causes pancreatic cancer, growth > problems, and various other unhealthy things. Here is a snippet: > > " [T]he soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or > " antinutrients " . First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that block > the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion. > > These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that are not completely > deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce serious gastric > distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid > uptake. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement > and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer.14 > > Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes > red blood cells to clump together. > > Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth inhibitors. Weanling rats > fed soy containing these antinutrients fail to grow normally. " > > As a vegetarian (6 years) and mother of a 6 month old who I have decided to > raise vegetarian as well (most likely vegan once I become more familiar and > comfortable with the nutritional info), this article kind of scares me. I > was wondering if anyone on the list has heard any of this information, has > any insight into the article (link is below), or can offer some reassurance > and/or suggestions as to sources that could de-bunk this scary information. > > http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > > Erica > Mamasita Extraordinaire to Giovanni > > " Friends Don't Let Friends Eat Meat " > > > _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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