(UK) Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link

[Guest guest]

Yet another report on this topic, but this time from the United Kingdom.

 

Who would like to venture a CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE guess

on what is happening, and why so many reports on soy's potential

" downside " are appearing at this point in history? Please have read

all the articles before venturing a careful and responsible guess.

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http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html

 

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.

[Guest guest]

, " Maynard S. Clark " <vrc@t...> wrote:

> Yet another report on this topic, but this time from the United

Kingdom.

>

> Who would like to venture a CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE guess

> on what is happening, and why so many reports on soy's potential

> " downside " are appearing at this point in history? Please have read

> all the articles before venturing a careful and responsible guess.

> ===================================================

>

> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html

>

> 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.

 

This is an interesting issue. I don't know all the facts, but I have

also heard from several sources bad things about soy. Another thing

I've heard, which may or may not be separate from the issue of

whether

or not soy is a health risk, is that many soy products contain

ingredients that are excitotoxins. Two of these, I've heard, are

malted barley and soy protien isolate. I'm not exactly sure what an

excitotoxin is, but i think it contains small ammounts of toxins that

can build up in the body. I've noticed that some soy products (like

soy hot dogs) contain soy protien isolate, and many soy milks (like

Eden brand) contain malted barley. Because of this I try to eat

products that only contain pure soybeans without additives. Westsoy

original unsweetened soy milk is made with just soybeans and water.

I'd like to hear more info about this topic if anybody out there has

the facts...

 

--jack