soy and hormonal effects

[Guest guest]

hello,

 

I remember reading about soy and estrogen or estrogen-like effects when

I first went veg, but can't put my hands on the source now. Can

someone remind me about this or recommend a good factual web site---a

friend is considering going veg but is concerned about herself and her

2 little girls.

 

Thank you!

 

Ann

[Guest guest]

http://www.foodrevolution.org/what_about_soy.htm

The author, John Robbins, who wrote the book that convinced me to be

vegetarian,  Diet for a New America, is the author of this site. 

I found the info very interesting.

Cassie (whose dd is 2.5 and LOVES toe-food (tofu) )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Mon, 12/15/08, annsfarm4444 <catlady4444 wrote:

annsfarm4444 <catlady4444

soy and hormonal effects

 

Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:45 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hello,

 

 

 

I remember reading about soy and estrogen or estrogen-like effects when

 

I first went veg, but can't put my hands on the source now. Can

 

someone remind me about this or recommend a good factual web site---a

 

friend is considering going veg but is concerned about herself and her

 

2 little girls.

 

 

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

Ann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann,

I don't have website to suggest, but I'd suggest reading info written in

the vegetarian community. From what I hear, flax products have more

estrogen than soy (I never heard about that when I started getting

inundated with info on soy and hormones), and the soy/hormone excitement

can be traced back to (1) companies who are part of, or who benefit

from, the meat/dairy industries who make money off people eating those

products rather than soy for protein, and (2) people involved in the

Weston A. Price Foundation (or whatever it's new name is -- which is

decidedly anti-vegetarian, anti-soy, pro-animal fats and animal

products, etc.). Looking at sources helps here - I trust doctors and

researchers who are looking at ways for vegetarians to be healthy, not

people who are trying to prove that vegetarianism is wrong - or worse,

people who are trying to justify their mistreatment and killing of

millions of animals per year for their own benefit.

 

So, in short, we don't limit our soy anymore, and since our flax intake

was so limited as it was (and whole seeds aren't assimilated very

easily, which is what's in most foods like breads and frozen waffles we

buy), we aren't limiting that either. I mean, everything in moderation

- we strive for a variety in nutrients and variety in foods each day and

I'm comfortable with that. Now, if you want some delicious soy product

- try VitaSoy's peppermint chocolate soy milk with the red box and candy

canes on the box! Oh, goodness! We're calling it dessert milk so that

our son will eat other things, too. :-) (But there are 6 boxes in the

pantry . . . yes, I'm counting - it's that good!!)

 

Please tell your friend she has nothing to worry about in my book - but

she can do her own research and see what she thinks. I'm sure she'll

find other things to worry about - raising kids provides us with that.

:-) (I'm not a nutritionist or anything, but have done my own research

on this and read/learned from the research of friends/other lists/etc.)

Best of luck to your newly vegetarian friend!

Lorraine

 

 

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Behalf Of annsfarm4444

Monday, December 15, 2008 3:46 AM

 

soy and hormonal effects

 

hello,

 

I remember reading about soy and estrogen or estrogen-like effects when

I first went veg, but can't put my hands on the source now. Can

someone remind me about this or recommend a good factual web site---a

friend is considering going veg but is concerned about herself and her

2 little girls.

 

Thank you!

 

Ann