The Dangers of Soy!!

Soy has gained much popularity over the last couple of years, because of it being advertised as the perfect health food. The problem with soy is that it appears to be a healthy alternative but when science looked a little deeper we found out it had some health dangers. 

Health Problems Associated with Soy:

• Digestive Distress
• Thyroid Dysfunction
• Malnutrition
• Immune System Breakdown
• Reproductive Disorders and Infertility
• Cognitive Decline
• Heart Disease
• Cancer

Also more than 90% of soybeans grown in the U.S. are genetically modified. Soybean crops are also heavily sprayed with chemical herbicides, such glyphosate, which is a  French team of researchers have found to be carcinogenic. Most soy consummed in the U.S. is unfermented soy, such as soymilk, TVP, Tofu, and soy infant formula.

Soy Dangers

• High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking, but only with long fermentation. High-phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
• Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals, soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
• Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
• Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
• Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
• Soy foods increase the body's requirement for Vitamin D. Toxic synthetic Vitamin D2 is added to soy milk.
• Fragile proteins are over-denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
• Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
• Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods to mask soy's unpleasant taste.
• Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum, which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.

Bottom line stay away from Soy!! Eating food directly from the farm is also very healthy. That way you are helping the local economy and you know exactly where your food is coming from.