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Soy Dangers Summarised
- 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. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in
children.
- Trypsin
inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and
may cause pancreatic orders. 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.
- Fragile
proteins are 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 added to many soy foods.
- Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum
which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
SOY INFANT FORMULA
— BIRTH CONTROL PILLS FOR BABIES
- Babies fed soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more
estrogen compounds in their
blood than babies fed milk-based formula.
- Infants exclusively fed soy formula receive the estrogenic equivalent
of at least five birth control pills
per day.
- Male infants undergo a “testosterone
surge” during the first few months of life, when
testosterone levels may be as high as those of an adult male.
During this period, baby boys are programmed to express male characteristics
after puberty, not only in the development of their sexual organs
and other masculine physical traits, but also in setting patterns
in the brain characteristic of male behavior.
- Pediatricians are noticing greater numbers of boys whose physical
maturation is delayed, or does not occur at all, including
lack of development of the sexual organs. Learning disabilities,
especially in male children, have reached epidemic proportions.
- Soy infant feeding—which floods the bloodstream with female
hormones that inhibit testosterone—cannot be ignored as
a possible cause for these tragic developments. In animals, soy
feeding indicates that phytoestrogens in soy are powerful endocrine
disrupters.
- Almost 15 percent of white girls and 50 percent of African-American
girls show signs of puberty
such as breast development and pubic hair, before the age of eight.
Some girls are showing sexual development before the age of three.
Premature development of girls has been linked to the use of soy
formula and exposure to environmental estrogens such as PCBs
and DDE.
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