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question regarding soy neurotoxicity and vitamin e derived from soy

Lisa Hangs lisa.hangsATsasktel.net at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
Wed Jun 23 23:52:53 EST 2004


Here's some research I've found on soy:

? In 1991, Japanese researchers reported that consumption of as little as 30
grams (approx. 2 tablespoons) of soybeans per day for a one month resulted
in a significant increase in thyroid stimulating hormone.
? Soy consumption has been linked to numerous disorders, including
infertility, increased cancer, and infantile leukemia; and, in studies done
dating back to the 1950s, that genistein (the isoflavone in soy) causes
endocrine disruption in animals.
? In 1992 the Swiss health service estimated that 100 grams of soy protein
provided the estrogenic equivalent of the pill.
? The 1996 Puerto Rico Premature Thelarche study, found the most significant
dietary association with premature sexual development was not chicken- as
reported in the press- but soy formula.
? In1998 the New Zealand government had issued a health warning about soy
infant formula, but although the FDA called for safety specifications and
monitoring, they have never been performed.
? Genistein exerts estrogen-like effects in male mouse reproductive tract.
? There is a significant statistical relationship between two or more
servings tofu (soy) per week and "accelerated brain aging", and tofu eaters
look five years older
?  Mothers who eat a vegetarian diet during pregnancy (greater exposure to
phytoestrogens in soy foods popular with vegetarians) has a fivefold greater
risk of delivering a boy with hyposadias, a birth defect of the penis.

To your health,
lisaREMOVETHIShangs at sasktel.net
www.lisah.awarenesslife.com

"William A. Noyes" <no.address at ctc.net> wrote in message
news:400a393c$0$31385$a32e20b9 at news.nntpservers.com...
>
> <jim at xtern.com> wrote in message
> news:17a3e6bd4ffbc96bc6ef603b4ae37303 at news.meganetnews.com...
> > is there really a group of people that are anti-soy?  it seems that
there
> > are much more pressings things to be angry about.  Although it does seem
> > that some of the people here are very much pro-soy--almost to the point
of
> > sounding a bit defensive when a question is asked! :)
>
> There are both and those in between.
>
>





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