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Soy's Negative Effects (2009)

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Re: Soy's Negative Effects (2009)

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Post by r0h1n »

I saw Soylent mentioned on the first page, and then this para from the NYT's Well page stood out even more starkly:

>> "Last year, in its nutrition guidelines for cancer survivors, the American Cancer Society noted that eating traditional soy foods — like tofu, miso, tempeh and soy milk — may help lower the risk of breast, prostate and other cancers. But the guidelines do not recommend soy supplements, which tend to be highly processed and not very rigorously tested."

http://www.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2013/09/27/ask-well-is-it-...

Here's another piece about Soy's side effects from the Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soybean-fer...

Re: Soy's Negative Effects (2009)

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Post by zarriak »

r0h1n wrote: post #2

I saw Soylent mentioned on the first page, and then this para from the NYT's Well page stood out even more starkly: >> "Last year, in its nutrition guidelines for cancer survivors, the American Cancer Society noted that eating traditional soy foods — like tofu, miso, tempeh and soy milk — may help lower the risk of breast, prostate and other cancers. But the guidelines do not recommend soy supplements, which tend to…

Soy is not used in Soylent. He named it after Make Room! Make Room![1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(food_substitute)

Re: Soy's Negative Effects (2009)

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Post by privong »

stugs wrote: post #5

This article is 4 years old and has been debunked over and over again. This has a links to a number of studies on the subject http://www.livestrong.com/article/548574-soy-protein-male-br...

Have a link or two handy for pieces that have debunked this?
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