Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00910)

APPARENTLY you are down on Soy!

Dennis

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Subject: Theos-World re soy-based foods re heart disease and cancer, etc


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> The following snippets of info (not quotes) are from Dr. William Campbell 
> Douglass' May '06 issue of "Real Health Breakthroughs" newsletter 
> (www.realhealthnews.com):
>
> He says hundreds of studies have linked soy proteins and their derivatives 
> to heart disease, cancer (especially of the breast and female reproductive 
> organs), allergies and reduced immunity, thyroid dysfunction, malnutrition 
> and digestive problems, nutrient deficiencies, (including calcimm, vital 
> for the prevention of osteoporosis), reproductive disorders, cognitive and 
> mental decline, psychosexual problems.
>
> Apparently animals don't eat soybeans in the wild.
>
> Apparently when soy-based foods were fed to mice with swollen hearts in a 
> study, the mice developed heart failure and died.
>
> Apparenlty a Dr. Kaayla Daniel, author or The Whole Soy Story, reports 
> that soy-based foods increase homocysteine levels, an important marker for 
> heart disease.
>
> Apparenlty other countries (Israel, France, the United Kingdom (including 
> the British Dietetic Association), and New Zealand have paid attention and 
> are taking steps to curb soy ingestion.
>
> Apparently in the United Kingdom, the Chief Medical Officer and the 
> British Dietetic Association "have warned pediatricians and parents to use 
> soy formula only as a last resort."
>
> Apparently a copy of THE WHOLE SOY STORY; THE DARK SIDE OF AMERICA'S 
> FAVORITE HEALTH FOOD is available at www.wholesoystory.com
>
> Apparently there are references re the preciding at:
>
> SOY DIET WORSENS HEART DISEASE IN MICE, Journal of Clinical Investigation 
> 2006; 116;(1): 16-9
>
> NEONATAL GENISTEIN TREATMENT ALTERS OVARIAN DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MOUSE: 
> INHIBITION OF OOCYTE NEST BREAKDOWN AND INCREASED OOCYTE SURVIAL, Biology 
> of Reproduction 2006; 74(1)L 161-8.