Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Soy and a healthy diet

Soy was once thought as being an extremely healthy food but new studies have proven otherwise. Theirs a hormone in soy that is like estrogen and this hormone can cause a higher risk of breast cancer. Studies in animals have shown that soy can alter sexual development. Phytic acid in soybeans can stop the absorption of some minerals in the body. Third world countries that consume soy have deficiencies in minerals. Some baby formulas are based with soy and this can cause an unhealthy deficiency in minerals. Soybeans also contain potent enzyme-inhibitors which block the absorption of protein. Reduced protein then can lead to the reduction of amino acids. Hemagglutinin is also found in soybeans and this causes red blood cells to stick together which is a problem for the heart. The clustered blood cells are bad at absorbing oxygen and this causes bad distribution of oxygen to the rest of the body. Hemagglutinin is also a "growth depressant". Some researchers studied the rate of puberty in hamsters and when they had isoflavones their rate was accelerated. Isoflavones is something that is found in soybeans. These results were about the same from other labs when tested on rats. When babies are allergic to milk they are feed soybean based formula. This results in the baby having large amounts of soybeans which is like giving them five birth control pills per day. I think that soybeans are bad for the economy because of the risks it has.

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