is soya really good for you or does it have side effects?

Answer 1

Soya bean is good.

Soya has many nutritional advantages as it contains protein, fibre and isoflavones which have positive effects on cholesterol, bone density, menstrual and menopausal symptoms as well as preventing certain cancers. It is thought to be a wonder food by the Chinese who believe it can cure kidney disease, water retention, common colds, anaemia and leg ulcers.

Soya isoflavones combined with soya protein enhance blood cholesterol reductions as well as having a positive effect on menopausal women by reducing the risk of hot flushes. Improved vascular function, reduction of blood pressure, antioxidant protection of LDL cholesterol and inhibition of platelet activation are other known cardiovascular effects of Soya and its constituent isoflavones.

The recommended daily amount of soya protein by the UK Joint Health Claims Initiative in 2002 is 25g as part of a low-fat diet to help reduce cholesterol level. In orser to achieve this RDA of Soya to promote a healthy heart and reduce cholesterol it is necessary to consume three portions of a Soya based food each day. This can be easily achieved by using Soya milk on cereal each morning, adding soya milk to tea and coffee and choosing a dessert made from soya milk eg. custard or fruit smoothies yoghurt etc.

There are many Soya cookery books available as well as the many recipes containing soya beans and tofu which already exist in Chinese cooking books. If more people included Soya into their daily diet the risk of developing Heart disease would be reduced which would have a significant impact on the incidence of mortality caused by Coronory Heart Disease today.

Answer 2

As you can see from the encyclopedia articles quoted above, soya is basically good for people, especially for women - because of all the isoflavonoids it contains. But this is where the disadvantage lies (can't call it a side effect really). Isoflavones (or Isoflavonoids) are a sort of non-human female hormone - oestrogen (causes development of female reproductive organs), or, as they are called, phytoestrogens (because they are not produced by humans, as I just said). And they are fine if you are a woman, but as a man, if you get to much, it might affect your hormonal balance. That might be the reason why all oriental men (think Chinese, Japanese, Thai, etc) are short and fragile looking (=feminine) with small penises (sorry, guys, but that's what you are known for). No, it doens't happen after 2 portions of soya, especially if you already are a huge bloke, but if it happens day in day out generation after generation, that's what you get. Or at least that's what scientists think happens. So no need to worry, but I would watch my boyfriend's diet for that.

Answer 3

soya can keep you healthy, its all natural which means there are no bad side effects.

Answer 4

If you eat a normal Western diet (whether it's vegetarian, fast food, or traditional) you're probably eating an enormous, enormous amount of soy already. Almost all processed foods from burgers to breads to burritos to soups to salad dressings to desserts contain high levels of soy products. Soy oil, soy protein isolate, soy lecithin: the list of soy proteins added to our foods goes on and on. (And might explain why the rate of soy allergy has increased thirtyfold since 1950.)

The soy industry is a multi-billion dollar enterprise mainly controlled by multinational corporations. It isn't Farmer Joe out there; it's Monsanto and their ilk that are bringing soy to your table. That's why it's so cheap and so heavily used; farming conglomerates receive enormous subsidies from national governments to plant and harvest soy. Most of it is used in industrial products such as plastics.

So why do we think it's so healthy? Again, it's the multi-billion dollar soy industry. They have funded thousands of studies, and some of them have shown that soy is healthy. However, NONE - and I mean NONE - have shown that soy is healthier than any other legume. The other bean and pea industries can't afford to fund studies - they don't receive subsidies like the soy industry does - so they don't have the evidence behind them.

Worse, studies have shown that patients with hormone-dependent cancers (such as breast cancer) who eat a high-soy diet have a higher chance of recurrence. Soy is very high in hormones (and no, being "natural" doesn't make them any safer. Hemlock is natural. Cyanide is natural.). Most reputable physicians order their patients with reproductive cancers to avoid soy completely. There haven't been any studies published yet that measure whether soy can trigger reproductive cancer in susceptible individuals.

Eating more vegetables is a good thing, but concentrating on soy isn't necessarily healthy. It just puts money into the hands of megacorporations.

Answer 5

soya is good for the health. it is one of the most nutritious food. it contains protein, fibre which has good effect on cholesterol, bone density, menstrual and menopausal symptoms. it could also help in preventing certain cancers.

Answer 6

ya soya is good for health

Answer 7

Non genetically modified soy is quite good for you. You would however have to eat a awful lot of genetically modified soy for it to have any effect.

Answer 8

Definately not good.

http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/soy/1090/
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

Far from preventing cancer, it can cause it, along with other problems like infertility, growth problems and damaging levels of certain chemicals in babies fed soy formula.

Search the internet, you'll get a lot of links very quickly that show how it isn't that wonderful (especially if you type something like 'soy dangers' or 'soy antinutrients').

http://www.becomehealthynow.com/category/soy/
http://www.quantumbalancing.com/news/soy%20dangers.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm
http://reliableanswers.com/med/soy.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1828158,00.html

Answer 9

very good. japanese use it almost everyday. they got the lowest obese in the world.

Answer 10

it is really good for you. check if you are allergic,some people are