what is the deal with soy being bad for you?

Question

i heard this somewhere and am like what?????

Answer 1

Honey, if we are to believe everything that we hear or read, there's hardly anything we can eat or drink anymore...too much money spent on irrelevant research, that's what I think!

My personal motto: Too much of everything is bad; too little of something may be bad but a moderate amount of anything is not bad at all.

SMILE!

Answer 2

What's known is that all foods, including soy, are complex collections of chemicals that can be beneficial for many people in many situations, but can be harmful to some people when used inappropriately. Scientists agree that foods rich in soy protein can have considerable value to heart health. Soy by itself is not a magic food, but rather it is an example of the different kinds of foods that together in a complete diet can have a positive effect on health.

However, the recently raised concerns, focus on specific components of soy, such as the soy isoflavones daidzein and genistein, not the whole food or intact soy protein. These chemicals, available over the counter in pills and powders, are often advertised as dietary supplements for use by women to help lessen menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes. The problem, researchers say, is that isoflavones are phytoestrogens, a weak form of estrogen that could have a drug-like effect in the body. This may be pronounced in postmenopausal women, and some studies suggest that high isoflavone levels might increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast cancer.

Answer 3

Soy is actually a good source of protein for most people and is low in fat and has no cholesterol. However some individuals are allergic to soy.
Soy allergy is an immune system response to soy that the body mistakenly believes is harmful. Once the immune system decides that soy is harmful, it creates specific antibodies to it. The next time the individual eats soy, the immune system releases massive amounts of chemicals, including histamine, in order to protect the body. These chemicals trigger a cascade of allergic symptoms that can affect the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, or cardiovascular system. About 0.5 of the population has soy allergy. Soy allergy will not show with the first exposure to the allergen. The symptoms of soy allergy will only occur upon reexposure to soy. During the first contact the person is only sensitized to soy, but the immune system reacts only at contacts with soy that occur later. Not all soy products may cause soy allergy. Some fermented soy foods, such as tempeh and miso, may cause less soy allergy than whole soybeans. Soybean oil, which does not contain soy proteins, does normally not produce soy allergy.

Symptoms of soy allergy - The reported symptoms of soy allergy include: acne, angioedema, rhinitis, anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, bronchospasm, cankers, colitis, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, diffuse small bowel disease, dyspnea, eczema, enterocolitis, fever, hypotension, itching, laryngeal edema, lethargy, pollinosis, urticaria, vomiting, and wheezing. If you suspect that you or your child may have soy allergy or intolerence, you can conduct your own test by completely eliminating soy for a several days. Then try just one soy product to see if it causes adverse reactions. Keep in mind that intolerence reactions can occur as long as 48 hours after ingestion of an offending substance.

Answer 4

Ignore it!
It's all meat industry propaganda put out by Kaayla Daniel and other Weston Price foundation trolls. Their stock in trade is to take one small fact and warp it into something scary. These are the kind of people that would tell you how horrid dihydrogen oxide is because it leaches calcium from your body; that it can fill your lungs and cause you to drown; that consuming it leads to bloating and weight gain. What's dihydrogen oxide? WATER!

BTW; would everyone please stop the garbage about hormones/estrogen in soy? Please note that animal based products have *real* hormones in them and if you look up the chemical properties of the sterol family (which includes hormones and the phtyosterols found in soy) you'll discover that minor changes in this class of compounds make a HUGE difference in how the human body reacts to them!

The next time someone tells you that soy has estrogen in it and it's horrible for your body and makes boys gay just ask them what about all the estrogen in milk and meat.
Let's all make their scare tactics backfire on them!!!

Answer 5

There are studies to see if soy slows down your thyroid or metabolism ... I have eaten it for 35 years on a regular basis and have never had a weight problem .my sister wanted to test the theory so she stopped eating soy for about 9 months and the result ..no difference in her energy .. weight ... I think it is more hype that someone??? has started with no real basis ... I also know lots of other vegetarians my age with no weight issues who eat soy on a regular basis . so much for opions, you know what they say..

Answer 6

If you dont have thyroid issues, soy can be good for you, as long as it is not genetically modified soy, which can no longer be classified as a natural food. Google "roundup ready soy" for more details. Genetically modified soy cause me, and MANY others to develop adult onset allergies, to simple staple foods like wheat, eggs, soy, dairy, etc. Soy is an interesting topic to research-opinions as varied as the whole meat/veggie debate

Answer 7

Soy is not a complete protein so that is one thing against it and I do believe I have heard a few things about it affecting your thyroid also.

Answer 8

Phyto estrogens (plant estrogens) in soy may or may not feed estrogen dependent tumors in women who have had estrogen based breast cancer in the past (they don't know for sure).

Answer 9

My mom says it has something to do with slowing down your thyroid. I've never heard anything about it. Sucks if it's true.