If adolecent boys drink soy milk, can it cause them to divert into a female's path of puberty?

Question

A boy (family member of mine) has recently (3 weeks ago) discovered a knot on his chest. It's on his peck, and about the size of his nipple. In my opinion, it looks almost like the beginning stages of breasts forming, but i really don't know what it is.

He has also recently drank chocolate soy milk, and soy milk contains estrogen. Since he drank the soy milk before he discovered the knot, I've been wondering if the estrogen in the soy milk may've caused the knot, due to the fact that he is only 13, and has not yet gone through puberty yet.

What could this knot be caused from?
If it is caused by estrogen in the soy milk, are there ways to counteract it with other foods or nutrients?

Answer 1

No, drinking soy milk won't make you develop into a woman, you'll need surgery to do that.

Answer 2

No. Soy milk does NOT contain estrogen -- it contains a substance with very weak (VERY weak) estrogen-like activity. Normal male humans produce small amounts of estrogen anyway; the estrogen-like substances in soy will not make any significant change in the amount of estrogen in a guy's body. By the way, women produce testosterone, too. It's all in the balance of the hormones.

Such lumps are normal in boys his age. Unless it gets very large or very sore, ignore it. It has NOTHING to do with soy. Soy is a healthy food for both sexes. If you want to worry about hormones, worry about the hormone residues in beef, which are usually thought to be much more likely to cause problems in growing children.

Answer 3

no it is not caused y soy milk...it is an normal thing for him to go through it is "growing" pains and developmnt..I had the same thing I never drank soy milk growing up

Answer 4

normal for boys to have knots form in the breast tissue, sometimes they even get quite sore, all a part up puberty. i highly doubt the soy has anything to do with it.