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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Is Soy Bad for You?

September 25, 2009 27 Comments

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soy dangers

Do you wonder, “Is soy bad for you?”

Did you know that soy isn’t the health food it’s been made out to be?  Sadly, I've heard many stories of how seriously soy can wreck your health.

Have you read The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food?  Here are some excerpts…

  • The soybean was a modest and unpopular crop until food manufacturers intent on creating cheap vegetable oils convinced the U.S. government to start subsidizing it. The soy was turned into oil, and the industry was left with an industrial waste product. Then somebody had a brilliant idea:  Let’s take this industrial waste product full of toxins and carcinogens — isolated soy protein — and turn it into food that people will eat!
  • Soy will destroy your thyroid. Many foods are goitrogenic (thyroid suppressing), but soy is king of them all. Goitrogens work by preventing your thyroid from getting the necessary amount of iodine. Friends, I believe this is what happened to Oprah’s thyroid. She pushed soy for years, featured it in everyone one of her “healthy” diets, and it destroyed her thyroid. If your thyroid fails, what happens? You gain weight. You have a harder time regulating your moods. You get colder more easily. You’re more easily fatigued. You demonstrate an inability to concentrate and remember details. The list goes on. You simply don’t want to mess with your thyroid.
  • Soy foods aren’t real food. They aren’t traditional. They aren’t old. They’re industrial waste products dressed up in pretty clothes and marketed to an ignorant public.

More posts on soy dangers and alternatives:

  • Soy Protein Shakes, Almond Milk, and Other Fake Foods People Think Are Good For Them (Dr. Kaayla Daniel)
  • Soy Infant Formula: Birth Control Pills for Babies?
  • This is the only soy sauce I buy.  Or sometimes now instead of soy I use this!  (Tastes the same in recipes.)
  • Read Is Edamame Good for You?
  • Try a Real Food protein shake to avoid powdered soy protein shakes.
  • “Are Meat Eaters Ruining the Earth?”
  • Soy no longer the “darling” of the health food industry
  • Soy myths and truths brochure.
  • “We've received a number of letters over the years from readers who have come to realize that their health problems stemmed from soy.”  Read those letters here.
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Comments

  1. Shalom says

    January 14, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    I heard something interesting about soy this morning. A talk show host on the radio was talking about fitness & nutrition so I called in to talk about all the cream being ultra pasteurized. In the conversation the host mentioned drinking a protein shake. I told him to be careful because most protein shakes are made with soy & that soy is bad. After I got off the co-host said she didn’t know soy was bad for us & the guest speaker (I didn’t catch who he was) backed it up. He said if ground is contaminated (didn’t say what kind of contamination) you can plant soy & it will remove the contamination from the ground. If this is true, that is even more reason not to eat soy – what kind of contaminants has it absorbed from the soil it grew in?

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    • Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

      January 14, 2011 at 6:32 AM

      Good for you for calling in!

      I’ve heard that about soy, too, but I thought it had something to do with the nitrogen in the soil, can’t remember specifics now…

      Reply
  2. liz says

    November 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM

    Thank you for this information. I never realized how many items I commonly buy contain soy. I have always struggled with Polycystic Ovaries and wonder if the “estrogen like” properties of soy have exacerbated the problem. I am going to try to remove the soy and see what happens. Thank you!

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  3. KitchenKop says

    October 25, 2009 at 11:59 PM

    Lysander, you seem to have a few facts mixed up – I wonder, have you had a chance to take a look at any of the links above in the post?

    Teena, I’m so thankful that you’ve been feeling great! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Flo says

    October 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    Teena,

    Were you eating straight-out soy products? Or was it the insidious stuff in all the processed foods only? We don’t eat any obvious soy products but I know it has to be in a lot of the processed things that find their way into our house. ‘Just wondering where you started from and where you went to for that great change in your health!

    Thanks!!! And good for you! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Teena says

    October 22, 2009 at 8:42 AM

    I stopped eating soy and my health, including thyroid issues have improved greatly. What a

    Reply
  6. lysander says

    October 22, 2009 at 2:59 AM

    Dangers of Soy? How absurd. First of all, the government never
    subsidized soybeans any more than any other crop. In fact, it was
    probably subsidized the least, as there was eventually a much more varied application of it’s by-products and a resultant greater demand,
    for both industrial and food products, unlike for example, corn, oats and wheat. Also, until the 1970’s, U.S. farmers produced a surplus
    that ended due to world-wide demand and since then there has been
    no significant crop subsidies, as there’s no need for them, as U.S. farmers have no problem selling as much as they can produce and at a decent profit.
    So, I guess millions of Asians have been dropping like flies from all
    those “toxins and carcinogens” in their tofu processed from U.S. grain exports?
    Please cite a thoroughly scientific study with peer review that gives
    even the slightest indication that soy products processed for human
    consumption are “full of toxins and carcinogens”. Follow the dollar
    trail to those who would benefit from fear-mongering about the
    “dangers of soy” and you’ll find the source of the misinformation.
    To anyone who frequents your blog: you’ll be much healthier by
    worrying less about such hysterics and just use common sense when
    selecting what to put in your body.

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  7. Musings of a Housewife says

    October 2, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Good stuff. I’ve never been big on soy. And of course, cutting out most processed foods helps eliminate the crap soy that seems to be in everything. Thanks for putting these links together. It’s a great resource when people ask me what I think of soy! 🙂

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  8. Sandy Gentle says

    September 30, 2009 at 3:11 AM

    Hello Kelly
    Thanks for the feedback on the harmfull effects on soya,I have now totally
    banned soya from my house,although i must admit it made my meal planning
    very easy i am now struggling as all our meals included soya,because my husband
    and son are vegetarians.I busy researching and so far i am not happy what i have
    discovered,most of the universitys are very evasive with their comments,i have now involved my husband in the research,and we will let you know our findings.
    Thanks Sandy

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  9. angie says

    September 29, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    thanks so much for the wonderful post on soy and the information was great

    Reply
  10. melissa says

    September 29, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    interesting. i’m so glad someone warned me about feeding soy to little ones a few years ago. i’m lucky to have a friend who keeps up on all this – i just do what she tells me 🙂

    Reply
  11. Teena says

    September 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    After reading Cheeseslave’s post a while back, I have been trying to avoid soy. It is really hard. Most tea bags have soy lechtin and my favorite ranch dressing has soybean oil. There is soybean oil in every mayonaise jar I have looked at. Thanks to this website I know how to make my own soy free!! Thanks to my two little angels, I haven’t found the time 😉

    Reply
  12. KitchenKop says

    September 28, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    Kyle, that’s soooooooooo cool that you’re teaching your friends about real food! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Kyle says

    September 28, 2009 at 2:38 PM

    Kelly you are a mind-reader. Just a few days ago, I told my best friend that soy was bad for you. I said it matter-of-factly. He said ‘why?’ and I mumbled something about it not being traditional and about how even the chinese ate only a little, and they fermented theirs. But I think I didn’t sound very convincing.

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  14. Local Nourishment says

    September 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    Many traditionally fermented soy products aren’t fermented anymore, so check the label carefully.

    My sister drinks a soy shake everyday. She already has a tendency toward hormonal problems. But now that she is postmenopausal she doesn’t think there is anything to worry about with soy. I’m gathering research for her on the other problems soy causes. Thanks, Kelly, for more ammo.

    Reply
  15. Diana says

    September 27, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    Jen, thanks! I will check it out.

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  16. Jen says

    September 26, 2009 at 3:43 AM

    Diana, here are a few wonderful links for miso recipes from the company I purchase mine from. Enjoy!

    https://www.southrivermiso.com/store/pg/3-Recipes.html (the recipe categories are in red across the top of the page(

    https://www.southrivermiso.com/pdf/misobook.pdf

    Reply
  17. Susan says

    September 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    Tempeh is also a fermented soy product.

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  18. Diana says

    September 25, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    Good follow up – thanks Kelly, Soli and Julie. I recently bought some miso, but am not sure what to do with it!

    Reply
  19. KitchenKop says

    September 25, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Soli, yes fermented soy is good – you can read more about that at Kristen’s post. Sorry I wasn’t more clear in my last comment, I was in a hurry! 🙂

    Reply
  20. Julie says

    September 25, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    Miso is a good soy product–it’s aged for months and months. Sally gives it a thumbs up, along with Tamari, which is aged soy sauce. I think these are about the only good soy products.

    Reply
  21. Soli says

    September 25, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    From what I recall, and I admit I haven’t done nearly enough research, I think fermented soy is actually OK. I know I’ve seen miso and traditionally produced soy sauce as an ingredient in TF. Edamame, I don’t know, and I hope someone can shed some light.

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  22. KitchenKop says

    September 25, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    Diana, As I said, I haven’t done much research on this (and don’t have time to Google it right now), so you may want to comment at Kristen’s post and ask her, but here’s what I’m guessing (don’t take this as fact!):

    *Edamame isn’t fermented, so probably not good.
    *I think Miso is fermented (?).
    *I use a fermented soy sauce.

    Kelly

    Reply
  23. Diana says

    September 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Hi Kelly. I’m sure it is in one of these posts, but can’t find it readily: what about edamame, miso and soy sauce? Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  24. KitchenKop says

    September 25, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Sandy, I completely agree with Flo’s advice, thank you Flo! 🙂 As a matter of fact, I’m going to add that website to the post…

    Reply
  25. Flo says

    September 25, 2009 at 6:43 AM

    Kelly (& Sandy, too),

    Are you familiar with Kaayla Daniel, PhD? She’s an nutritionist/ author that writes for the Weston A. Price Foundation on the dangers of soy. Her book is called ‘The Whole Soy Story — the Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food’. I’d been searching my local area for sources of natural food and information when someone lent me some copies of the Weston A. Price Foundation publication. In one of these I found an article she’d written that talked about soy in baby formula. That’s when it clicked that my traditional midwife had me on protein shakes to bring my protein up to 100 gm/day when I was pregnant (I tried to eat that much but drank the shake when I couldn’t). After contacting her, she conceded that the protein probably WAS soy — we’re not really sure but it was really prevalent at the time. My son is now 13, just getting into puberty when some of that stuff can show up. Fortunately most things seem on track but there are some definite concerns, too.
    She consults and helps you figure out nutrition and detox from any heavy metals with supplements using hair analysis to find out what you may have too much of and what you’re detoxing. We’re hoping to get started with her soon.
    She is not an MD, however, so if there are any hormone imbalances beyond that, an endocrinologist (she mentioned a reproductive endocrinologist, if I remember correctly) would be in order.
    Here is a link to her website: https://www.wholesoystory.com/. I was just surprised not to see her name come up anywhere since the Weston A. Price Foundation was involved.
    Thanks, again, for all your research and sharing, Kelly! I really appreciate your work!

    Reply
  26. Sandy Gentle says

    September 25, 2009 at 4:42 AM

    I am quite concerned about reading the article on the harmful effects
    of soy products.My son who is 14 years has been on soya for most of his life
    The part that worries me most is delayed or retarded sexual development in boys.Any suggestion on how to rectify this.

    Thanks
    Sandy

    Reply

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