Read some excerpts from a recent Chicago Tribune article on the Soy Prison Lawsuit, including quotes from Sally Fallon:
(Exciting Update! This story has now been picked up by UPI, AP, and Fox News!)
- Once the darling of the health-food community, soy — especially non-fermented and genetically modified soy — has fallen out of favor in some health circles. Last year the American Heart Association urged the FDA to stop recommending soy as a way to reduce heart disease risk, saying “direct cardiovascular benefits of soy protein or isoflavones are minimal at best.”
- Scientific studies have volleyed back and forth on whether high soy consumption reduces or increases cancer risk, inhibits mineral absorption and affects sperm concentrations. But most agree that soy, especially unfermented varieties, can cause problems with the thyroid function and digestion.
- The department says it started serving soy-enhanced foods in March 2004 as a cost-cutting measure.
- Fallon said the foundation also is concerned about the growing use of soy in institutions serving children and the elderly. “Illinois has a pilot program to bring this kind of diet to the schools, to growing children,” she said. Indeed, Chicago Public Schools menus incorporate soy-based texturized vegetable protein into their meat products and regularly serve doughnuts made with soy flour.
With this issue finally going mainstream, hopefully it will become more widely known that soy is not the health-food it was once made out to be!
Read the full article:
Soy in Illinois prison diets prompts lawsuit over health effects “Group says plant protein causes problems for inmates”.
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That makes me feel better. I am shocked as to how many stuff have soy in it in the form of soybean oil. Thank you for the encouraging words. Glad I am not alone in my mistakes as a mom.
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Holly
Hi Holly,
Ditto what Emily said. 🙂 I made a lot of mistakes with our kids before I knew better, too. All we can do is do the best we can from now on.
Kelly
Holly, there has been research done, but what good is it going to do you and your daughter to worry about it? All of us mothers have regrets, but what’s done is done. Feed her the best you know how for the rest of the years you raise her and pray for her health. I have a hunch that being diligent about her diet from today forward would do a lot to neutralize any effects from the first nine months of her life. 🙂
I have been concerned with soy and try to avoid it if possible since 5 yrs ago. I am more concerned now because my dd had soy formula the 1st 9 months of her life. I worry over the repercussions of it. Any research done in re: to infants on soy formula…esp. girls?
I never understand why food that is “fake” is pushed as being healthier than food that is real. Thanks for this post — very informing.
I’m so glad this is coming out! We have SO many family members who want to be healthy but rely on soy (and veganism and low-fat diets, etc.) because that’s what they’ve been told is good. Most of them don’t listen to us despite our obvious results (DH lost 40 lbs. eating WAP and I lost baby weight from two pregnancies plus 20 lbs.). If it comes out in the media that it’s bad, maybe they’ll slowly start to listen to us. Now we just need to see that low-fat diets are a hoax in MSM!
I have been setting nutritional goals for my family starting in the new year (I eat a certain way and want them to as well). Soy was on the top of the list of things to get rid of. It is in everything! I hate how it has been hailed as the end all to health food but it isn’t.
I am so glad more people are recognizing that soy is not a health food – it’s an anti-food! I’m going to do a feature on soy at Natural News in the coming weeks to try and bring this issue to the attention of more people, especially people who depend on soy and a staple. With all the hormonal imbalances, thyroid problems, and reproductive issues going around these days it’s almost obvious that soy is the cause. But (speaking from experience) if you’ve never heard that soy is to blame then it doesn’t even occur to you! Soy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be sure – time to expose the beast!
Okay, don’t laugh at me for going off on a rant there. 🙂
I drank soy protein shakes for breakfast for probably at least three years (thinking they were healthy, of course). I finally stopped around five years ago when I began breaking out in hives shortly after drinking one, and put 2 and 2 together.
My sister had soy milk formula and ate no dairy for years and years due to allergies. She eventually got off the soy, but now she’s drinking a meal replacement shake every morning that’s full of it. She’s had reproductive system disorder all her life. I wonder how much of it was due to the soy. I’m so glad the word is finally getting out and people are thinking twice about soy.
Many nutritionists also advise against soy, especially in processed “fake” forms. And Jonny Bowden, my favorite weight loss guru, advises against it, which is kind of funny because when people want to lose weight they seem to think they should be using soy instead of milk!