Soy protein and oil in many foods is best avoided....
Today's Post: Friday, 6-2-2011
Tuesday, this week, Dr Al Sears sent out an email with three articles.
The first article was about soy.
Traditional fermented Japanese soy foods such as miso and tofu are processed to remove the natural toxins in the soybeans. And the soybeans are from normal soybeans that are the same as soybeans were from earlier times.
Eating moderate amounts of these foods from time to time seems safe and even may have some health benefits in addition to the protein content.
But what about soy formula for babies, textured protein from soy used in nonmeat substitutes and many nutrition bars for protein, what about soy milk and soy ice cream substitutes, and added to real ice creams and breads?
What about soy oil in many other foods?
Except for moderate intake of fermented soy of the several kinds eaten in Japan made from naturally occurring soy, these other soy products are bad for you in mulitple ways.
1. They are made from genetically modified soybeans. That means they start out including pesticides and herbicides inside the soy where they cannot be washed off or removed.
2. Eating processed soy has caused gout, thyroid problems, and infertility. The scientific literature says that eating such soy increases lp(a) levels which increases heart disease risk. And, the phyto-estrogens in it can reduce testosterone causing sex problems.
Soy somehow got a reputation as being good for you likely due to the good health of people in Japan who have many other health supporting practices and foods and for people trying to avoid meat and other animal products.
So, since the genetically modified soy is so cheap to grow, food manufacturers put it into all kinds of foods.
So, to avoid it, you have to be really consistent at reading labels.
3. Soy oil is one of the several kinds of oils that are quite high in omega 6. And, soy oil from genetically modified soybeans is in an extremely large number of products including a majority of premade salad dressings. This is because such soy oil is very cheap to buy.
The problem is that this results in excessive omega 6 intake which causes high chronic inflammation which definitely causes heart disease and heart attacks and is thought to also help cause cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
So if you want to have stir fried tofu and vegetables as a nonmeat change of pace you are likely OK.
But the other kinds of processed soy foods and soybean oil are NOT good for you.
Do yourself a favor and avoid them.
Today's Post: Friday, 6-2-2011
Tuesday, this week, Dr Al Sears sent out an email with three articles.
The first article was about soy.
Traditional fermented Japanese soy foods such as miso and tofu are processed to remove the natural toxins in the soybeans. And the soybeans are from normal soybeans that are the same as soybeans were from earlier times.
Eating moderate amounts of these foods from time to time seems safe and even may have some health benefits in addition to the protein content.
But what about soy formula for babies, textured protein from soy used in nonmeat substitutes and many nutrition bars for protein, what about soy milk and soy ice cream substitutes, and added to real ice creams and breads?
What about soy oil in many other foods?
Except for moderate intake of fermented soy of the several kinds eaten in Japan made from naturally occurring soy, these other soy products are bad for you in mulitple ways.
1. They are made from genetically modified soybeans. That means they start out including pesticides and herbicides inside the soy where they cannot be washed off or removed.
2. Eating processed soy has caused gout, thyroid problems, and infertility. The scientific literature says that eating such soy increases lp(a) levels which increases heart disease risk. And, the phyto-estrogens in it can reduce testosterone causing sex problems.
Soy somehow got a reputation as being good for you likely due to the good health of people in Japan who have many other health supporting practices and foods and for people trying to avoid meat and other animal products.
So, since the genetically modified soy is so cheap to grow, food manufacturers put it into all kinds of foods.
So, to avoid it, you have to be really consistent at reading labels.
3. Soy oil is one of the several kinds of oils that are quite high in omega 6. And, soy oil from genetically modified soybeans is in an extremely large number of products including a majority of premade salad dressings. This is because such soy oil is very cheap to buy.
The problem is that this results in excessive omega 6 intake which causes high chronic inflammation which definitely causes heart disease and heart attacks and is thought to also help cause cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
So if you want to have stir fried tofu and vegetables as a nonmeat change of pace you are likely OK.
But the other kinds of processed soy foods and soybean oil are NOT good for you.
Do yourself a favor and avoid them.
Labels: fermented soy foods are OK, most SOY foods are NOT good for you, why avoid soy foods, why avoid soybean oil
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