Dangers Of Soy Products

I'm considering becoming vegan, and I want to switch to soy products as a source of protein. I also hear really great things that soy products can do for your health, but I also heard it could cause breast cancer among other things. Is it true that you can develop health problems from soy consumption over a long period of time?

There is no real scientific evidence that soya causes, prevents, contributes to or affects the progress of any cancer, including breast cancer estrogen positive, which is most often cited.

Soy protein contains isoflavones that can mimic estrogen low. This is not the same as the estrogen your body makes it well - it is 1,000 times weaker than the estrogen your body, but that is what has led to concerns (and rumors) about estrogen cancer.

There are those in the field who argue that isoflavones may be useful in preventing breast cancer or be beneficial for women with breast cancer.

There is ongoing research to determine whether increasing phyto estrogens in the diet helps prevent breast or prostate cancer, and a study in 2002 found that women with higher levels of soy products in their diet had the lowest breast density - the higher breast density is associated with increased risk of breast cancer.

Women with the highest levels of isoflavones in their diet would reduce the significant risk for cancer of the uterus.

There are concerns about the effect of soy on the existence of certain thyroid disorders, but I did not know enough to comment on this

as a fresh soy vegan, I just found this scary info on soy

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Absolutely not. Like anything else you want to be in reasonable quantities, but you have nothing to fear. Good luck.

Nothing really except the usual found in all other processed foods: contamination / impurities, poor quality, and if the case relied too much, a nutritional imbalance.

Soy is supposed to be good for you if it's natural state. When it is processed, it becomes harmful. Do not comfortable with it just because it's called "something soybean. For example, soybean oil is bad for you.

A large white (or a small block of beige) tofu is good because it is made naturally so it will expire quickly with very short life. But when they use to make dumplings tofu (tofu burgers?) You must monitor what is happening in this cake and what is the process.

It appears that you have been reading the meat and dairy industry propaganda about soy products. Everything you should know is that the Chinese have used soy for thousands of years without any sequela. It has the protein content of lean meat, without cruelty or cholesterol meat.

No, the propaganda about the health risks are lies propagated by the Center for Consumer Deception et al.

You can develop health problems from consuming too much of anything over time, even if you have enough water. I do not think that soy is bad, just that some vegetarians / vegans take him too much, because they use it as a substitute for everything from milk to eggs to meat, then it becomes a problem.