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Re: Mercola, Weston Price wrong on Soy "dangers"
 
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Re: Mercola, Weston Price wrong on Soy "dangers"


 I really appreciate this post because I can get a little conflicted over my love of tofu. I would be perfectly happy to eat it for one of my meals everyday. I love to cook, and it is a fun food to cook with because of its versatility.

The only inconsistency I find is in my observations of women who eat large quantities of soy products over time. They do begin to get bloated and show signs of estrogen dominance. Is this possibly related to the fact they are also having some of the highly processed soy products that seem to get further and further from the original bean?

No.  Actually all that processing you are referring to such as fermentation and cooking actually decrease the levels of phytoestrogens significantly.  And phytoestrogens are already hundreds of times weaker than the body's own estrogen and thousands of times weaker than than estrogens from other animals.  So it would likely take hundreds of pounds of soy to get the same level of estrogenic effect derived from a single glass of milk or one steak.  This is why phytoestrogens are actually considered anti-estrogens since they lock of estrogen receptors preventing stronger estrogens from latching on and causing disorders or disease in the body.

What could be going on though is if iodine sources are not also taken the goitrogenic activity, even though diminished, can still suppress the thyroid.  Just like flax seed, cruciferous vegetables and the many other goitrogenic plants people consume.  In Asian countries though where soy is consumed seaweeds and fish rich in iodine are also a big part of diet.  Iodine has been found to counter the goitrogenic activity of many plants.

Or, you have indicated that excessive phytoestrogens (any source) over a long enough period could do this- could they just be having too much?

Some of the symptoms that have been attributed to estrogen are actually not caused by estrogen to begin with, which is a large part of the reason that there is so much confusion on the issue.  For example, the sellers of progesterone creams claim that estrogen dominance causes a lack of libido when in fact it is high progesterone that kills the libido.

Also, I got some tofu from sprouted beans because it indicated it was better for digestion. Does this include nutrient assimilation in the case of less-than-ideal levels of stomach acid? Or, does it just mean that it won't cause gas and bloating?

There is no reason I can see that tofu from sprouted beans would be any easier to digest.  There is still a lot of protein that is dependent on sufficient stomach acid for digestion.

 

 
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