Soy is often considered one of the most polarizing products. In fact, depending on whom you ask, it’s often classified as either a potent superfood or a dangerous hormone disruptor. Like all foods, soy milk has both benefits and drawbacks that need to be considered, and not all soy products are created equal.
When we were reading we ran into the query “What are the dangers of drinking soy milk?”.
, 1 Soybeans contain large quantities of natural toxins or “antinutrients”. Soybeans are dangerously high in natural toxins called anti-nutrients. In fact, just two glasses of soy milk daily can alter a woman’s natural monthly cycle.
What are the problems with drinking soy milk?
When we ask these questions about commercial soymilk, the answers are: Soymilk is a product, not a food. Synthetic vitamins and unfermented soy beans were never used by traditional cultures thousands of years ago. Great grandma would been utterly repulsed by the idea of drinking soybean juice emulsified with seaweed. Where can you get your hands on “natural flavors” and synthetic vitamins?
What are the negative side effects of soy?
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Soy Protein Isolates, which are shown to enlarge the pancreas and thyroid and increase fatty acid deposits in the liver. Soy contains toxic isoflavones. Soy foods have a high concentration of goitrogens which block production of thyroid hormones. For a full comprehensive piece on the dangers of soy check out this article by Sally Fallon & Mary.
Is soy really bad for You?
Soy is a nutrient-dense source of protein that can safely be consumed several times a week, and is likely to provide health benefits—especially when eaten as an alternative to red and processed meat.
One of the next things we wondered was could eating too much soy be bad for You?
Too much of anything in your diet is not good, compared to a well balanced and varied diet. This would apply to soybeans as well. Highly processed forms of any food is usually less nutritious than unprocessed. Phytoestrogens are found in all soybeans, regardless of genetic modification. They are claimed to be beneficial for p.
Why is soy milk more expensive than regular milk?
Where you purchase the item makes a price difference. Where the sales volume is a little higher, such as in natural or health food stores, soyfoods may be sold a more competitive, lower price than in a supermarket.