Diets High in Soy Content
There has been some controversy lately about claims that a diet high in soy products is healthy and safe. While soy has been touted as a viable alternative to milk and cheese, the genetically-modified forms of soy used not only in dairy alternatives, but also as an additive in most processed foods, are overwhelming the human body and affecting its ability to absorb necessary nutrients from whole foods.
We are not suggesting that you stop enjoying your dish of edamame at your next sushi dinner, but that if you are consuming soy milk, soy cheese, and processed, preserved foods regularly (look for soy lecithin on the food label), your body is being bombarded by soy products, all genetically-modified, that have the known side effects listed below. Infants consuming soy-based formula are at the highest risk of developing unfortunate digestive and endocrine disorders as they are on an ALL-SOY diet! Humans were made to consume milk. There is evidence suggesting that babies are never born allergic to milk but that either something toxic the mother is consuming, or a treatable neurological problem is to blame for an infant’s adverse reaction to its mother’s milk.
If you are suffering allergies or intolerance to dairy, talk to Dr. Collins. Many food and seasonal allergies clear up as normal curvature is returned to the neck. Be sure to ask Dr. Collins how this change occurs.
Confused About Soy?–Soy Dangers Summarized
- High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
- Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
- Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
- Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
- Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body’s requirement for B12.
- Soy foods increase the body’s requirement for vitamin D.
- Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
- Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
- Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy
foods. - Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
Interesting fact: the amount of soy in one cup of soy milk is equivalent to one week’s recommended soy consumption!
Looking for more information on soy diets? Check out www.westonaprice.org. You will find citations here for the research mentioned above.