Billy wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Wil > wrote:
>
>> On Jul 28, 8:19 pm, James > wrote:
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25833435/
>>>
>>> " Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to
>>> significantly lower a manšs sperm count"
>> There are over 2 billion Chinese in China. Do you think they don't
>> eat soy?
>
> That's 1.3 billion Chinese.
>
> http://chinesefood.about.com/od/heal...erns/a/soy.htm
> . . . the real problem is not whether soy is inherently bad (after all,
> people have been consuming plants with hormones for centuries) but that
> no one is sure how much soy it is safe to consume. While Asians have
> been consuming soy for centuries, there have been conflicting claims
> about how much soy they consume. Nonetheless, if soy starts turning up
> in everything from cereal to ice cream, we may begin consuming far
> higher amounts than is normally found in the Asian diet, without any
> real idea of the consequences. An related issue is that modern
> preparation methods for soy products may increase the health risks. For
> example, some companies use chemical hydrolization instead of
> traditional fermentation methods to make soy sauce. It's something to
> think about.
And then there was the recent finding of a link between tofu
consumption and dementia. Interestingly, that doesn't hold true
for tempeh.
I am very glad I didn't hop onto the soy bandwagon. I did drink
some soy milk, and I do like tofu though.
--
Jean B.