Dangers Of Soy Products

Soy milk is often recommended as a healthy alternative to feed your baby. Soy formula and soy milk products are offered as a safe food choice for newborn infants and children...but are these food products really safe?

When soy milk hit the store shelves there was not sufficient study done to back up the claims being made on the health benefits, or risks, of Soy products. So how is a person to know the health risks which they may be exposing their children to by offering them a diet rich in soy based products?

You were probably told that Soy is a healthier protein alternative but did they also tell you that Soy contains estrogen like compounds, and that although it is a natural product, that this product should not be consumed on a regular basis?

Did they tell you that these estrogen like compounds could affect the sexual development of your child?

What you were probably not told is that a diet rich in soy products could actually be very dangerous to those who consume it on a regular basis. Perhaps even more so to the young developing children who consume it.

What the sellers of soy will not tell you is that studies of Soya based products has found some frightening health consequences for those individuals who consumed even as little as one serving of Soy every second day.

Do you know that Isoflavones are a primary ingredient of Soy and that it is these Isoflavones which may be the possible reason as to the majority of health problems associated with the consumption of Soy based products. Isoflavones very closely resemble female hormones, or Estrogen, and we are feeding this compound to women, children, and men.

The manufacturers and distributors of Soy based products forgot to mention that medical studies now show that men who dine on a single serving of Soy every second day have dramatically reduced sperm counts compared to men who do not eat Soy products. The also do not tell you that the men who ate Soy during these studies had approximately forty one million less sperm per milliliter of semen than those who did not consume Soy products during the study.

The results of this study into the effects of regular soy consumption suggested that it is inadvisable for males to eat Soy products on a regular basis. So why are people still being told that soy milk is fine to bottle feed our babies? What is this over feeding of soy milk products doing to the young developing male children who are bottle fed this stuff? What is it doing to your baby daughters? What is it doing to our sons?

Why were consumers not told about the possible health risks when studies started showing that there just might be a few problems with consuming Soy products on a regular basis? Why is it still being recommended that we feed soy milk to our young children? Research studies are now concluding that it is not healthy for men, children, or women, to consume soy based products on a regular basis.

Did you know that studies are suggesting that there appears to be a higher incidence of Alzheimer's in individuals who consume Soy based products on a regular basis.

The Isoflavones goitrogens may reduce your body's ability to absorb iron and other essential nutrients such as calcium, magnesium and zinc. These vitamin deficiencies can cause an increased risk of brain atrophy, reduce your thyroids ability to function, or cause other health related issues to occur.

A regular intake of Soy products may also affect your thyroid functioning and Soy products are suspected as being one of the factors responsible for inflammatory based thyroid illness.

While so many companies and individual distributors still shout out the many presumed health benefits of Soy based products, they neglect to mention that when we feed our young babies and children soy based formulas or soy milk products that we are exposing them to approximately thirty-two to forty-five milligrams of the Isoflavone known as genistein.

If only a much smaller amount of this chemical is needed to affect a grown woman's menstrual cycle then what is the soy that we are feeding to our children doing to them? Do we know what the hormonal effects of feeding soy to our young babies and growing children is? What about the hormonal changes that expectant mothers who consume soy products may pass on to their developing fetus?

Do you know that studies are finding that Genistein may inhibit the growth of intestinal cells within babies who consume these Soy based formulas? Twice as many children who were fed a Soy based formula develop diabetes compared to those in a control group who were breast fed, or received a milk based formula, instead.

Does anyone know what the statistics of children with peanut allergies who were fed Soy milk products as babies are? Is there a link between nut allergies and soy consumption?

Do the manufacturers and distributors of soy products mention that it is now advised that women with a history of breast cancer should be very careful when consuming Soy products.

Do you know that women who take the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen should completely eliminate Soy based products from their diet as Soy may reduce the effectiveness of this drug.

Why are consumers still not being warned about the possible adverse health effects of consuming soy containing food products?

Even with statistical evidence mounting as to the possible adverse health affects of a diet rich in Soy based products more and more companies are jumping onto the soy band wagon.

There are increasingly more foods contain soy appearing on store shelves proving that the commercial marketing arena for Soy products is indeed a very large and powerful industry. Many of these foods are products which our children casually consume each day. Mayonnaise, salad dressings, and chocolate are just a few of the products were generally include soy in them.

I am sure that in the future we will be seeing a great deal more on research into soy, and thankfully we will probably also be receiving much more accurate information as to it's true health benefits, and risks. Until that information is available please research the foods which you choose for your family. Do your own research into soy products and their possible health hazards.

Don't risk your child's health on a product that we know so very little about. Do your own research before you feed your child a soy based diet.

Walk right past that soy flour, soymilk, tofu, soy oil, tempeh, miso, soy baby formula, soy meats, soy cheese, soy ice cream, or any other food item that may contain soy flour, soy lethicin or any other soy based ingredient. Avoid, or boycott food products which may not be good for your family's health, avoid the foods which contain soy. Purchase healthier milk and protein options instead....

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These food sensitivities may cause nothing more than a mild case of gastrointestinal discomfort to the sufferer, but they may also be severe enough to cause harm to one or more of the body's organs, or to even cause the development of an immune system response resulting in a chronic illness...Elimination diets explained.

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It really isn't a pretty picture and this is exactly what usually happens on most family road trips. Vacations that involve traveling for more than an hour or two can be nightmares...Low sugar breakfasts for a road trip.

When you participate in pleasurable activities like smiling, laughing, exercising or playing, your brain does an amazing thing and releases a little chemical message known as an endorphin.

These endorphins are feel good messages that have the power to actually remove physical and emotional pain. They travel down the spine, and then throughout your body, sending a feeling of well being as they go. These endorphins not only have the ability to relieve pain but they also have the power to make you feel happy. So remember to take time to play - It really is important.