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The United Kingdom Committee
on Toxicity in Foods and the Environment has issued a draft
report on the effects of Phytoestrogens.
Read it in full Here,
or access individual chapters via our side bar titles in the
left margin of this page.
A new article at the Australian
YOUR TRUE HEALTH website gives a snapshot insight into the true
levels of "Asian" soy consumption, to health risks
of consumption of modern soy, and to some of the industry
lies as to the correct exposure of "Asians".
Visit here.
Excerpt From:
COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS
IN FOOD, CONSUMER
PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
REPORT ON PHYTOESTROGENS AND HEALTH
"After reviewing the data
and conclusions in the report relating to soy-based infant formula,
SACN considered that there is cause for concern about the use
of soy-based infant formula. Additionally, there is neither
substantive medical need for, nor health benefit arising from,
the use soy-based infant formulae".
Soyonlineservice is delighted
that, nine years after its scientists asked for soy formulas
to be withdrawn from sale as a Precautionary Measure (Dr Iain
Robertson of the Auckland Medical School in 1994 "I
can see no good reason why anyone should wish to continue with
general sales of such products"), all their concerns have
been vindicated. But we regret the harm that has been caused
over that period because of industry hostility to such a sensible
safety measure . Full document available Here.
Scientists call for more research
on the effects of plant hormones. Read the following article
published in The
Guardian, 15 October 2002.
The dangers of soy are also outlined
on
Islamonline.
All soy baby milk genetically
modified, Dominion Post 5 September 2003. Follow this
Link
to the full article. This article was in response to a
request for the New Zealand Government to reveal the names of
four infant formulas that the Food Safety Authority found to
be contaminated with genetically engineered soy from Green MP
Sue Kedgely. Read More Here.
The Food Standards Authority
has announced it is seeking public submissions on a draft assessment
of the safety of GM
Soy Beans.
Reference to a recent review
of the effects of isoflavones on humans from scientists at the
National Center for Toxicological Research can be found Here.
Weston A Price Foundation, a
United States public interest charitable organisation, has commenced
a political lobbying campaign in Congressional Committees. Mission
: "to warn consumers about the dangers of soy foods, and
to have soy infant formulas removed from the market-place"....and...."the
two most urgent dangers involve thyroid problems in adults who
use soy foods and endocrine disruption in babies given soy formulas".
Read their full newsletter Here.
"Although safety testing
of natural products, including soy products, is not required,
the possibility that widely consumed soy products may cause
harm in the human population via either or both estrogenic and
goitrogenic activities is of concern." reports Drs Doerge
and Sheehan in a recent article in the journal Environmental
Health Perspectives. Full
Abstract Here.
Once a humble bean forming a
small part of the Asian diet, soy is now one of the most widely
used of all foods and one of the world's largest agricultural
- and GE - commodities. Valerie Freeman says it's also
one of the greatest ever health cons. Full
Article Available Here.
A number of informative articles
have been published in the MarketPlace Newsletter, Santa
Fe, New Mexico. Follow these links to the articles. Spotlight
on soy - new research, new concerns,
Isoflavones pack a punch of unknown strength, Soy
infant formula: What's in that bottle?, Soy
processing both ancient and modern. These articles
are the work of Barbara Gerber, a free-lance writer and editor
who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They were written expressly
for The MarketPlace News, the newsletter of The MarketPlace,
an independent natural grocery not afraid to take risks.
If you wish to use these articles we ask that you do the following
in good faith: Attribute them correctly and, if you excerpt
them, please take nothing out of context.
Follow this link to
"The Downside Of Soybean Consumption" written
by Beatrice Trum Hunter, one of America's foremost food experts
and Honorary Member of NOHA. She is the Food Editor of
Consumers' Research Magazine and the author of many books on
food issues, including Food Additives and Federal Policy; The
Mirage of Safety; The Great Nutrition Robbery.
The authoritative Christian writer,
Debi Pearl, is shocked at what she has learned about soy.
Follow
this link to her Soy Alert article.
Follow the links to read two
relevant articles written by Susan Star Paddock for the Gettysburg
Times: Soy Foods Have Downside
For Health Of Infants, Adults. Thyroid
Problems Mis-Diagnosed As Depression.
A new edition of "Take
Control of Your Health" by leading health writer
Elaine Hollingsworth features a hard hitting chapter on soy
risks. Quotes (in soy-fed boys) "Breasts appear and testicles
do not develop. Of course, this does not happen to all soy-fed
babies, but are you prepared to take such a chance?"...."What
do the companies care? They are more powerful and wealthier
than most countries and they are raking in billions from soy
each year"
Read an excellent article written
by Sean Carson called the "Shadow
of Soy" published in the Pacific Sun, California May
15 2002.
Lifestyle Magazine, a popular
New Zealand quarterly magazine recently published an article
written by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig. "Soy
has taken the world by storm. It's supposed to be good for our
health. We're told it will even protect us from serious
disease. But according to recent research, soy may not be the
miracle food we've been led to believe..."
The Director General for the
New Zealand Ministry of Health has recently issued her fifth
warning to the public about consuming some soy sauce-based
products. Read more about this issue on our updated Soy
Sauce Health Scare links page.
Too much soy could lead to Kidney
Stones.
"Soy Sausages Not
So Healthy" The potential human carcinogen
previously found in soy sauces has now been found in soy sausages.
Read the latest Press Release.
Soyonlineservice receives frequent
enquiries from parents who fed their child soy formula whether
the child's later development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Syndrome can be caused by the soy formula. Here
is further support for the association. More information
Here and Here.
British Government advisors move
to curb soy formula milk sales due to their fear that
children's sexual development and fertility as adults might
be affected if they take the products during their first few
months of life. Read the following article published in
The
Guardian, 8 February 2003.
New York parents on trial for
child harm after
Soy Formula Feedings
An article published in Scientific
American (2002) suggests soy infant formula may impair the developing
immune system.
Read More Here
An open letter has recently been
sent to the New Zealand Ministry of Health raising concerns
over soy baby foods and phytoestrogens. Read
More Here.
In their Paediatric Policy, the
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Health Policy Unit
outlines their policy on the Use
of Soy Protein Formula.
Soy and children's health: a
formula for trouble. Follow this Link
to an article recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Seventh Day Adventist strict
vegans jailed over their child's death. Read about the
Seventh Day Adventist Moorheads
Here and Here.
Read more about soy and Vitamin B12 deficiency on our Soy
Toxins page.
Soy infant formulas to be Strictly
Regulated. More information available on the
ANZFA web site.
More information from Dr Mercola:
Toxins,
Brain Chemistry and Behaviour, and How
Safe is Soy Infant Formula.
The debate over the effects of
exposure to soy-based formula in infancy continues. Read
more on the issues involved (http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v286n19/ffull/jlt1121-3.html).
Canadian Health Coalition say Health Canada are exposing babies
to serious risk and recommend that the routine use of soy-based
infant formulas must be stopped.
The Australian College of Pediatrics
is concerned about soy formula manufacturers sponsoring research
into the safety of their products. They caution against
the general use of soy infant formulas. Read
more here. More on the Australian
Paediatric Society Soy Protein Formula Policy.
Why
you shouldn't believe soy formula manufacturers.
The Weston A Price Foundation
has found serious flaws in the recent soy-formula study at the
University of Pennsylvania. See their Press Release
here.
December 1999 Article in Nutrition
Weekly: Soy Infant Formulas.
Illegal labeling of Isomil RTF
soy formulas; recent Big Ugly Bull winners Abbott
Laboratories have agreed to withdraw
their product from sale in New Zealand at the request of
the New Zealand Commerce Commission.
Withdrawn soy baby milk still
on shelves despite an agreement over six weeks ago to pull
it off the shelves amidst claims of misleading advertising.
See our Big Ugly Bull Award
for more information on this story.
Is soy-based infant formula brain
damaging? Read this Press
Release written by David Goodman, Ph.D. His article
"How Safe Is Soy Infant Formula" can be found at the
InsightMag.com website.
Media
release from Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
(RNZCGP): November 1999. The New Zealand Press Association
have also reported RNZCGP, Dr
Ralph Wiles, as stating that "Until the viability of
soy products has been more thoroughly and independently researched,
it is crazy to encourage their use in opposition to dairy-based
formulas, or worse still, breast milk."
Soy Infant Formula, Possible
legal
action update.
Legal push delights soy campaigners
Whangarei Leader
NZ Lawyers May Sue Soy Industry
The Dominion Newspaper
Court May Test Soy-Milk Issue
Canterbury Press
Health Canada has come under
fire from the Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT), the
Canadian Health Coalition and the National Federation of Nurses
Unions. The three groups have blasted Health Canada for their
failure to adopt a precautionary approach in the use of soy
formulas which contain high levels of phytoestrogens.
Read
the press release in which the trio call for an immediate
halt to the routine use of soy formulas. Note that Soy
Online Service first alerted Health Canada of its concerns over
the phytoestrogen content of soy formulas in 1995!
Can phytoestrogens have an effect
on spermatogenesis and male fertility? According to articles
published in
Endocrine Reviews and
Endocrinology they can. Read more in our Male
Health and Your Baby pages.
All the promotions for soy for
menopausal relief were because Japanese women do not have
a word for it. All that means is they don't talk about them.
They have them all right. Look at this
Research. Only fermented soy products had a minor
effect and that was just with in the margin of statistical
error i.e. it was more likely to be random chance!
Genistein in soy foods alters
the reproductive organs in male rats. Read more Here
and also the Scientific
Abstract Here. Read more on our Male
Health page.
Soya may be making men infertile.
Read an article by James Chapman published in the Daily Mail
Here.
Soy isoflavones and menopause.
The placebo can be just as effective! More Here,
Here and
Here.
Read more on our Menopause page.
Three soy-scones a day lower
adult mens' testosterone. More Here
and on our Male Health page.
More evidence has recently been
published in the journal Human Reproduction indicating that
soy reduces testosterone in the males of several species.
Full Abstract
Here.
The Office On Womens Health,
US Department Of Health And Human Services have also released
a press
statement urging caution on soy-based menopause remedies.
To quote Dr Whitehead of St Georges Hospital Medical School,
London, "We really don't know how phyto-estrogens act in
the human body".
Estrogens from soy products linked
to Spectacular
Rise in birth defects in the United Kingdom. Hypospadias
is specifically mentioned, which is a condition already demonstrated
by a Bristol University study published in the British Medical
Journal. More
On Hypospadias Here and Here.
In December 1997, Dr Michael Bolger, Manager of Risk Assessment
at the USFDA CF.SAN, assessed health risks from Genistein as
including "testicular
atrophy, infertility, feminisation and uterine hypertrophy".
American consumers had the absolute legal right to this information
- Why do they not have it still?
Recent research has demonstrated
that chemical compounds can have a number of effects on male
health including decreasing
prostate gland weight, lower testosterone levels, along with
inducing significant testicular cell death and necrosis.
More information can also be found on our Male
Health page
The authoritative Male Health
and Athleticism magazine "Testosterone" has a very
good article on the risks of soy to Male
Fertility, Libido and Sexual Maturity.
Follow this Link
to another article from Testosterone Magazine discussing the
problems with soy protein.
"Excess consumption
of soy or other phytoestrogens also might contribute to pseudopuberty."
Soy has been linked as a potential clinical factor in the early
onset of puberty termed "Precocious Puberty".
Read more from eMedicine.com.
New Concerns about estrogenic
content of foods. See quotes
from Food Safety - a 21st Century Issue, by Professor Shaw
in the New Zealand Science Review. The human sperm count
decrease
over the past five decades might relate to the introduction
of soya to the western diet and the increasing popularity of
vegetarianism - a sting in the tail for apparently healthy eating.
Lehigh University Department
of Biochemical Sciences has confirmed what the scientists of
Soyonlineservice knew in 1993.....soy can cause Premature Sexual
Development See the University's Press Release
HERE.
Tons of estrogen in soy products
are entering the food supply. See an article from
The Dominion, Wellington September 3 2001. Soy isoflavones
are the most common of all the environmental toxins.
More information has now been
added to our Soy & DES page.
Read more about the potential
effects of soy on Male
Reproductive Health published in Endocrinology journal and
the reported inverse association between soy
product intake and serum hormone concentrations in Japanese
men on our new Phytoestrogens and
Male Health page.
Read what the Committee on Hormonally
Active Agents in the Environment (National Research Council)
say about phytoestrogens and soy
in their newly released book Hormonally Active Agents in the
Environment. You can read the
pre-publication copy online.
Hormonally active agents in the
environment, read more about the dangers of Phytoestrogens
in the diet.
SHOCKING! The latest research
from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
finds that genistein caused reproductive cancers in mice at
a dose level "within one order of magnitude of the level
of human exposure." This means that all internationally
accepted safety levels of carcinogenic risk are being exceeded.
There is NO MARGIN OF SAFETY, by recognised standards of acceptable
risk. This new cancer study finds that... "the use of soy-based
infant formulas in the absence of medical necessity and marketing
of soy products designed to appeal to children should be closely
examined". The incidence of cancer in mice treated
with genistein and DES was 35% and 31% respectively. The
abstract for the article can be found here
and on our Soy and DES page.
Sue Dibb also investigated the
hormone hype surrounding phytoestrogen containing supplements
in Food Magazine Vol 50 July/September
2000.
From Pink
Pills to Phytoestrogens, read about the dangers of using
"natural" preparations as an alternative to hormone
replacement therapy written by Camille Guy.
Is there a link between soy and
infant leukemia? More
Here.
Estrogen found in soy stimulates
human breast-cancer cells in mice. Read
More Here.
Hydroxylated metabolites of daidzein
and genistein have been demonstrated in incubations with
human hepatic microsomes and in the urine of humans after ingestion
of soy food. Read more
Here.
Genistein and cancer, yet more
scientific research supporting the link in the journals Cancer
Research Here
and Here,
Carcinogenesis Here
and Journal of Nutrition Here.
Also read our Cancer page for further
information
A review of the effects of phytoestrogens
on the female genital tract has been published in the Journal
of Clinical Pathology. Abstract
Here.
Dramatic New Research from the
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences demonstrates
the Risk
Of Cancers In The Female Reproductive Tract From Soy Estrogens.
More expert opinion of Cancer
Risks From Consumption Of Soy Isoflavones. And yet
more caution for Breast
Cancer Risks Here.
Jim Barlow of the University
of Illinois has found that the estrogen
found in soy stimulates human breast-cancer cells in mice.
The Cornell University Program
on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) is currently
examining the link between phytoestrogens and breast cancer.
Read
more about their research here.
Cancer rates are up, particularly for cancers that affect
the young. Could soy consumption be playing a role?
Margarine Advisory
warning page updated with excerpts from two articles published
in the Melbourne Age.
More on the link between soy
and infant leukemia.
"You
have saved my wife's life" from a grateful visitor
to this site.
Despite having approved bogus
health labelling claims for soy protein, the US Food and Drug
Administration's website is warning of allergic reactions to
soy flour in cookies. Products have been withdrawn to protect
consumers. More Here.
Food allergies are on the rise,
including allergies to soy. Read an interesting article
from the New York Times regarding the food allergy issue called
The
Allergy Prison.
Check out our new Soy
Allergies page the allergenic nature of soy products and
links to other sites of interest. Our Thyroid
testimonies page has also been updated to include two new
excerpts.
Is
Soy Bad For You? New research links the 'health' food
to thyroid disorders.
A WOMAN'S THYROID ABNORMALITY
CAN AFFECT HER BABY. This should be a strong warning for
young women to avoid anti-thyroid diets. Soy poses by far the
highest dietary risk .This is a frequent adverse result effect
of soy...namely that it may affect the offspring of the generation
that was initially exposed. Visit
http://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/6/thyroid_disease.htm for
more.
Our
Reader Testimonies pages are updated regularly. Included
on our Thyroid testimonies
link page is a description a medical condition called "Thyroid
Storm", whose list of symptoms regularly appear
in a readers testimonies.
Women who take
Thyroid medicine may need a higher dose if they begin taking
estrogen after menopause. Follow this Link
to another thyroid and estrogen related article.
Read Dr Mike Fitzpatrick's recent
paper on why soy and isoflavones place you
at risk of thyroid disease.
Testimonies
of thyroid damage caused by soy/isoflavones.
Yet another scientific study
has been published providing evidence of immune system effects
from genistein at dose concentrations similar to those of soy
formula fed babies. Abstract
Here. More on this issue from Mercola
Here.
Soy Online Service often receives
reports of the association of another auto-immune disease with
soy consumption, both in adults and in children who had been
fed soy formulas as infants. That disease is alopecia. Read
the experience of such a victim here
http://members.aol.com/greentek/hairloss.html.
Soyonlineservice is constantly
receiving reports and questions about an association between
fibromyalgia (
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?fibromyalgia) and soy
consumption .We are not aware of definitive medical research
that has proved the link. However, It is an auto-immune reaction
to toxic exposure and soy is definitely known to be a rich source
of auto-immune diseases. A discussion and possible treatments
of this affliction can be read at
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/fibro.htm
A review of the effects of phytoestrogens
on the female genital tract has been published in the Journal
of Clinical Pathology. Abstract
Here.
In recent research a four day
dose of soy & linseed bread caused the uterus weights of
female rats to DOUBLE. AND one slice (34 gr) of Burgen bread
had estrogenic equivalence of 0.5 ppb of Diethylstilbestrol.
Read more on our Soy & DES
page.
Beware of the side-effects of
the soy industry's promotions of soy as a cholestetrol-lowering
drug! The cholesterol may end up in your Gall
Bladder.
Advisory
warning to be placed on margarines containing phytosterol
esters warning people against consuming them.
Read an article on the breast
implant epidemic including information on the most recent implant
disaster, "Tofu
Titties" using soy oil filled implants.
Research has illustrated that
major changes in behavioural measures of anxiety and in stress
hormones can result from the soya isoflavone content of rat
diet. Abstract available
Here. Read more on our Cognitive
Function page.
Do phytoestrogens affect Cognitive
Function? New scientific evidence Here
and Here.
Tofu, brain aging, reduced cognitive
function and Alzheimer's disease. Read it at the latest
news reports: Star
Bulletin (Nov 99), Star
Bulletin (April 2000), Reuters
(April 2000), JACN
and abstracts from the recent Soy
Symposium.
Plant sterols increase the risk
of coronary heart disease. Abstract
here
Further evidence that soy consumption
can Increase
The Risk Of Heart Disease. Read more on this issue
Here
and more on the effects of lipoprotein(a) and heart disease
risk Here.
The New Zealand Government on February 2
2002 announced an "International Sweep" of fraudulent
health claims. If you feel that claims for health benefits
of soy products or isoflavones have harmed you, or if you
think such claims are frauds, notify your local, State and
Federal Regulatory authorities. Details of the countries taking
part are at
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/publications/display_mr.cfm?mr_id=929.
Legal push delights soy campaigners
Whangarei
Leader
NZ Lawyers May Sue Soy Industry
The
Dominion Newspaper
Court May Test Soy-Milk Issue
Canterbury
Press
New Zealand lawyers call
for soy victims
Who
funds soy research and why?
New Zealand Parliamentary Questions
regarding the labelling of soy-based infant products Wednesday
13/12/00.
Politician urges safety Brian
Donnelly letter
We have already reported on the
effects of dietary estrogens in "Captive
Cheetahs". Sue Ann Bowling provides further commentary
in her article "Cheetahs
and Soybeans". It appears that zoo diets in North America
(which are the only diets incorporating soy protein along with
animal protein) is simultaneously killing this endangered species
off with liver disease and preventing them from breeding effectively.
The Kakapo is a New Zealand bird
species teetering on the brink of extinction. Camille
Guy in the New Zealand Herald (September 13 1997) that
the birds may stay endangered as the official breeding programme
used suspect feeding practices (including soy based foods).
Follow this link to the
article.
Spectacular advertisements appear
in Australian health magazines. Read them for yourself
Here.
New
Zealand Dairy Industry urged to ensure baby foods are safe
now it is allied with soy formula manufacturers.
It took five years for "Healthy
Options" to state the obvious. Look what food expert
Sue Wakelin said in Rural
News March 1995.
The New Zealand Broadcasting
Standards Authority has ruled that Television New Zealand has
breached its code of practice in a program that featured a supposed
independent nutritionist promoting the use of soy products.
The ruling raises some pertinent questions about the boundary
between advertising and programme content; SOS have the full
decision for you to read. If you know of any questionable
advertising of soy products in your neck of the woods please
contact us.
US citizens finally get to hear
to it as it is. Dangers to infants fed soy formulas, soy
and the risk of cancer and thyroid disease, FDA scientists forbidden
to speak out about their concerns and the politics behind the
FDA granting PTI's health claim petition. Congratulations
to the ABC for uncovering it in
Soy: the untold story.
Read an article on The
dark side of soy published in BusinessWeek Online.
Is the soy bubble about to pop?
Finally
some truth after years of lies, courtesy Rosie Mestel of
the LA Times.
...strong evidence soya beans
may be dangerous. Amanda Phelan from the Northern Herald
(May 18 1995) reports in the following article
The soya dilemma.
New
York Times article 26 January 2000: Doubts Cloud Rosy News on
Soy
Naughty, naughty Novogen.
The New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that
pharmaceutical company Novogen has breached
the New Zealand Code for Therapeutic Advertising.
Novogen market the phytoestrogen supplements Promensil and Trinovin
and advertise various benefits of these products and SOS note
that Novogen carries similar inaccurate and misleading advertising
in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
More Scientific Research On Trinovin Here
The New Zealand Advertising Standards
Complaints Board has ruled that an advertisement for Flora
Pro-Activ margarine (manufactured by Unilever) was in breach
of the New Zealand Code for Therapeutic Advertising. The
advertising for this soy-containing margarine claimed cholesterol
lowering effects and also failed to carry clear warning statements
that they are unsuitable for young children and pregnant or
breast-feeding women.
Soy, isoflavones and menopause:
just another con? And read
how Australian biotech company Novogen have been found guilty
of misrepresenting scientific evidence it is advertising
of its isoflavone supplement, Promensil. The evidence
for phytoestrogen fraud
is mounting, the failure of isoflavone supplements even featured
at the recent Soy
Symposium. Read what experienced soy researcher
Professor
Cesare Sirtori has to say about dubious benefits and potential
risks of isoflavone supplements.
Why soy protein is in breach
of WHO/Codex
Standards.
The advertiser, and the publisher
of the magazine Healthy Options, have agreed that health claims
for COUNTRY LIFE and SOYLICIOUS (both brand
names of USA origin) products would be voluntarily withdrawn,
and not repeated. Breaches addressed were advertising
code of ethics rules 2 and 3, code for guidelines of therapeutic
advertising principles 2, 3, 4,and 5. Watch this space
for a copy of the complaint and the ruling.
Also coming to this space: the
New Zealand Advertising Standards Complaints Board ruling on
alleged "hormone-balancing effects" from products
nick-named "ladies' breads".
We are not alone in our concerns
about soy the toxicity, see selected abstracts from the 1999
Soy Symposium.
"Scientists
vs The Soy Industry". Here is an excellent article
written by Jane Phillimore that was published in the UK"s
Observer and Australia's Brisbane Courier Mail addressing some of the concerns over soy raised by new research.
"Prestigious British medical
journal "The
Lancet" attacks the Integrity of the United States
Food and Drug Administration." See BIG UGLY BULL
- FDA and GRAS for the Soy Information Services comments on
the FDA's approval of soy protein
More evidence has recently been
published indicating that exposure to genistein during pregnancy
and lactation exerts long-lasting effects on the endocrine and
immune systems in adulthood. Read the Full
Abstract Here. More soy and immunity information is
available on our Immune Function
page.
Mums-to-be warned: Do not
eat soya, London Metro 13/02/03. Read this article Here.
Leading phytoestrogen researcher
Dr Claude Hughes claims that a high
intake of soy during pregnancy may affect the developing
fetus, and the timing of puberty later in the child's life.
Vegetarian diets and birth defects
(1),
(2).
Soy? You guessed it!
The FDA have approved the following
food labelling claim: 'diets low in
saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein
a day may reduce the risk of heart disease'. In doing
so the FDA have lost sight of their mandate do be the USA's
'Foremost Consumer Protection Agency'. Why? 25
grams of soy protein day can provide up to 150
mg of isoflavones per day!! The FDA have no idea
about the safety of such a dose even though it is approximately
10 times the daily amount eaten
by Japanese and more than three times the amount that is biologically
active in humans. Soy Online Service believe that such
intakes will result in serious thyroid
disorders, not to mention increasing the risk of infertility
and certain cancers. The FDA
decision also flies in the face of several prominent researchers,
including the Director of the Estrogen base program, NCTR's
Dr Daniel Sheehan.
Watch this space!
Read the letter written by FDA
scientists Daniel Doerge and Daniel Sheehan where they voice
their concerns over the FDA
approval of soy.
USDA:
big plans for soy in School Food Programs.
FAO
To Review International Food Safety Guidelines To Ensure The
Safety Of The Global Food Supply.
This
article reports on how the Glycine Max hybrid from the original
soy plant is used to make Roundup Herbicide. So what
are we eating?
We have some new recipients for
our Big Ugly Bull Award. These include Brian
Strom, Unilever and Goodman
Fielder (Meadowlea), and the New
Zealand Ministry of Health.
UK Natural Law Party press
release.
Soy
Isoflavones: Panacea or Poison? Here
is an article published in Health & Healing Wisdom magazine.
The article is based on a letter written by Dr Mike Fitzpatrick
to the FDA opposing the inclusion of isoflavones on the GRAS
list. A copy of the actual letter is found here.
This page
explains why soy protein is not a "legal"
food.
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