Soy

I never really thought about the over-abundance of soy. I drank soy milk because of my lactose intolerance, ate soy-based nutritional/cereal bars, etc., etc. Then I saw that one of the fertility tips is to avoid soy because of the hormonal/estrogen influences. Then I started doing more research on it. I don't know what to think of it all, but some of it makes sense.
The only thing I know for certain that I read on several sites is that it can affect fertility/infertility.
So here are some sites to look at, feel free to make up your own mind about it!

And almost 60% of processed foods have soy in their ingredient list!


Soy Infertility/fertility

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04infertility.htm

http://health.ivillage.com/eating/ewsoy/0,,46s,00.html

http://www.mercola.com/2005/jul/9/soy_fertility.htm

http://youcangetpregnant.blogspot.com/2007/10/scientists-disagree-with-harvard-study.html

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art14831.asp


Soy Baby Formula

Infants exclusively fed soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more estrogen compounds in their blood than babies fed milk-based formula, the estrogenic equivalent of at least five birth control pills per day. Premature development of girls has been linked to the use of soy formula, as has the underdevelopment of males.

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04babyhealth.htm

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5629.cfm


Soy and Thyroid Disorders

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/soy.htm

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/soydangers.htm

Database/Medical Journal:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pmc&cmd=search&term=soy-formula

Soy Allergens:

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Soy%20Allergens.html

support site for those with soy allergies: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4620/

http://www.allergicchild.com/soy_allergies.htm

General Soy Dangers

20/20 Investigation - http://web.archive.org/web/20000815204236/http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000609_soy_feature.html


http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/ploy.html

http://www.coconutoil.com/soy.htm


Really good!: http://www.dldewey.com/soyupd.htm

http://www.greenlivingonline.com/HealthNutrition/dangers-of-soy/

http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/food/soy_story.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20020825/ai_n12577802

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/soya.asp

http://www.mayanmajix.com/art1382.html

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-08-19/news_story3.php


The Other Side of the Story: Refuting these Claims:

http://www.foodrevolution.org/what_about_soy.htm

http://www.soyinfo.com/

http://www.straight.com/article/the-saintliness-of-soy-is-still-up-for-debate-0

http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/wl/2002/wlFeatured1102.html

http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20041019/soy-unlikely-to-affect-womens-fertility

And something to really think about:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327