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


And what's listed below is just the tip of the iceberg! Check out ALL the links and information about the site above, and you'll learn what you need to know.

Blessings ('sorry to be the bearer of yukky news) - Unyquity

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.

The post by unyquity sums it up pretty good. The two main reasons I don't like it are: it slows thyroid function and mimics hormones, especially estrogen. The reason the kids are growing so much bigger these days is a direct result of soybeans mimicing estrogen.

Nattokinase comes from fermented soy. The fermentation process changes the whole ball game. There are several recipes for Natto on the Internet if you want to make up your own. It's pretty involved and doesn't taste good so people just go with the nattokinase. I get mine from Allergy Research Group. I don't take it personally, don't need it, but anyone with so-called heart problems I highly recommend it until we can get the liver on line, the colon on line and the parasites gone. It does a great job at normalizing fibrinogen in the blood. That's the stuff that makes the blood too thick.

They start with raw unprocessed soy and put it through the fermentation process. What that actually does to the soy I don't know, but I know the fermented soy keeps the arteries clean. So obviously all the bad stuff in soy is neutralized or outright eliminated by the fermentation process. Of course it's not going to do any good to clean the arteries without eliminating what caused the arteries to get clogged up in the first place and that is liver and colon.

So it all ties together.

The post by dsr below on the Vietnam question post has some intersting data on GMO foods and what the real purpose is. Click on the link he provides. It's a little lengthy but well worth the view.

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