Problem is that the story is false. People keep passing on the same misinformation about soy without ever bothering to check the facts. Yes, soy contains phytoestrogens, but these are not strong enough to affect sperm. Furthermore, all plants contain phytoestrogens. In fact, flax seed that is considered "healthy" is nearly 4 times higher in phytoestrogens than soy. Even common sense tells us that China has one of the largest populations in the world yet they are great consumers of soy products. So how do the people pushing the myth that soy lowers sperm counts explain the fact that China has such a large population?
I also addressed this myth more in depth on this post:
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1542259#i
And more on other soy myths that are being spread on the internet because people are not bothering to check the facts:
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1548646#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1548672#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1548690#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1442774#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1442763#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1498735#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1724279#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1542005#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1542308#i
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1681713#i
A big promoter of these soy myths is the Weston Price Foundation (WPF), which is funded in large part by the beef and dairy industry, whose biggest competitor is soy. People read their totally discredited propaganda and still repeat it just because people have a tendency to be attracted more to negative than positive. So they are more likely to repeat false negative information than true positive information.
like the person said, hay go look for your selves you all have computers or you would not be on here... go some where other then curezone... I am sure you find much information not on curezone stating clear facts that are against soy..
I am talking about credible sites, not anti-soy propaganda sites. Anyone can make up false health claims about soy as is frequently done. Unfortunately, people rarely look up the facts after reading propaganda to determine if it is true.
people who know what they are talking about... remember what they put on the soy .. goes into the soy.. and into your body when you eat it. Like eating a bunch of harmful chemicals if you ask me.
You really think that soy is the only crop that is sprayed? What foods do you eat that you think are nto sprayed or otherwise contaminated with something?
Haven't you noticed it is beginning to be taken out of our foods.. I talked to a store that sells pet food and they said they are noticing a large number of manufactors are taking soy out of their foods for animals... look around it will soon fall flat on its face..
I doubt it. Soy production as we see has been holding steady as not everyone has fallen for the anti-soy propaganda:
www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/latest.pdf
the problems is the damage that it will leave behind.
What damage? As the evidence has shown soy does not cause cancer, nor lowers sperm counts, nor causes autoimmunity, etc. These and the other soy myths have been debunked so many times. It is not the evil monster that some people want to make it out to be. Again, this is why people need to look at credible sites for the facts rather than anti-soy propaganda sites.
The problem with soy is when companies over process it turning it into junk--as is with any food. Asians have done ok with fermented soy, but i would rather do some lean meat for the zinc. Lean meat seems to be much better than soy for my libido.
i would rather do some lean meat for the zinc. Lean meat seems to be much better than soy for my libido.
It is not the zinc that has this effect from red meat. Red meat increases testosterone, which increases libido. Soy has no effect on testosterone and thus no effect on libido.