Actually it wasn't about MH. There are many in the "health movement" that use soy and profit. It's a huge industry. People ARE seeking out what resonates with them. How does me sharing my opinion about soy change that?

I'm confused...how does selling books/cds etc. regarding natural health indicate a motive to publish erroneous information about the health hazards of soy? exactly?

Like EVERY practitioner of natural health, income HAS to be generated. If you discount every natural healer or source as having an ulterior motive or hidden agenda that ever wrote or sold a publication...there's be NO publications or writings on anything regarding 'natural health & healing', eh?

Research = time...and time = money. This man just doesn't have an "opinion"...he has researched evidence and truth to back it up. If you care to question, question his sources:

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Fallon, S - - - Soy Products for Dairy Products? Weston Price Foundation 1995.

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Teitel, M PhD - - - Genetically Engineered Foods:Changing the Nature of Nature --Park Street Press -- 1999.

These are (obviously) not typical "internet documentation" ...i.e.,quoting something that somebody said that somebody else remembered that somebody else put on their website type of 'documentation'. This is factual, scientific, researched evidence...from a huge VARIETY of sources, not just mumbo-jumbo from a couple of naturopathic internet wizards.

Believe whatever you want (hey, whatever floats yer boat :) but Tim O'Shea doesn't write about ANYTHING unless he's taken the time, effort and expense to make SURE he's publishing the most complete and factual information he can find.

Unyquity

PB,

'Time is short, but here's my quick "take". Less than 1/4 way through the article, the author states/admits:

"It is true that the protein in cooked soybeans is slightly less digestible than that found in most animal foods. However, when soybeans are made into soymilk, tofu, tempeh, and the other common forms of soyfoods, their protein digestibility is enhanced and becomes similar to animal foods. Any negative impact on protein digestibility due to the presence of the enzyme inhibitors found in soybeans is rendered nearly irrelevant in such foods. And even simple soybeans, with their reduced digestibility, are so high in protein and in all the essential amino acids that they could still easily serve as the sole source of protein in a person's diet if that was necessary for some reason."

From the one statement above, I would have these questions and/or comments (off the top of my head).

--The protein in cooked soybeans is LESS digestible than animal foods (meat) but when processed, it becomes similar to animal food (meat). Lovely...we have to cook it AND process it to make the protein in it as digestible AS meat (which is one of the hardest things to digest we can eat). Cooked & lifeless (Strike One) processed (Strike Two) food with the same digestibility as meat (Strike Three). The batter didn't even see 'em fly past him :)

--According the above, cooked unprocessed soybeans are HARDER to digest than meat, but are high in protein and all the amino acids. So, should I make this a protein source? Hmmm, the human body requires around 40-65 grams of protein daily (according to the all-knowing RDA, smirk)....somewhere around a scant 1/8 of a pound. And that protein can be easily obtained through various LIVE foods which are rich in ALL kinds of vital nutrition (not just amino acids) with absolutely NO risk of toxins, genetic alterations or difficulties in digesting and assimilating. A mere 100 grams of fresh sprouts (less than 1/4 pound of Alfalfa or Mung Bean sprouts) contains 24-40 grams of the most easily digested protein on the earth :) (yes, there are 'sprouted soybeans', but eating uncooked soybeans is about as digestible as rocks).
http://www.easygreen.com/articles/nutritional_data.php#table14
http://www.easygreen.com/articles/protein_revolution.php

But those two points don't even deal with any of the MAJOR negatives about soybeans from the article at The Doctor Within.

So, added to what I already knew, I'm even more convinced to stay totally away from soy. Quite frankly, I just don't see the allure. And that's my .02 worth, for now :)

I've GOT to get to work...talkatchalater/tomorrow maybe.

Unyquity

wonderful site...articles and stories!

this article on soy seems very balanced.

thanks for posting it