Re: soy-what about phytic acid?

 I have addressed these in the past:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1449316#i

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1474016#i

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1485942#i

And no, soy is not the highest source of phytic acid. This is a great example of the misinformation about soy being passed around the net that I was referring to. As we can see the top three sources in this list are considered "healthy" food sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid Food sources of Phytic Acid[13] Food [% minimum dry] [% maximum dry]

Sesame seeds flour 5.36 5.36

Brazilnuts 1.97 6.34

Almonds 1.35 3.22

Tofu 1.46 2.90

Linseed 2.15 2.78

Oat Meal 0.89 2.40

Beans, pinto 2.38 2.38

Soy protein concentrate 1.24 2.17

Soybeans 1.00 2.22

Corn 0.75 2.22

Peanuts 1.05 1.76

Wheat flour 0.25 1.37

Wheat 0.39 1.35

Soy beverage 1.24 1.24

Oat 0.42 1.16

Wheat germ 0.08 1.14

Whole wheat bread 0.43 1.05

Brown rice 0.84 0.99

Polished rice 0.14 0.60

Chickpeas 0.56 0.56

Lentils 0.44 0.50

Phytic acid is also found in many other foods considered healthy including barley, carrots, broccoli, artichokes, figs, strawberries, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, artichokes, blackberries...... The phytic acid could be in part responsible for the anti-cancer effects of many of these foods.

By the way, for those not familiar with the term linseed in the list above, this is also known as flax seed. This is a popular supplement and is also another goitergen, which is another aspect the anti-soy advocates like to harp on. But goitergens are readily destroyed by cooking or fermentation, which are both common for soy products, but not flaxseed. Flax seed is also a phytoestrogen source, which anti-soy proponents also falsely claim are dangerous. So there should be more of an uproar over the use of flaxseed than soy.  Being that there is not just further backs my point that there are people out there that will say anything, true or not, to keep people away from the benefits of soy. So who has the most to gain from such misinformation? I still think it is the meat and dairy industries.

And about phytoestrogens:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1443251#i