Despite so much fear-mongering, natural soy products (natural as opposed to isolated soy ingredients or supplements containing isolated nutrients from soy) consistently show a protective effect against many of the very same things they are accused of promoting.
You may have noticed the overabundance of headlines about soy foods; I know I have. It’s been a regular subject in the popular press for decades. Here are just a few examples published in recent months:
Articles like these illustrate a deeply entrenched anxiety about soy in
our society. Is it healthy? How does it affect this or that condition? Is it
inappropriate for certain stages of life? In what form is it healthiest?
What are the differences between tofu, tempeh, or edamame? Does soy milk
have a feminizing effect on men?
What I find strange, though—and the reason I describe these stories as
overabundant—is that the science is far less inconsistent than the headlines
suggest. All of the articles listed above reach essentially the same
conclusion: Despite so much fear-mongering, natural soy products (natural as
opposed to isolated soy ingredients or supplements containing isolated
nutrients from soy) consistently show a protective effect against many of
the very same things they are accused of promoting.
How did the popular narrative become so backward? One reason might be the
variability of studies—studies on soy protein powder may yield different
results than studies on highly processed meat replacements, much less
edamame—but can that fully explain the chasm separating the evidence and the
myths so commonly regurgitated?[6] Remember, it’s not just that many of the
fears about soy are unfounded but also that the body of evidence shows an
opposite effect.
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Posted on All-Creatures.org: May 20, 2024
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