too much soy? - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

PinstripedBabe · 07-18-2006, 10:32 PM

Hello..I'm a female and I'm wondering is too much soy is bad for you. I L-O-V-E kashi products and i eat soy burgers and soy hot dogs instead of hamburgers and real hot dogs. On average, I'd probably say that 50-60 grams of my protein intake for the day comes from soy. Is this bad?

Thank you!

Mark1e · 07-19-2006, 02:10 AM

Soy has come in for a lot of adverse publicity recently.Occassionally eating traditionally prepared soy foods is fine. But eating lots of the stuff, especially in highly processed foods, is not good. Here is an excerpt from the [DELETE] website :

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Not being a scientist, I can't comment on this. But I have stopped using soy protein powder in my lunchtime protein shakes.

Cheers,

Mark

Lenin · 07-19-2006, 06:58 AM

Babe,

It's a LOT better than getting that 60 grams of protein from meat and dairy!

Remember, soy is a cheap competitor for meat and the meat lobby has LOTS of money, hence the proliferation of the "hate-soy" campaigns...all based on half truths and bad science.

If we eliminated all our meat and replaced it with the same protein value of soy we'd all live longer healthier lives.

6foot3 · 07-19-2006, 11:06 AM

I love Silk soy milk...I hear alot about problems with soy, however if its so bad then how do they explain the okinawans longevity in which soy products are a part of their diet......

Leocat · 07-19-2006, 01:27 PM

I suffer from depression.

recently I started using soya milk ( as I have become vegan) over the last couple of weeks I have been severely depressed, I havent felt as low as I have in a long time.

Well I was reading this book of mine about foods that effect your mood and one of the top five bad mood foods listed was soya!

So i did some more reasearch and found that Soy can cause depression

Now I dont know how much of this is true - I like to keep an open mind about wht I read on the net but I decided to stop the soy and funnily enough I have felt so much better.

Maybe it is coinsdence!

I am not sure.

Cos I have also read about the benifits of soy!