A g..g...g...GHOST!!!
Posted on 08/30/2010 5:44:19 PM PDT by CutePuppy
Soy does not lower cholesterol, does not prevent heart disease, and does not deserve an FDA-approved soy heart-health claim. This amazing announcement comes from none other than the American Heart Association (AHA) published in the Jan. 17, 2006, issue of its journal Circulation.
Athletes at Risk
Not long before this announcement, University of Colorado researchers reported in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that soy worsens cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease that is very much on the rise, afflicting 1 in 500 Americans.
Cardiomyopathy, defined as a weakening of the heart muscle or change in structure of the heart, is the leading cause of death among young athletes, a group that may consume a lot of soy in the form of protein powders and energy bars.
Women at Risk
Now investigators have found more damning evidence against soy. High levels of soy isoflavones — plant estrogens found in products like soymilk and soy nuts as well as many menopausal supplements — put women at risk for cardiovascular disease.
The study, reported in the May 2007 issue of Journal of Women’s Health, began when Carl J. Pepine, M.D., chief of cardiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville, along with 10 other researchers from his own and five other medical institutions, aimed to find out whether women who have high concentrations of isoflavones in their blood had better vascular health.
Subjects were participants in the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) who had reported chest pain and were thus suspected to suffer from myocardial ischemia (defined as pathological loss of or reduction in blood flow, ischemia, to a part of the muscular tissue of the heart, the myocardium).
More than 900 women have participated in the WISE project, which was founded a decade ago by the National Institutes of Health to study whether heart disease develops differently in women than in men. Because heart disease is more likely to occur after menopause, scientists have blamed waning estrogen levels.
Dr. Pepine and his colleagues had expected that women with high levels of genistein (the primary isoflavone found in soybeans) would show improved vascular health but found the opposite to be true.
Speaking to a reporter for Science News, Dr. Pepine said: “There are a lot of women taking these things (isoflavone-rich products), without any direct evidence that they’re beneficial.” He warned that there is a “small but growing body of research suggesting there could be a downside to overindulging in them.”
Industry Response
Industry response to mounting evidence for soy’s lack of benefit has been entirely predictable: endless references to soy being both low in saturated fat and free of cholesterol (twin evils that “everyone knows” cause heart disease) combined with chipper reports of hot new evidence “proving” that soy is the best thing for the heart since love.
Although some of this hype has made it into the news — particularly in magazines where soy foods and soymilk are heavily advertised — a shift has definitely taken place. Health magazines are increasingly leaving soy off lists of healthy foods. These days, they aren’t yet reporting risks from soy, but they aren’t singing its praises either.
Soy-Book Ban
The July-August 2007 issue of Energy Times featured an “Omnivore versus Vegan” debate designed to help readers decide whether Mother Nature designed us as to eat animal products or whether we should consider veganism “our next big evolutionary leap.”
Speaking for the vegans was Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Representing the omnivores was WAPF (Weston A. Price Foundation) board member Kaayla T. Daniel, Ph.D., who was invited to participate only on the grounds that she not speak out about soy.
Apparently the advertisers were so nervous about the subject that they didn’t even permit her to be credited as author of “The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food.”
Whereas health magazines have often chosen to eliminate the book’s informative subtitle, Energy Times excised all mention of the book. In addition to the usual array of soy advertisements, the back inside cover of the magazine featured an advertisement in the guise of a footnoted article.
Its title? “The Good News About Soy Continues.” Among other claims was the one that soy is very heart healthy.
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Kaayla T. Daniel is a certified clinical nutritionist, author, and speaker.
Source: http://Westonaprice.org/soy-alert/968-not-so-soy-healthy-for-the-heart.html
FYI.
I drink apple cider vinegar.
Isn’t soy in a lot of stuff, just like high fructose corn syrup? No wonder we are all having problems. I am so glad I never jumped on the soy wagon. Heart disease already runs in my family.
And it’s un-manly.
That should be enough to deter any male from eating lots of soy products.
That should be enough to deter any male from eating lots of soy products.
There are many food products made of soy foodstuff - soy "milk" (for lactose intolerant) soy "burgers" (in many "veggie burgers") and many other foods, like tofu, often specifically marketed to vegetarians / vegans as main ingredient for meat substitute.
I’ve always said, menopausal women just need more testosterone supplements — and of course chocolate is good for you too.
God made these things. Devil made soy. It’s self-evident.
Exactly what I tell my Chinese wife when she tries to feed me tofu!!
I’ve been telling her that soy is bad for you all along.
Now there is proof!
“Heart disease already runs in my family.”
Mine, too, unfortunately. The only good thing the men in my family (and our detractors) can look forward to is not suffering from it for too long.
I died of cardiomyopathy back in 2006, caused by two things: Hypothyroidism and declining testosterone.
There are lots of causes of heart conditions, but now there are lots of cures. I’m back to 100% health.
Just get regular checkups and bloodwork done......
“I drink apple cider vinegar.”
Me too. I mix a quart of Apple juice, a quart of Grape juice and 1 cup of Apple cider vinegar. I drink a cup every morning with my supplements.
I dunno... the East Asians are big consumers of soy bean. I’ve never heard that heart-related diseases are big there. Perhaps, unlike what the title suggests, soy bean is fine for heart or may even be good, just not as good as some people have suggested.
From the front lines of “more stuff you need to know”, a peer reviewed journal article and a reputable source.
Most men likely agree with you. Unfortunately, soy products are mostly targeted and mostly consumed by women, who are probably even more negatively affected. Article sited specific risks for women from soy products.
Now that's one crop that could be made for biofuel, before government subsidies make it too expensive for that purpose.
I’ve been telling her that soy is bad for you all along.
Now there is proof!
I am in exactly the same circumstances. I hate soy products. ALL of it. Ever tried cho do fu?(stinky tofu) I cross the street away from places selling it and I still feel nauseous.
I finally got her to try rice milk in stead of soy milk...she likes it...but doesn't "trust" it....ay yoooo!
I'm going to send this article to her...she won't believe until she sees it on the Taiwan News channels....which will never happen.
I notice the difference too. It helps a lot.
It's ironic because my BIL worked for Central Soya years ago. Twenty two of the twenty three food scientist had come to the conclusion that soy is NOT good for people. The company fired all twenty two and replaced them with kids right out of college who would do as they said.
A g..g...g...GHOST!!!
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