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  1. Arvillajayne says:

    Some time ago, it was by third day that I realized I had to stop drinking Silk’s Chocolate Milk (Soy base) because it was so phyto-estrogenic that it was interfering with already deficient Thyroid function. In other words, even a juice glass was enough to make the (former) hypothyroid problems worse.

    So, to think that newborn infants are routinely being given a Soy Formula as “food” is beyond the pale! As I learned, while these two major hormones compete for the same uptake receptor in the brain, it is the mighty Estrogen that always wins (prevails) over Thyroid. Put another way: while there is far less metabolism (via thyroid), so is there more potential to grow (via estrogen) whatever. While, traditionally, it is fermented Soy that has been a healthy food in Asiatic countries for centuries…it is Soy that is found in many US products like Silk’s that are not fermented and yet are being sold as ‘healthy’ when, in fact, they are most certainly not…and as the author reports, are now often to be of GMO-derived sourcing.

    More recently, our daughter’s aged dog’s Veterinarian recommended a Hydrolyzed Soy Protein canine kibble that was touted to be less allergenic (then those with common grains, chicken, etc.) so as to stop the awful smell from his coat and to deter the oft’ repeated bacterial infection in his ears or on his belly. Come to find out, hydrolyzed has to do with reducing the Soy plant material to such microscopic size that it ‘fools’ the hyperactive or overly sensitive innate immune system and for some dogs is (supposedly) able to quell these problems, at least initially. In our case, after the dog had been eating this faux (unnatural) food for an omnivore for about three months, he began to display a new habit which was to not only turn around to smell, but eat his feces.

    Yikes, when I heard this, I immediately deduced he was starving for species-appropriate protein that, in NO way, can be provided by Soy. In the wild, a dog would never seek out such plant source as a food so to think this could provide a dog with some degree of balanced nutrition defies all common sense. Thus, once I confirmed how it was about the lack of B vitamins in his diet that was causing this new grossly unhealthy behavior, I implored of our daughter to find another Vet and kibble which she did and by now, not only is the doggy smell gone due to a more shiny, full coat, but so are the bacterial infections less prevalent and neither is our pooch at all interested in eating his own stool.

    Therefore, now that we have this day’s scientific evidence (yet another great report, Christina!) as well as real life experiences like these to compare, I say there is NO safe Soy…other than in its ancient fermented form…which means that all ‘processed’ (hydrolyzed, GMO, Monsanto sprayed) Soy is NEVER a good source of nutrition for we as humans or the animals who depend on us for their safety.

  2. UnyieldingLogic says:

    This is a bunch of hogwash. The ‘study’ was entirely in silico, i.e. no actual biological samples were ever tested. Testing for formaldehyde is relatively easy. The fact that the authors did not do this says one of two things: 1) They aren’t interested in actually determining if their computer model is accurate and instead are only interested in pursuing an agenda and/or generating press for their company (more on that below), or 2) they did the tests but got results that showed their computer model was wrong and so didn’t include the results.

    Also, at least one of the authors is the founder of a company that is trying to market the very software used in this study. Yet, Sarich doesn’t seem to see this as problem, which is grossly hypocritical of her as I have read articles by her before that bemoan the conflict of interest in industry funded studies. Funny how that concern vanished when the study in question supports Sarich’s pseudoscience beliefs.

    What an utter pile of bull dung.

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