Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: SOY IS BAD IN PREGNANCY AND INFANCY

[Marilyn Kleidon]

I think this IS interesting and will be sending it on to all my girls who are vegan though none as yet have had children. Has anyone looked at the leukemia rate/incidence in offspring of The Farm, Tenessee?  The data from Ina May Gaskin's Farm Midwifery service has been published in several places in support of: 1. midwifery care and 2. vegan pregnancies as well as vegetarian pregnancies. Do they have any recent research on their male offspring?   marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise Hynd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Fw: SOY IS BAD IN PREGNANCY AND INFANCY           "Infant feeding with soy formula milk: effects on the testis and on blood testosterone levels in marmoset monkeys during the period of neonatal testicular activity." See   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12093826&dopt=Abstract          In short, it reduces male infants' testosterone by up to 70%. WOULD YOU ALLOW THAT TO BE DONE TO YOUR SON? Because products in your local supermarkets could do it!   "Dietary Flavonoids  Induce Cleavage in the MLL gene and may contribute to Infant Leukemia" See  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10758153&dopt=Abstract   "Exposure to genistein during gestation and lactation demasculinizes the reproductive system in rats". See  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12629420&dopt=Abstract ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++    Valerie James  for www.soyonlineservice.co.nz