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

[Julie Garratt]

Dear Denise, The South Australian Government use to subsidise prescriptions of Soy based  formulary for babies that were deemed lactose intolerant. Because of the subsidy I was aware that many mothers in the early nineties were going to their Doctors for prescriptions because they were so much cheaper than buying milk based formulary off the shelf $ 2.50 as compared to 10 or 12 dollars. I did hear that there was going to be a move towards hospital based testing before giving prescriptions and I suppose this was because there was a huge increase in lactose intolerant babies! I hate to think how much damage has been done and I wonder if there will be a study done on the children tahr received those prescriptions? It would be an easy way to identify the target group for research. I will keep an eye on this one and I hope that someone here picks it up as I think it could be a very interesting study. Cheers, Julie G'',     ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise Hynd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:36 AM 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