Thank you sol for that post. I felt like I'm the only one here who knows the
dangers of soy. You are so right that it is very hard to avoid it but by using
only whole foods and nothing processed we can do it. Soy should not be
consumed by any living thing.
Barbara
Heat and processing alone does not render soy truly safe. It takes
fermentation to rid it of some of its anti-nutrients. And in any case I
don't think processing removes or inactivates the phytoestrogens, which
are problematic as well as the anti-nutrients.
There is a big difference in consuming small amounts of fermented soy
products, and the extremely heavy consumption we now suffer. Soy is
difficult to avoid, and becomes more ubitquitous in processed foods all
the time. Soy interferes with mineral metabolism and vitamin metabolism
and the phytoestrogens mess up one's endocrine system.
It is difficult even to find a real fermented soy sauce these days, even
though labels claim otherwise.
I am solidly in the camp of the Weston Price folks on soy.
sol
