Wow, 3 quarts of soy milk a day. That certainly isn't "moderation" is it? But still surprising, I wonder if this person's hormone metabolism is normal (liver dysfunction? deconjugating colon flora?).
A lot of the science reviewed contrasts with Dr. Austin's well-documented article that I posted this semester, so I am attaching it here so everyone will have both articles to look at. Just one example of possible misinterpretation in the Men's Health article is this one:
......a 2001 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association surveyed over 800 adults, ages 20 to 34, who were fed either soy-based or cow's-milk formulas during their infancy. One of the few differences to emerge was that the group raised on soy formula regularly used more asthma and allergy medications in adulthood.
As a retrospective observational study, it would be hard to attribute cause and effect to the use of soy formula. In fact, wouldn't the use of soy formula indicate that the infant had been dairy intolerant, hence the switch to soy? So use of soy formula could just be a marker for a person born with allergic tendencies, and it wouldn't be surprising that they would take more allergy medication in their lifetime.
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response to above article from my nutrition prof
Date: 2009-06-17 10:58 pm (UTC)A lot of the science reviewed contrasts with Dr. Austin's well-documented article that I posted this semester, so I am attaching it here so everyone will have both articles to look at. Just one example of possible misinterpretation in the Men's Health article is this one:
......a 2001 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association surveyed over 800 adults, ages 20 to 34, who were fed either soy-based or cow's-milk formulas during their infancy. One of the few differences to emerge was that the group raised on soy formula regularly used more asthma and allergy medications in adulthood.
As a retrospective observational study, it would be hard to attribute cause and effect to the use of soy formula. In fact, wouldn't the use of soy formula indicate that the infant had been dairy intolerant, hence the switch to soy? So use of soy formula could just be a marker for a person born with allergic tendencies, and it wouldn't be surprising that they would take more allergy medication in their lifetime.
Jim G