I have decided I am going to post things here that I research for people. I look a ton of stuff up and put it all on Facebook and then when I want to go back and reference it for someone else it's impossible to find it on there. So for today's topic we have soy formula and it's dangers.
It all started with me posting Dr Mercola's dailytip:
DAILYTIP: Whatever you do, AVOID soy infant formula. It is one of the worst foods you can feed to your baby.
Question:
really? The babies' doctor put them on soy milk. It's organic but I wonder what else can I give them? Help!
My response:
How old are they now? Honestly, if I were you I would do away with all formula. They are old enough that you can do that without worrying. Your option would be some homemade nut milks that are real easy to do. Some people just find it intimidating. There are store bought nut milks that have more sugar and things in them than I like but prefer them to formula. Or you could opt for raw goat or cow milk. I have researched pasteurized milk and I am convinced it is detrimental to our health. Raw milk is still in it's normal state so if you feel you need a milk you could go that route. I have a friend who goes out of state to get real good quality raw milk for a co-op if you want her info.
There are so many reasons that formula isn't good for babies. Here is a link to the EWG's article on the extremely high levels of rocket fuel in formula:
http://www.ewg.org/node/27772
Then onto the topic of soy. Soy is so so so bad for anyone, but infants fed soy formula are getting the equivalant of at least five birth control pills per day. That is the most astounding fact to me that I always tell people.
All of that esttrogen is not good for boys or girls. I knew someone who took their daughter off of soy and saw immediate changes in her behavior. She went from being moody and whiney to happy and not so moody. Here's a good article:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/03/30/finally-infant-soy-formula-under-investigation.aspx
You can find a lot more info on Dr Mercola's site too. Just search infant formula or soy formula and he has tons of articles.
This book I have, Our Toxic World, says the identity problems children-mainly boys have today and fertility issues are due to all of the estrogen people are exposed to through soy.
Here's some more things taken from the website below:
•Contains Isoflavones (Genistein and Daidzein). In soy the isoflavones are built in insecticides. If they kill bugs are they good for humans?
•Isoflavones are estrogen like substances which have the same effect as the bodies estrogen. Cancer comes from having too much estrogen. Irritability and mood swings, fat gain from the waist down, fibrocystic breast disease uterine fibromas are all associated with estrogen dominance. Instead of helping prevent the bad effects of environmental or natural estrogen dominance soy isoflavones are now known to increase the bad effect of estradiol and estrone the two major bad guys of the estrogen family. (1,2,3).
•Kills testicular tissue. In men it permanently reduces testicular function and lowers Luteinizing Hormone production. LH is what signals your testicles to work. This increases the probability of estrogen dominance in men with its hair loss, swollen and cancerous prostates. (4,5). Male children fed soy formulas and soy products may not ever get to like girls. Doris Rapp MD, the worlds leading pediatric allergist, asserts that environmental and food estrogens are responsible for the increase in male homosexuality and the worldwide reduction in male fertility. (6)
•Isoflavones decrease thyroid hormone production. This can stunt children's growth and make the rest of us tired and fat. (7,8,9).
•Female children fed the estrogens in soy formula and products hit puberty very very early sometimes as young as age 6 to 8! (10).
•Pregnant women eating soy products may affect the sexual differentiation of their children. Studies show malformations of the reproductive tract or offspring born with both male and female sexual organs. (11).
•Isoflavones decrease GOOD cholesterol (HDL). (12,13).
•Soy contains Phytin, which takes essential minerals such as iron, zinc, magnesium etc. out of the body before they can be absorbed. Also soy contains Trypsin inhibitors block this vital anti cancer enzyme, anti fibrosis enzyme. (14).
•A 7000 man 30 year epidemiological study done in Hawaii shows soy is connected with a higher rate of Vascular Dementia (Alzheimer's disease). (15,16).
http://www.totalityofbeing.com/FramelessPages/Articles/SoyPoison.htm
If you do a search for: soy estrogen formula there is tons of info. I've actually seen much better articles than this. My friend was giving it to her twins and I taught her how to make nut milks so she could get them off of it.
Dr Mercola also has recipes for homemade formula's and I believe Weston A Price does as well.
Soy should only be consumed if it is organic and states it clearly AND it must be fermented. This means miso, natto, tempeh, and soy sauces. This means soy milk should be avoided. ??? Seriously! Review the bullets above!
Oh and to debunk the common misconception about health conscious folks, I don't eat tofu or drink soy latte's either! So stop asking! ;)
Lots of Love!
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