I was at a Barnes and Noble tonight and decided to flip through a few mags since I haven’t looked at any of them in quite some time. Even skimmed through MM, and amazingly enough, this guy’s post is almost word for word out of a Q & A from that rag.
It’s one thing to espouse an opinion on a public forum, whether we agree with you or not. It’s quite another to steal another’s words and ideas and pass them off as your own. If that was not your intent, you really need to cite your sources.
Even if Soy protein were good for you, I still wouldn’t use it. That stuff tastes like ass!
Here’s my absolute favorite;
Soy corn dogs!
Ever since I’ve started eating them my body fat has gone down to an incredible 6.66%!
I’m friggin shredded !!!
h82bsmall: I also saw that you basically quoted directly from Dr. Life’s column in MM. One thing you have to be careful of is taking everything you read at face value. The Kruzer “study” that was referenced in the column was not a study at all; it was a review paper. I took a look at the abstract that Life used to support his notions and noticed that it did not provide much info about the 40-70mg isoflavone study, leaving me with a lot of questions (ie how long did it last, etc).
Having said that, I have done substantial research on the subject and it is my belief that many individuals make it out to be much worse than it is. Most of what I have researched shows that it doesn’t decrease T levels or increase estrogen in low to moderate amounts. The only time it had a negative effect on male hormone levels is when individuals were consuming large amounts of soy (somewhere in the area of 1 liter of soy milk) on a daily, continual basis. I myself consume about 10 grams of soy once or twice a week, and I’m not really concerned about it based on the research. There is this “soy phobia” that many are suffering from, and I think it is unwarrented. If you are flipping out because of a few grams of soy here and there, I think you need to be a more critical reader and start doing some research on your own. I certainly wouldn’t recommend it as a primary protein source, as Life does, however.
Joel
Well, I think the masses have spoken. But I have another tidbit for everyone to think about. Soy products have some of the highest levels of phytic acid of any food which means that all of the good stuff (basically all the +ions like K, Fe, Zn, Selenium, etc) that are necessary for growth are being bound and excreted from the system by the phytates.
In addition I’d like to hear from some former vegetarians. I myself, following some stupid twisted vein of logic tried veg. for a few months (yeah I know, I know). Now, all the studies and anecdotal research will only do so much good. I personally can say that the months that I was vegetarian were the shittiest I’ve ever felt in my life. And I was a ‘good’ veg. I ate all healthy veg cuisine to the letter, which of course called for ample helpings of soy protein to replace meat. Well, I can tell you, it just doesn’t cut it.
I’d like to hear some other people who have tried veg and or consumed lots of soy and what they thought of it.