Can Soy Lower Cholesterol?
Sunday October 11, 2009
Foods containing soy are derived from the soybean plant. Besides offering protein to your diet, soy products may also contain isoflavones, which are estrogen-like components found in many plants. Soy products, such as tofu, soy beverages, soybean burgers, and soy nuts, already have an established reputation of being healthy, since they offer a healthy alternative to animal protein. Soy also has gained a reputation over the years for lowering cholesterol levels, but does it really work?
Hi All: I guess this comment won’t be accepted here since I totally disagree with what is been said in this small article.
Contrary to what we had been told by the food industry in the last 30 years, soy is not healthy food.
Soy unbalances our hormonal system, it makes impossible to assimilate certain elements from foods so it can create a state of semi starvation, specially in children, it affects the operation of the thyroid producing semi hypothyroidism, it’s high in omega 6 ( pro inflammatory fats, making us prone to heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, etc).
You can just Google SOY SIDE EFFECTS to learn a few surprising things.
Thanks
Alfredo E.