For those of you who hadn’t yet noticed, this blog focuses on the unconventional. As such, soy’s a pretty good topic for investigation, as it’s a fairly unorthodox source of protein for a non-her-bivore. Given that both sides of the soy debate have dragged out their gigantic, Goebbels-esque propaganda machines, investigation of this issue gets even more interesting. On one side you have vegetarians, the government, and massive chemical-agricultural companies. These groups obviously have a vested interest in disinformation and obfuscation of any evidence pointing to the idea that soy is deleterious for one’s health, and a very pointed interest in painting soy as the ultimate pro-tein source. Derek Poundstone claims to eat soy propro-tein in massive quantities, which makes sense, given that he’s sponsored by DuPont, who just built a new soy processing plant- the man makes chicken shakes... he’s not getting 25% of his fucking protein from beans. Think it through. On the other side of the debate, you’ve got a bunch of people who are afraid of growing man-tits, and have seen enough studies showing soy to cause health problems to be rightfully scared, especially given that our current living environment is literally awash in xenoestrogens.
Did You Know? Female urine is high in estrogen, especially if they’re on the pill. As such, make sure you’re taking anti-estrogens if you let chicks piss in your mouth on a regular basis.
To wit, here’s what happens when animals are exposed to high levels of environmental estrogens:
alarm bell for the dangers of pollutants and estrogen-like compounds in U.S. rivers, where millions of Americans get their drinking water, environmental experts say.
A recent survey of bass in the Potomac River, a major tributary in the nation’s capital, found almost 100 percent of the smallmouth bass species were feminized, or had eggs in their
tes-tes. In largemouth bass the incidence of feminization was lower, but still highly prevalent.
Some evidence has suggested the chemicals also have a cumulative effect -- at low
concentra-Kolpin examines a multitude of chemicals considered emerging contaminants, and some of the most egregious offenders are pills, which may also contain estrogen-like compounds.
said. Consumers get little guidance as to how to dispose of unused medication.
areas of emerging contaminant pollution.” (Dell’amore) In another study:
“In one lake,” he explains, “they treated it with the pharmaceutical that’s in most birth con-trol, in a concentration of six parts per trillion -- similar to what we often see in wastewater
the females couldn’t make eggs, and the males were so busy making female protein that they weren’t making any sperm.”
Shit like this is why I think we should all don our fucking tinfoil hats and say fuck the soy- we’ve got enough xenoestrogens in our water to make us impotent anyway. Have you noticed at the de-gree to which infertility and erectile dysfunction has risen and birthrates have dropped in the devel-oped world recently? Why add insult to injury? And what are the studies showing these insults?
In one study of 42 healthy adult males, “Diets were isoenergetic, with either 150 g lean meat or 290 g tofu daily providing an equivalent amount of macronutrients, with only the source of protein dif-fering between the two diets. Each diet lasted for 4 weeks, with a 2-week interval between interven-tions. Blood concentrations of sex hormones did not differ after the two diets, but the mean tes-tosterone : oestradiol value was 10% higher after the meat diet. SHBG was 3% higher; whereas the
-tion between the difference in SHBG and testosterone : oestradiol and weight change” (Habito et al). This means that, at the very least, your test levels will be higher on a diet eating meat, even if soy doesn’t lower your test levels.
In another study describes the short-term effects of dietary phytoestrogens on regulatory behaviors (food/water intake, locomotor activity and body weight), prostate weight, prostate 5alpha-reductase enzyme activity, reproductive hormone levels, and testicular steroidogenic acute regulatory peptide
diet. After 5 weeks of consuming these diets, plasma phytoestrogen levels were 35 times higher in animals fed the phytoestrogen-rich vs phytoestrogen-free diets. Body and prostate weights were
lower in the animals fed the phytoestrogen-rich diet compared with animals fed the phytoestro-gen-free diet. (Weber, et al) The rub? Sounds like a diet high in phytoestrogens lowers your test
providing evidence for some effects of soy protein on hormones.” (Dillingham et al) A study of 69 Japanese men and soy protein also found a inverse correlation between soy intake and testoster-one, however minor, and found that “soy product intake may be associated with the endogenous hormone levels in Japanese men” (Nagata, et al).
So, what about that estrogen? For those of you who are unaware, soy has been prescribed to menopausal women for years as an alternative to estrogen supplements. Let me restate that- soy is considered to be herbal estrogen. Why, then, would the supplement companies claim it’s not estrogenic? It either is, or it isn’t. Instead, the soy industry talks out of both side of their mouths, and no one seems to give a fuck. “Women who are pregnant are warned to avoid high doses of plant estrogen” according to a site about breast cancer, and “scientists also caution women who have estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer that phytoestrogens may not be safe.” Intrigu-ing- now soy’s not even good for chicks, due to the fact that it’s super fucking estrogenic(Flax). A
-curs in early, mid, or late life), tissue type (breast or brain, for example), and dose”(Yates). Positive content is lower in fermented soy products, which is what the Japanese typically eat, than in unfer-mented products (like soy protein), which means that if you want to eat the soy in your miso soup, a fucking highway to hell (Chien et al).
For those skeptics out there who still insist that the anti-soy campaign is nothing but ridiculous scare tactics, I challenge you to identify for whom these tactics are working. Propaganda does not exist without a motive, and I fail to see one inherent in this movement, as there’s no danger what-soever of the meat-farming industry going belly up. Thus, think of this what you will, but I know that the only estrogens I plan to ingest are in female urine... provided I have Clomid on hand.