An Article to Discuss

MadameFancyPants

Soy is Making Kids "Gay"

I'm not buying it.  I've been reading some articles that say that soy could possibly affect the endocrine system, but that doesn't have anything to do with your sexuality.

Discuss.

Alisha_A

Well my first reaction is to laugh, but to be honest, I've had similar concerns about soy for a long time -- not so much that its making people gay, but rather, that ingesting large amounts of pseudo-estrogen just isn't normal. I actually avoid soy for the most part, although I do buy the occassional flavored tofu from this local place here.

I think gay is going too far. I don't think that feminizing a maturing body has any affect on the mindset. And I think that taking this argument there makes the rest of the concerns sound cuckoo.

suzymarie

Alisha, my understandign was that fermented soy is fine, it is just regular "plain" soy that is the (potential) problem.  That most cultures that eat a lot fo soy are eating fermented soy only. 

We don't limit soy sauce, tofu, or tempeh, for that reason. 

ETA:  Another interesting debate I have seen is whether the above soy foods are "whole foods" or not.  I am inclined to say they are, bc you could go buy soybeans, ferment them into tempeh, or press them for "milk" and ferment them into tofu, easily in your home with minimal equipment.  Soy sauce I know less (hah!  nothing!) about.

Alisha_A

I do eat miso and soy sauce/ponzu etc but didn't list those because of the fermentation -- like you said its different fermented. But tofu is not fermented.

What do you mean about whether or not they are 'whole foods'? What is the goal of the classification? Eating healthier? "Clean" eating?

suzymarie

Re. whole foods:  Some people try to eat a traditional foods/whole foods diet, and categorize whether they would eat a soy (or any other) product based on that.  ie, Boca is not a whole food, tempeh is.   I just think it is interesting.