Showing posts with label soy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soy. Show all posts

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Milk cows or Soy beans ?


Judging by the dairy case at the supermarket, ever-increasing numbers of Americans are settling back with tall, cool glasses of Not-Quite-Milk.

Soy, rice, and lactose-free products occupy as much shelf space as, or more than, regular ol' cow juice.

Recent concerns about the artificial growth hormones used in many dairy cows have increased the audience for ersatz milk beyond vegans, vegetarian eco-hippie types, those with milk allergies, and the lactose-intolerant.
A baby under one-year-old should be drinking neither soy milk nor cow's milk, but rather should be drinking breastmilk or a formula that can be either soy based or dairy based.

Most pediatricians recommend a dairy based formula for infants because it more closely matches breastmilk. Both formulas will provide comparable nutrition because they are required to meet strict government standards regarding nutrient levels.


Thursday, July 24, 2008

Soy foods reduce sperm numbers ??


A new study shows that a regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations.
Th scientists found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days.
Those news are not new , animal studies have suggested that large quantities of soy chemicals in food could affect fertility, but other studies looking at consumption in humans have had contradictory findings.