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I have been hearing this stuff just lately regarding soy and its
anti-health properties.
Several years ago, I was a nanny to triplets. The girl had regular
formula, and the boys being allergic to bovine-based formula, one had a
rice-based formula, the other was prescribed a soy-based formula (for
some reason).
Well. This baby had the most stinky, thin and runny, orangish
poop I ever saw in a baby. He also had lots of gas and due to the
irritation it caused him, cried a lot. I was beginning to draw the
conclusion that soy was not an acceptable base for baby formula.
(Actually, I think mother's milk is the best, anyway.)
A few years later, my sister had twins; a boy and a girl. While both
were designated allergic to cow's milk, the girl was placed on a rice
based formula and the boy, a soy-based formula.
The same thing occured as my experience with the triplets. The
baby with the soy-based formula had lots of gas, cried a lot, and his poop
was stinky and runny. It just confirmed my suspicions about soy-based
formula, and it made me question how wonderful they might alos be for
adults.
Then I also begain to hear how agri-business happens to plant lots of
soy and they are looking to create markets for human consumption
versus planting soy as mainly an animal feed staple.
That's when I got my "A-hah!"
-------Original Message-------
Date: Wednesday, August
29, 2001 18:16:31
Subject: SNET: Too Much
Soy Could Lead To Kidney Stones
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Source: American Chemical Society (http://www.acs.org/)
Date: Posted
8/29/2001
Too Much Soy Could Lead To Kidney Stones
New
research indicates that soybeans and soy-based foods, a staple in the
diets of many health-conscious consumers, may promote kidney stones in
those prone to the painful condition. The finding will be published in
the
September issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
a peer-
reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society, the world’s
largest
scientific society.
The researchers measured nearly a
dozen varieties of soybeans for oxalate,
a compound that can bind with
calcium in the kidney to form kidney stones.
They also tested 13 types
of soy-based foods, finding enough oxalate in
each to potentially
cause problems for people with a history of kidney stones,
according
to Linda Massey, Ph.D., at Washington State University in
Spokane. The
amount of oxalate in the commercial products easily eclipsed
the
American Dietetic Association’s 10 milligram-per-serving
recommendation for patients with kidney stones, with some foods
reaching
up to 50 times higher than the suggested limit, she noted.
“Under these guidelines, no soybean or soy-[based] food tested
could be
recommended for consumption by patients with a personal
history of kidney
stones,” she said.
No one had previously
examined soy foods for oxalate, thus the researchers
are the first to
identify oxalate in store-bought products like tofu, soy cheese
and
soy drinks. Other foods, such as spinach and rhubarb, also contain
significant oxalate levels, but are not as widely consumed for their
presumed
health benefits, Massey said.
During their testing,
the researchers found the highest oxalate levels in
textured soy
protein, which contains up to 638 milligrams of oxalate per 85-
gram
serving. Soy cheese had the lowest oxalate content, at 16 milligrams
per serving. Spinach, measured during previous research, has
approximately
543 milligrams per one-cup (2 oz. fresh) serving.
Soy, a natural source of protein, fiber and healthy oils, is used
to enhance a
myriad of foods, ranging from hamburgers to ice cream. It
can be ground into
flour and used in a variety of grain products, or
formed into chunks and
ground like meat. Soy is also being studied for
its potential to lower
cholesterol, reduce bone loss and prevent
breast cancer. The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration recently approved
a new label on foods containing at
least 6.25 grams of soy protein per
serving that boasts of a reduced risk of
cardiovascular disease.
Oxalate, however, cannot be metabolized by the body and is
excreted only
through urine, Massey said. The compound has no
nutritional value, but binds
to calcium to form a mass (kidney stones)
that can block the urinary system,
she said. Further research is
needed to find types of soybeans with less
oxalate, or to develop a
processing method to remove the compound before
it reaches consumers,
she added.
No one knows precisely why kidney stones occur in
particular individuals. But
Massey said high levels of oxalate in the
urine increase the risk and those
with a family history of the ailment
are more likely to suffer from the condition;
individuals with a low
probability of kidney stones are unlikely to be affected
by oxalate in
soy-based foods.
More than one million people were diagnosed with
kidney stones in the
United States in 1996, the most recent available
data, according to the
National Institutes of Health. Stones can range
in size from the diameter of a
grain of rice to the width of a golf
ball. An estimated 10 percent of the U.S.
population, mostly men, will
develop a kidney stone at some point in their
lives, according to the
NIH.
Steve Wingate, Webmaster
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