Phyto-estrogens

(Soy protein)

Quick summary of the science :

Phytoestrogens are plant derived compounds found in a wide variety of foods, most notably soy. They exert an estrogen-like action on the body.  Both too little and too much estrogen can be problematic.  As a rule, small amounts of soy are not an issue, but large amounts can be. 

Soy is not a health food – contains hormones that can interfere with your health.

Little girls reaction to dolls when phytoestrogen is pushing the pram

Little girls play differently when they grow up on a soy-based formula

The sex hormones are involved in tweaking brain development, turning a baby’s brain into a little girl brain. The phytoestrogens in soy, disturb this process.

Testosterone and estrogen riding a cow

You’re getting a little or hell of a lot of estrogen with that hamburger

Instead of that beef burger, you choose a tofu burger. Did you know, that tofu burger has more estrogen in it, than a hormone replacement pill ?

Phytoestrogen watering the breast garden

Soy might not be protecting women from breast cancer

Tumour talk turns nasty in breast cancer cells, when women with breast cancer, sip on soy shakes.

Phytoestrogen casting an ominous shadow over baby in a crib

Soy based formula floods baby’s system with lady hormones

A baby being fed soy-based formula is being exposed to 13 000 – 22 000 times more “estrogen” than normal, at a time when the brain and body is still developing

Phytoestrogen doing nothing to help estrogen clean up a bone

Soy is so-so when it comes to estrogen replacement therapy

Phytoestrogens chemically speaking, look a lot like the estrogen. Soy isoflavones may look the part but they’re not performing well as bone protectors.

Phytoestrogen proud because she has shot down a sperm

Soy foods shooting down the little guys

We’ve been programmed to believe soy is a health food, but as far sperm are concerned, the lady of the soy bean wreaks havoc on sperm counts


Many man made chemicals also act like estrogen, they are referred to as xeno-estrogens or endocrine disrupting chemicals.

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