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[marlow]

Trying to have a baby? Beware the SOY!

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/07/23/soy-spermstudy.html

[Kiarell]

There is phytoestrogen (girl hormone) in soy. Unfermented soy is where the problem is. I always tell people that soy milk is dangerous for this reason and the nutrient absorption rate is crap. Doenjang, miso, et al are fine, though.

Soy must be fermented the same way that kidney beans must be cooked to be edible.

[matthews_world]

So tofu should be good for you then?

Certainly good for the protein and calcium content.

[Kiarell]

I thought tofu was processed but not fermented and not aged the way miso/doenjang and soy sauce were. Maybe my memory's foggy. I just remember reading something on this a few years ago. On some forum somewhere someone was saying that it's stupid to assume that soy milk and tofu are great "because Asians always eat soy!" In actuality, soy intake was principally through miso or soy sauce. Ancient Chinese books on agriculture list soy as good for the soil but dangerous to consume...unless you like man boobs.

Soy milk is overly processed and has its nutrients added to it after it's made. The calcium etc that was already in it had been lost. Imagine making bleached, white flour and making a drink out of it.

[marlow]

[Yesterday]

[zpeanut]

if you read the comments made by other readers at the bottom of the page.. you would immediately disregard the study.

keep eating tofu.

[Kiarell]

[SirFink]

[Vancouver]

[Faunaki]

If one considers that the Chinese must be the biggest eaters of tofu and that they seem to be doing very well as a race at producing offspring, then any mention of tofu being bad for sperm is just silly.

[Yesterday]

[wylies99]

[bassexpander]

Oh, great... so much for the new diet idea. haha

[Big_Bird]