Comments on: Is Soya A Wonderdrug Or A Health Threat? http://www.altmedicinezone.com/alternative-health/is-soya-a-wonderdrug-or-a-health-threat/ Your Online Source for Alternative Medicine Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nishit http://www.altmedicinezone.com/alternative-health/is-soya-a-wonderdrug-or-a-health-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-6123 Nishit Fri, 14 May 2010 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.altmedicinezone.com/?p=1166#comment-6123 According to Wikipedia: Soy is rated as the second most allergenic food to humans, with the first being peanuts. Soybean protein is a "complete protein" since it provides all of the essential amino acids for human nutrition. However, some scientific sources disagree on this as the best measure of "complete protein." Soybean protein is essentially identical to that of other legume pulses (that is to say, legume proteins in general consist of 7S and 11S storage proteins), and is one of the least expensive sources of dietary protein. For this reason, soy is important to many vegetarians and vegans. Of any studied legume, whole soybeans have the highest levels of phytic acid, an organic acid and mineral chelator present in many plant tissues, especially bran and seeds, which binds to certain ingested minerals: calcium, magnesium, iron, and especially zinc — in the intestinal tract, and reduces the amount the body assimilates. For people with a particularly low intake of essential minerals, especially young children and those in developing countries,this effect can be undesirable. However, dietary mineral chelators help prevent over-mineralization of joints, blood vessels, and other parts of the body, which is most common in older persons. I don't think that we need to panic just yet - soya has been around for many years and I think the pros outweight the cons. According to Wikipedia:
Soy is rated as the second most allergenic food to humans, with the first being peanuts. Soybean protein is a “complete protein” since it provides all of the essential amino acids for human nutrition. However, some scientific sources disagree on this as the best measure of “complete protein.” Soybean protein is essentially identical to that of other legume pulses (that is to say, legume proteins in general consist of 7S and 11S storage proteins), and is one of the least expensive sources of dietary protein. For this reason, soy is important to many vegetarians and vegans.

Of any studied legume, whole soybeans have the highest levels of phytic acid, an organic acid and mineral chelator present in many plant tissues, especially bran and seeds, which binds to certain ingested minerals: calcium, magnesium, iron, and especially zinc — in the intestinal tract, and reduces the amount the body assimilates. For people with a particularly low intake of essential minerals, especially young children and those in developing countries,this effect can be undesirable. However, dietary mineral chelators help prevent over-mineralization of joints, blood vessels, and other parts of the body, which is most common in older persons.

I don’t think that we need to panic just yet – soya has been around for many years and I think the pros outweight the cons.

]]> By: Dan http://www.altmedicinezone.com/alternative-health/is-soya-a-wonderdrug-or-a-health-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4229 Dan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:21:15 +0000 http://www.altmedicinezone.com/?p=1166#comment-4229 I think this article needs to be taken into context, there is no mention of the actual article that this refers to, and since soya is one of the planet's major staples and has been consumed for thousands of years I am sure that it is not as dreadfully draining on one's health as stated here. As with everything, a balance is important and I can't see that eating soya as part of a balanced diet will have negative health consequences I think this article needs to be taken into context, there is no mention of the actual article that this refers to, and since soya is one of the planet’s major staples and has been consumed for thousands of years I am sure that it is not as dreadfully draining on one’s health as stated here. As with everything, a balance is important and I can’t see that eating soya as part of a balanced diet will have negative health consequences

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