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Alarmingly, milk formulas are increasingly The FDA Federal Register 1999 reports that
contaminated with soy, and therefore “lactose trypsin inhibitors cause deleterious effects on the
intolerance” may more likely be a result of in- pancreas, with potential to cause hyperplasia and
tolerance to soy phyto-toxins. formation of nodules. Soy contains very high
Soy is proven to mimic or antagonize estra- levels of trypsin inhibitor.
diol, a most potent and dangerous endogenous
estrogen. Soy phyto-estrogens also abnormally SOY AND THE THYROID
manipulate ER-alpha and ER-beta hormone Many studies indicate that soy can cause
systems, further disrupting extensive endocrine hypothyroidism, which then contributes to an
systems throughout the entire body and brain. assortment of adverse effects, especially to
Largely during developmental exposures, the vulnerable fetus, infants and children. Soy
soy endocrine disruptors disrupt the reproduc- inhibits thyroid peroxidase and disrupts thyroid
tive system and are toxic to multiple hormone hormones T4 and T3, causing abnormal thyroid
systems. Along with all estrogenic chemicals, development and function.
soy is established as extensively damaging to Soy disruptions of thyroid hormones are
the reproductive system of both females and also related to the cause of immune deficiency
males. disease and damage to Purkinje brain cells. This
Soy is reported as an accumulative endo- damage is related to the cause of autism.
crine disruptor capable of multiplying endocrine
disruptor adverse effects. And these effects are SOY AND THE THYMUS
transgenerational, passing damaging endocrine Soy is reported to cause significant damage
disruptor effects from generation to genera- to the thymus, again leading to damaging effects
tion. to the immune system and cerebral cortex of the
The FDA Poisonous Plant Database includes brain.
“Soy bean, genistein and daidzein [soy estro-
gens]” on its list of poisonous plants. SOY AND CANCER
Developmental exposures to soy estrogenic Soy also inhibits topoisomerase II (Topo II),
endocrine disruptors fail to meet several FDA another essential enzyme, causing DNA distor-
codes and regulations. tion and breakage, resulting in chromosomal
alterations. Leukemia is reported in detail as
SOY AND THE BRAIN caused by Topo II inhibitors.
The fact that soy can feminize males and In 2004, the US Department of Environmen-
masculinize females is evidence of soy targeting tal Molecular Medicine reported soy causation
the brain. of oxidative DNA damage, which can lead to
Overwhelming evidence proves that soy tumor initiation and cell proliferation. Soy is
disrupts several neurotransmitter systems such reported as capable of causing leukemia, tes-
as vasopressin, oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, ticular, breast, uterine, bladder, stomach, colon,
These effects glutamate, choline and GABA, causing multiple intestinal, pancreatic and kidney cancers as well

are trans- direct and cascading damaging brain effects. as lymphomas.
generational, Disrupted neurotransmitter systems are reported Oncologists often suggest the elimination
to cause autism, mental retardation, cerebral of soy products during cancer treatment due to
passing palsy, seizures, stuttering, ADHD and multiple soy’s estrogenic ability to promote cancers or to

damaging other neurological disorders. interfere with chemotherapy.
endocrine TRYPSIN INHIBITORS ANTI-NUTRIENTS
disruptor Several important essential enzymes such as Soy is loaded with anti-nutrients: the FDA
effects from tyrosine and trypsin, which are critical during Federal Register 1999 reports, “GRAS status of
generation to development, are dangerously inhibited by soy, soy did not include a thorough evaluation of the
resulting in an assortment of physiological and safety of potentially harmful components, e.g.
generation. neurological adverse health effects. lysinoalanine, nitrites and nitrosamines, trypsin
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