- Haemaggluttin, which causes red blood cells to clump together and inhibits oxygen uptake and
growth - Trypsin inhibitors that can cause pancreatic enlargement and, eventually, cancer
Phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents which are present in vast quantities in soy. Infants
exclusively fed on a soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more estrogen compounds in their
blood than babies fed a milk-based formula. This would be the estrogenic equivalent of at least five birth
control pills per day. For this reason, premature development of girls (early puberty) has been linked to
the use of soy formula, as has the underdevelopment of males. Infant soy formula and soy milk have been
linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death.
In 2007, two parents were convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-
week-old baby to death by feeding it with soy milk and apple juice. Now, soy experts are again calling for
clear and proper warning labels on all soy milk products—following this and several other babies'
hospitalizations or deaths under similar circumstances.
Only properly fermented soy products, such as miso and tempeh, provide soy nutrients that can easily
be absorbed. To make soy products nutritious and healthy, they must be carefully fermented—according
to the traditional preparation methods used in Japan. Typically, soy must be fermented for at least two
summers, ideally for 5-6 years, before it becomes beneficial for the body.
In spite of the documented scientific evidence that shows soy to be carcinogenic and also cause DNA
and chromosome damage, the multi-billion dollar soy industry has managed to turn this generally
worthless food into one of the most widely used “nutritious foods” of all times. In a written statement, a
spokesman for Protein Technologies said that they had “... teams of lawyers to crush dissenters, could
buy scientists to give evidence, owned television channels and newspapers, could divert medical schools
and could even influence governments.. .” We cannot expect that the powerful and wealthy soy industry
is going to disappear any time soon, but we can still make the choice to avoid non-fermented soy products
or foods that contain soy. Soy acts more like a drug, not a food, upsetting the body’s entire hormonal
balance. This is enough reason to avoid soy at any cost.