Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Bad News for Soy Girls
I try to treat men and women equally (except for the whole sleeping with men bit), so after Last Thursday's news that soy diets might be bad for men, today comes a study suggesting that a soy product, Genistein, disrupts ovary development in newborn mice.
This is not really a shock, as Genistein is a phytoestrogen, and estrogens are of course critical to reproductive development. Also, I would love to take this as a way to encourage new mothers who think that giving their babies soy formula is better than breastfeeding or giving them real milk, to please stop*.
*If the kid is lactose intolerant, fine, but bloody get off your vegan high horse and consider your kid's health.
This is not really a shock, as Genistein is a phytoestrogen, and estrogens are of course critical to reproductive development. Also, I would love to take this as a way to encourage new mothers who think that giving their babies soy formula is better than breastfeeding or giving them real milk, to please stop*.
*If the kid is lactose intolerant, fine, but bloody get off your vegan high horse and consider your kid's health.
