The end of soya as we know it
Firstly, apologies to the few of you who check my site regularly for not writing for a while, but we've been on holiday, camping in Devon on the south-west coast of England. We found some lovely hidden sandy coves. I returned to work yesterday to find this minorly earth-shattering article about the dangers of eating too much soya. Now, as any vegetarian or vegan knows, we eat a lot of the stuff. I have it pretty much everyday; soya milk, tofu, soya-protein, soya sauce, miso - the lot. So what do we do?
I had actually heard about all this before, but somehow managed to ignore it or think it was just some extremist trying to annoy me. But for some reason this article has laid it on the line, and I've been forced to take note. I even went out and bought my first carton of rice milk last night. I haven't tried it yet, but I will let you know.
What is even more scary, is the effect it can have on small children. My eldest daughter is two and a half and has been drinking soya milk for almost two years now. She was breastfed until two, so it was never her main source of milk, but she did drink it, and she loves veggie sausages and tofu (although tofu, it seems, is probably fine to eat because of the way it is made, according to the gospel that is this article). But, either way, a seismic shift in our eating habits has been set in motion.
I recommend you read the article (here's the link again) and if you feel like it, let me know what you think. Am I overreacting? And do you know of any good alternatives to pour over my breakfast cereals in case the rice milk turns out to be disgusting?
I had actually heard about all this before, but somehow managed to ignore it or think it was just some extremist trying to annoy me. But for some reason this article has laid it on the line, and I've been forced to take note. I even went out and bought my first carton of rice milk last night. I haven't tried it yet, but I will let you know.
What is even more scary, is the effect it can have on small children. My eldest daughter is two and a half and has been drinking soya milk for almost two years now. She was breastfed until two, so it was never her main source of milk, but she did drink it, and she loves veggie sausages and tofu (although tofu, it seems, is probably fine to eat because of the way it is made, according to the gospel that is this article). But, either way, a seismic shift in our eating habits has been set in motion.
I recommend you read the article (here's the link again) and if you feel like it, let me know what you think. Am I overreacting? And do you know of any good alternatives to pour over my breakfast cereals in case the rice milk turns out to be disgusting?
posted by Adharanand Finn at 11:07 AM
4 Comments:
I have been checking; glad to see you had a good holiday and are back. Thanks for the info and link. Stuff to think about...
Interesting article. I've actually heard/read a bit about this before, and have been trying to watch the amount of soy I eat. Some days it seems like a ton (esp. tofu), other days not so much. Something to think about, definitely.
Found your site through kleo's. Stopping by for the first time. :)
I think moderation is the key, and like lots of things, reports like this should be taken with a grain of salt, they may have been sponsored by dairy industry people! I think buying non GMO and organic soy products, and sticking as much as possible to more traditional soy foods like tofu(ie limit soy dogs etc to special occasions) is the way to go until more research comes out either way. Just my opinion.
"reports like this should be taken with a grain of salt"
Speaking of which, I am more alarmed at the high content at which Sodium permeates all of the food we eat. Its in everything. Two slices of bread has more sodium than a bag of crisps (potato chips as the yanks say)! And that is just the beginning.
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