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Soy unsafe for children?
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Anonymous
I think this is the kind of thing that is worth investigating on your own. Start by doing some google searches for local MD/VA farms, look for CSA's, ask at your local food co-op, etc. etc. If this is important to you, then it is worth the time spent researching, and hopefully you will find the right match for your family. |
Anonymous
| I'm the PP and I just wanted to say that I didn't mean to sound vague. It's just that my particular farm co-op sells raw milk, so I'm not willing to share the name on this public forum. However I have heard of many other farm co-op's in the area, but don't know any specific names. You could also go to your weekend farmer's market and start asking some of the vendors. |
Anonymous
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I prefer medical research published by JAMA, NIH, etc. This 2001 NIH study came up with the following:
CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to soy formula does not appear to lead to different general health or reproductive outcomes than exposure to cow milk formula. Although the few positive findings should be explored in future studies, our findings are reassuring about the safety of infant soy formula. |
Anonymous
| I love the soy products I buy! Love my boca burgers, soy meatballs, phony bologna. My son is allergic to cow's milk, and he drinks soy milk. He's doing great and his pedia was fine with it. My husband and son only eat organic chicken and fish-I eat only fish. I will not feed my son any hormone injected meat-Yuck! |
Anonymous
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I don't mean to be contentious, but honestly medical research has NOT always led us correctly when it comes to children's nutritional needs and nutrtional-related health. It wasn't too long ago that women were told that formula (formula which was much worse than today's formula) was better than breastmilk. Medical doctors, with so-called medical science backing them. I don't trust them at all when it comes to their evaluation of soy formula, especially when regular formula - complete with high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil - is deemed to be "perfectly healthy."
In fact, the medical profession has never been great about understanding the impact of nutrition, not to mention food's role in preventitive medicine. Even today, I wonder how much nutrition MD's are taught in medical school. I don't mean to say that it is awful for an infant to get soy formula; I do understand that for some babies that it is the best option available. |
Anonymous
| OP, I am unclear from your post/the article. Does this warning/information pertain to edamame - probably my son's very favorite food - or not? Thanks! |
Anonymous
Hey, I've got an idea: let's make women who are unable to nurse and probably already feel bad about that feel worse! |
Anonymous
BOTH of you! This thread was going a helpful and healthy route. No need to bring breastfeeding int the mix. We all know breast if best, no need to rub it into people who have already made their choices. |
Anonymous
I pay no attention to these women. Can you imagine being their child? Where it's only black and white??? |
Anonymous
| Great! My daughter loves tofu so I've been giving it to her about 5 times a week for either lunch or dinner, all the while thinking I was giving her something healthy. Seriously, does the discovery of things that are "bad" for our children ever end? |
Anonymous
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Here's a credible point of view (in my opinion) that counters and explains the anti-soy alarmists: http://www.purifymind.com/Phytoestrogens.htm
I found this write-up very reassuring, as I do enjoy consuming edamame and occasional tofu, my son cannot eat dairy and enjoys soy pudding, and my daughter does not like meat and can choose edamame as her protein serving. She also rejected cow milk until she was 7 years old, and drank soy milk until then. |
Anonymous
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I was wondering about Japanese toddlers and children. I find it hard to believe that we wouldn't know from Japan (and other Asian cultures where they eat a lot of tofu) if tofu were really that bad for children. My kid (who is just past one) doesn't like meat and eats a small amount of tofu most days.
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Anonymous
| I probably wouldn't give my son soy if he wasn't allergic to milk(diary), eggs, nuts, peanuts, spinach and sesame. I breastfed til he was 9 months and found out when I added some regular milk based formula into his cereal, because I wanted to get away from the pumping to put BM in his cereal. We were advised, by my ped, to give soy milk. I asked about the soy milk and all the warnings and he assured me that "we are not going to turn your little boy into a little girl". He explained that the type of estrogen that is in soy formula is not the same as you would find in the pill. I have started to substitue most soy milk with rice milk. (Hoping that moderation is the key.) He will sometimes eat tofu and edamame, but seems to love chicken. Not sure what else to do... and I have to be honest... I do get a little bothered when people 'remind' me of these concerns. I am just not sure what else to do. My biggest concern is that he is becoming the PICKIEST eater!!! By put some tofu infront of him and he will most likely down it! |
Anonymous
http://www.anapsid.org/aboutmk/tofu.html http://www.jacn.org/cgi/reprint/19/2/242.pdf We tend to eat a more Korean diet than an American one, and rarely eat tofu. It is actually one in one recipe that I make, a kimchi stew. We probably only eat it once a month, or once every other month, when our kimchi gets old. |
Anonymous
They are not talking about tofu, or fermented soy products. The fake meat soy is what is supposed to be Bad. All those sickly Asians living long long lives can't be all that off about tofu and miso and edmame. |