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So check it out I’m watching an old clip by Sean @ Underground Wellness that made it clear about how soy isn’t that great as a health food.
I think confusion lies in the fermented soy that they use over in asian countries and the unfermented soy we have here in the west.
We have unfermented soy nuts, soy beans, soy milk, tofu, quorn etc, where as they have fermented soy like natto’, miso, which are much more beneficial for their health as it allows them to get their protein sources without all the other dangers of soy.

Here’s what I was shocked at finding out, unfermented soy actually turns down the dial on your thyroid (hypothyroidism) which basically means that it slows down your metabolism, which is obviously bad.
The other thing is that the plant contains a natural chemical that mimics estrogen, high levels of estrogen is apparently linked to breast cancer.

You can find soy in ALOT of products these days as it is pushed as a health food and that’s the scary thing, so to bullet point -

• Soy is not a health food
• Unfermented Soy mimics estrogen
• It is also linked to hypothyroidism (low metabolism)

Listen to the videos and think about getting your protein from other sources if possible, try to rotate them so you’re not only eating one thing.

My own opinion is that if you want to eat soy now and again then that’s fine, this post is here to highlight the dangers of consuming excessive amounts of soy foods.

Click Here to read the reports and studies about the dangers of Soy.

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