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Maple syrup has lead, rice has arsenic, apple seeds have cyanide and bananas contain radioactive potassium-40, soy phytoestrogens can mimic estrogen. Fava bean
by dghughes 8y ago
Maple syrup has lead, rice has arsenic, apple seeds have cyanide and bananas contain radioactive potassium-40, soy phytoestrogens can mimic estrogen.
Fava beans are actually dangerous for some males but none of the other foods I mentioned are. Except for anyone like me soy is bad since I have hypothyroidism.
California is going to flip out going from food to food declaring they're dangerous
- debacle 8y agoWhy is soy bad because you have hypothyroidism?
- dbcurtis 8y agoThere are soy protiens that structurally mimic thyroid hormones and can bind at receptor sites, if I recall correctly.
- hesdeadjim 8y agoLast I looked the modern research around soy has shown the estrogen concern to be a myth - along with it reducing testosterone in men. I was initially concerned about this when adding Soylent to my diet since I too had encountered these myths a decade ago and stopped eating soy.
- Pete_D 8y agoI believe the concern here is most likely goitrogens rather than phytoestrogens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goitrogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goitrogen
- petecox 8y agoSome years ago there was a product recall and class action here in Australia concerning one of the soy milk brands, with unusually high concentration of iodine.
- dghughes 8y agoI wouldn't call phytoestrogens in soy a myth since they are in it. There are quite a few scholarly articles/studies on it I breezed over a few mainly looking for thyroid related problems. But the articles do mention phytoestrogens. Does the myth you mention concern estrogen or phytoestrogens?
- todd8 8y agoThere are risks associated with arsenic in rice. I've cut way back on my rice consumption. See [1], from Consumer Reports, for a table with suggested limits for adults and children (rice drinks, rice based cereals, etc.). [1] https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-muc...