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There is no hormonal side effect for humans consuming large quantities of soy.

• i_am_nomad 8y ago
  I’d like to believe this, but there’s too much published research to the contrary. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soybean-fertility...
  • vlan0 8y ago
    If only that article linked to actual studies to backup those claims. The article also discusses rats at length, but doesn't support any of its claims with human studies. The one link I attempted to follow is a dead link. That being said, my confidence in the author's ability to speak intelligently on this subject is pretty damn low. So here are actual human studies with data. Clinical studies show no effects of soy protein or isoflavones on reproductive hormones in men: results of a meta-analysis.[1] Isoflavones made simple - genistein's agonist activity for the beta-type estrogen receptor mediates their health benefits.[2] Soy food and isoflavone intake in relation to semen quality parameters among men from an infertility clinic. [3] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524224 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524224 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16513288 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16513288 [3] https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/23/11/2584/2913898 https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/23/11/2584/2913898
  • blacksmith_tb 8y ago
    There are of course hundreds of millions of people in Asia eating large quantities of soy every day - presumably if that correlated with hormonal disruption it would be hard to ignore. Now, it's possible that other aspects of their diets influence how that impacts them, but there are plenty of people elsewhere in the world eating tofu etc. frequently.