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There are too many studies that indicate either way with Soy. Maybe it is just over studied and other common sources of nutrition are under studied. Nutritional

There are too many studies that indicate either way with Soy. Maybe it is just over studied and other common sources of nutrition are under studied. Nutritional discussions devolve into a drain circling effect of studies with no one really convincing anyone else. I monitor my blood and know what keeps me healthy. Why risk it with potentially questionable nutrition?

SECProto 7y ago
Soy is consumed in great quantities by Japan, the country with the longest life expectancy in the world. The evidence against soy would have to be pretty dramatic and clear-cut to base decisions on it.
NumberWangMan 7y ago
I would recommend Nutritionfacts.org as a source of high-quality information about nutrition. Dr. Greger (the creator) and a team of researchers read everything they can about nutrition research, examine the studies with a very critical eye, and summarize everything into videos on different topics. The thing about research is that if you look for studies to support a particular conclusion, you can always find them, usually more than one. You could probably find a study or two to support eating nothing but beef and pork, if you tried hard enough. But if you want the truth, you have to read ALL the related studies, and you have to critique and interpret them and understand their scope/limitations and relate them all together to build up as complete a picture as you can. Dr. Greger isn't perfect, but he and his team seem to be doing a hell of a job trying to find the truth. He advocates a whole-food plant-based diet because overall, that's what the evidence seems to say is healthiest. But he's not a hard-line vegan or anything, just trying to ensure that people have can make informed choices by giving us all the information. Not just in terms of broad strokes like "eat more vegetables, don't eat so much meat", but all sorts of weird and interesting details like which sorts of lentils are healthiest, or why broccoli sprouts are amazing at fighting cancer. And it's not an alarmist site -- here's a nuanced take on glyphsate, used on GMO soy https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gmo-soy-and-breast-cancer/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gmo-soy-and-breast-cancer/ Back to the topic at hand, here's an example about Soy and prostate cancer. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-soy-foods-in-prostate-cancer-prevention-and-treatment/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-soy-foods-in-pr... And to find a way out of the forest of conflicting info -- if you find a study and want to get a second opinion on it, search for it on nutrition facts (you probably have to use google, with a query like "site:nutritionfacts.org <study keywords>"). I'm not encouraging you to blindly believe what Dr. Greger says! You should evaluate it for yourself. But I strongly believe that after watching a few videos on random topics, you'll start to see how most people have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to nutrition science, and intentionally or unintentionally spread falsehoods.
- bitexploder 7y ago
  I will take a look. Thank you for sharing. I do agree most health sites are terrible sources. Many studies are bad too. The burden is high and mostly on individuals to make good choices.

SECProto 7y ago

Soy is consumed in great quantities by Japan, the country with the longest life expectancy in the world. The evidence against soy would have to be pretty dramatic and clear-cut to base decisions on it.

NumberWangMan 7y ago

I would recommend Nutritionfacts.org as a source of high-quality information about nutrition. Dr. Greger (the creator) and a team of researchers read everything they can about nutrition research, examine the studies with a very critical eye, and summarize everything into videos on different topics. The thing about research is that if you look for studies to support a particular conclusion, you can always find them, usually more than one. You could probably find a study or two to support eating nothing but beef and pork, if you tried hard enough. But if you want the truth, you have to read ALL the related studies, and you have to critique and interpret them and understand their scope/limitations and relate them all together to build up as complete a picture as you can. Dr. Greger isn't perfect, but he and his team seem to be doing a hell of a job trying to find the truth. He advocates a whole-food plant-based diet because overall, that's what the evidence seems to say is healthiest. But he's not a hard-line vegan or anything, just trying to ensure that people have can make informed choices by giving us all the information. Not just in terms of broad strokes like "eat more vegetables, don't eat so much meat", but all sorts of weird and interesting details like which sorts of lentils are healthiest, or why broccoli sprouts are amazing at fighting cancer. And it's not an alarmist site -- here's a nuanced take on glyphsate, used on GMO soy https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gmo-soy-and-breast-cancer/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gmo-soy-and-breast-cancer/ Back to the topic at hand, here's an example about Soy and prostate cancer. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-soy-foods-in-prostate-cancer-prevention-and-treatment/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-soy-foods-in-pr... And to find a way out of the forest of conflicting info -- if you find a study and want to get a second opinion on it, search for it on nutrition facts (you probably have to use google, with a query like "site:nutritionfacts.org <study keywords>"). I'm not encouraging you to blindly believe what Dr. Greger says! You should evaluate it for yourself. But I strongly believe that after watching a few videos on random topics, you'll start to see how most people have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to nutrition science, and intentionally or unintentionally spread falsehoods.

bitexploder 7y ago
I will take a look. Thank you for sharing. I do agree most health sites are terrible sources. Many studies are bad too. The burden is high and mostly on individuals to make good choices.