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I saw Soylent mentioned on the first page, and then this para from the NYT's Well page stood out even more starkly: >> "Last year, in its nutrition guidelines
by r0h1n 13y ago
I saw Soylent mentioned on the first page, and then this para from the NYT's Well page stood out even more starkly:
>> "Last year, in its nutrition guidelines for cancer survivors, the American Cancer Society noted that eating traditional soy foods — like tofu, miso, tempeh and soy milk — may help lower the risk of breast, prostate and other cancers. But the guidelines do not recommend soy supplements, which tend to be highly processed and not very rigorously tested."
http://www.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2013/09/27/ask-well-is-it-safe-to-eat-soy/ http://www.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2013/09/27/ask-well-is-it-...
Here's another piece about Soy's side effects from the Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soybean-fer...
- zarriak 13y agoSoy is not used in Soylent. He named it after Make Room! Make Room![1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(food_substitute) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(food_substitute)
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- r0h1n 13y agoYou're right, and my bad at that wrong association.
- jimgardener 13y agoThe nytimes blog entry is at http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/ask-well-is-it-safe-to-eat-soy/?_r=0 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/ask-well-is-it-safe...