Comments on: The School of Natural Healing’s Official Stance on Soy http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Chloe http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-1396 Chloe Sat, 22 May 2010 17:24:18 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-1396 I would like to address the ESTROGEN effect of soy and other foods that contain "estrogen". So many people get caught up on the word ESTROGEN without realizing it's EFFECT in their bodies. Meat, dairy, and animal products (with the exception of honey) are harmful articles to ingest due to the estrogen and other animal hormones present (by nature, or injected by farmers into the animals). These have a debilitating effect on the human body, which was designed to only handle it's OWN specific hormones, and not that of other creatures. Hormones are like cholesterol, in the sense that our body produces enough by itself, without needing to take extra into the body by diet. Soy (as well as other plants and herbs), on the other hand, has PHYTO-estrogens - meaning PLANT estrogens. These are entirely different from animal hormones. PLANT estrogens can actually help to BALANCE your body out if you are producing (or eating) too much human/animal hormones, or if you are not producing enough. This is why: You body has very specific receptor sites for estrogen. Plant estrogens can FIT into this receptor site. This is a good thing if your body is producing TOO MUCH ESTROGEN, because the phytoestrogens compete for the receptor sites, and give a more mild estrogenic effect than your own estrogen would. If you do not have ENOUGH estrogen in your body, the plant estrogens fill in at the receptor sites and make up for the lack. So it is balancing EITHER WAY. Praise God that He gave us balancing foods. I am not saying we should all eat soybeans - my own daughter has problems digesting them . I only recommend edamame (the fresh green beans) slightly steamed, or homemade soy milk. Tofu is basically only cogulated soy milk, and it condenses only the proteins together. Therefore it is a very concentrated protein food that is not so very easily digested. It's not a "NEVER TOUCH THIS FOOD", but not highly recommended as an IDEAL food, and certainly not a staple. I look at organic dried soybeans just like any other kind of organic dried bean like pintos, kidney, navy beans, etc. It is a bean. Why treat it as a "miracle food" or "poison"? Regarding strawberries and other goitrogenic foods: i don't think that originally these foods were so "bad"....could it be that after modifying them, and using chemicals (herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, growth hormones, MSG, toxic chemicals, etc) sprayed on them, that we are having reactions to the poisons, rather than the foods themselves?? I would like to address the ESTROGEN effect of soy and other foods that contain “estrogen”. So many people get caught up on the word ESTROGEN without realizing it’s EFFECT in their bodies. Meat, dairy, and animal products (with the exception of honey) are harmful articles to ingest due to the estrogen and other animal hormones present (by nature, or injected by farmers into the animals). These have a debilitating effect on the human body, which was designed to only handle it’s OWN specific hormones, and not that of other creatures. Hormones are like cholesterol, in the sense that our body produces enough by itself, without needing to take extra into the body by diet. Soy (as well as other plants and herbs), on the other hand, has PHYTO-estrogens - meaning PLANT estrogens. These are entirely different from animal hormones. PLANT estrogens can actually help to BALANCE your body out if you are producing (or eating) too much human/animal hormones, or if you are not producing enough. This is why:
You body has very specific receptor sites for estrogen. Plant estrogens can FIT into this receptor site. This is a good thing if your body is producing TOO MUCH ESTROGEN, because the phytoestrogens compete for the receptor sites, and give a more mild estrogenic effect than your own estrogen would.
If you do not have ENOUGH estrogen in your body, the plant estrogens fill in at the receptor sites and make up for the lack.
So it is balancing EITHER WAY. Praise God that He gave us balancing foods. I am not saying we should all eat soybeans - my own daughter has problems digesting them . I only recommend edamame (the fresh green beans) slightly steamed, or homemade soy milk. Tofu is basically only cogulated soy milk, and it condenses only the proteins together. Therefore it is a very concentrated protein food that is not so very easily digested. It’s not a “NEVER TOUCH THIS FOOD”, but not highly recommended as an IDEAL food, and certainly not a staple. I look at organic dried soybeans just like any other kind of organic dried bean like pintos, kidney, navy beans, etc. It is a bean. Why treat it as a “miracle food” or “poison”?
Regarding strawberries and other goitrogenic foods: i don’t think that originally these foods were so “bad”….could it be that after modifying them, and using chemicals (herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, growth hormones, MSG, toxic chemicals, etc) sprayed on them, that we are having reactions to the poisons, rather than the foods themselves??

]]> By: Denise Moody http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-1208 Denise Moody Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:24:13 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-1208 What is the SNH stand on genetically altered foods? Soy is one that has especially been under fire in this arena. I would like to get your take on that. Thanks! What is the SNH stand on genetically altered foods? Soy is one that has especially been under fire in this arena. I would like to get your take on that. Thanks!

]]> By: Herbal Legacy admin http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-431 Herbal Legacy admin Tue, 19 May 2009 14:07:13 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-431 Hi Chelsea, Thank you for your comment - please see next week's article (May 13, 2009) for Master Herbalist Jared Tropple's comments on estrogen and soy. Hi Chelsea,

Thank you for your comment - please see next week’s article (May 13, 2009) for Master Herbalist Jared Tropple’s comments on estrogen and soy.

]]> By: Chelsea http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-428 Chelsea Tue, 19 May 2009 06:20:27 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-428 I appreciate your article on soy, although I would have liked to see you touch on the fact that soybeans are rich in estrogen and could inhibit fertility (lowering sperm count in men) or help replace estrogen in postmenopausal women (but should be regulated just as HRT is in western medical practices.) Since soybean oil and soybean byproducts are found in most food items (even organic ones, and it is a major ingredient of supplement capsules) I feel like we are getting an rather high doseage of soy whether we want to or not...slightly frustruating! My resources for this information are The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia (Schiller) and The Whole Soy Story (Daniel). I appreciate your article on soy, although I would have liked to see you touch on the fact that soybeans are rich in estrogen and could inhibit fertility (lowering sperm count in men) or help replace estrogen in postmenopausal women (but should be regulated just as HRT is in western medical practices.) Since soybean oil and soybean byproducts are found in most food items (even organic ones, and it is a major ingredient of supplement capsules) I feel like we are getting an rather high doseage of soy whether we want to or not…slightly frustruating! My resources for this information are The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia (Schiller) and The Whole Soy Story (Daniel).

]]> By: Herbal Legacy admin http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-417 Herbal Legacy admin Tue, 12 May 2009 21:34:58 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-417 Catherine, Thank you for your comment and concern. We have been doing some research on goitrogenic foods. For those who aren't familiar with this goitrogens are substances that supress the function of the thyroid gland which can cause enlargement of the thyroid. Our concern is in the number and types of foods that are listed as goitrogens - from soybeans to strawberries to cabbage and many other very healthy foods. For people with thyroid diseases we always encourage you to focus on taking care of the thyroid problems with herbs, but we still maintain that most of the foods of the goitrogenic list are safe and healthy for most people. We remind every one that we do NOT recommend processed soy foods or drinking soymilk as a beverage. If you have a problem with soy or thyroid diseases then you may want to exercise caution. Soy is a food, as are strawberries, radishes, broccoli, millet and the other foods on the goitrogenic list. We welcome any other comments - and encourage those who have had good and bad experiences with soy to post their comments here. Catherine,

Thank you for your comment and concern.

We have been doing some research on goitrogenic foods. For those who aren’t familiar with this goitrogens are substances that supress the function of the thyroid gland which can cause enlargement of the thyroid.

Our concern is in the number and types of foods that are listed as goitrogens - from soybeans to strawberries to cabbage and many other very healthy foods.

For people with thyroid diseases we always encourage you to focus on taking care of the thyroid problems with herbs, but we still maintain that most of the foods of the goitrogenic list are safe and healthy for most people.

We remind every one that we do NOT recommend processed soy foods or drinking soymilk as a beverage. If you have a problem with soy or thyroid diseases then you may want to exercise caution.

Soy is a food, as are strawberries, radishes, broccoli, millet and the other foods on the goitrogenic list.

We welcome any other comments - and encourage those who have had good and bad experiences with soy to post their comments here.

]]> By: Catherine Clark http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-410 Catherine Clark Wed, 06 May 2009 10:48:06 +0000 http://articles.herballegacy.com/the-school-of-natural-healings-official-stance-on-soy/#comment-410 You totally ignore the fact that soy is a goitrogen! For the many thousands of Americans who have thyroid disease, either plain hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's, soy should not be ingested unless it is fermented. Your article was okay, but incomplete and misleading. Just because soy beans might be organic doesn't mean that they are safe to eat for everyone. Only fermented soy is safe to eat for those with thyroid disease, and only in moderation. That is a fact. Your article was remiss in ignoring this very important fact. You totally ignore the fact that soy is a goitrogen! For the many thousands of Americans who have thyroid disease, either plain hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s, soy should not be ingested unless it is fermented. Your article was okay, but incomplete and misleading. Just because soy beans might be organic doesn’t mean that they are safe to eat for everyone. Only fermented soy is safe to eat for those with thyroid disease, and only in moderation. That is a fact. Your article was remiss in ignoring this very important fact.

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