If it seems like
soy foods appeared out of nowhere to be regarded as the «miracle health food» of the 21st Century, it's because they did.
In 2012, Marji McCullough, ScD, strategic director of nutritional epidemiology for the American Cancer Society, concluded that moderate consumption of
soy foods appears to be safe for all women, including those who have had breast cancer.
Not exact matches
While potatoes, corn, wheat and
soy continue to be key ingredients in snack
foods, an increasing range of basic raw materials are now
appearing as alternatives.
The researchers believe that
soy is a health
food, and their studies on
soy protein
appearing in egg yolks was seen as a way to get more
soy protein into people's diets.
Milk,
soy, wheat, and eggs are staples in processed
foods, and often
appear in
foods as «natural flavors,» which means that the
food label may not list the ingredient.
And although animal products would
appear to be «
soy free,» most commercial and health -
food store eggs, milk, and flesh
foods contain residual isoflavones from
soy - based feeds.4
Sadly, for now, it
appears the only conservative thing we can do is limit milk and
soy to perhaps the last meal of the day and try to eat antioxidant rich
foods throughout the day, hoping some of them get absorbed.
The mid - to low - quality dog
foods may contain some of these ingredients as well, but they will probably
appear further down the ingredients list with preference being given to plant - based ingredients made from corn, wheat,
soy, or rice.
The most problematic ingredient in this
food appears to be
soy.
Some cats enjoy a few bits of vegetable or fruit for a change in taste, but the only reason cereal or
soy to
appears in commercial cat
food is that these ingredients are cheaper than meat.