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Re:Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow? by sn9 on Saturday August 12, 2017 @10:52PM (#15001232)
Soy-based foods have essentially no impact on testosterone levels in men at the typical levels of consumption: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-soy-good-or-bad-for-me/

You'd have to basically almost be subsisting off of soy to start to see effects.

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Re:Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow? by rgrieselhuber on Saturday August 12, 2017 @10:59PM (#15001254)
Your second point is worth looking into further. Soy can be found in many products: https://www.verywell.com/food-and-ingredients-to-avoid-on-a-...
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Re:Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow? by sn9 on Sunday August 13, 2017 @04:20AM (#15002066)
Presence isn't really the an indicator of amount.
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Re:Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow? by rgrieselhuber on Sunday August 13, 2017 @01:09PM (#15003769)
Prevelance is.
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Re:Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow? by sn9 on Sunday August 13, 2017 @08:49PM (#15005957)
Not really. If every food you eat has a microgram of soy, that still wouldn't be the same as eating a pound of tofu, which wouldn't be the same as eating 3000 Calories of tofu.
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