Re:Soylent isn’t Healthy (2017)
by JohnGB on Thursday October 29, 2020 @01:55PM
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That's not quite accurate. Soy contains phytoestrogen, which is a plant estrogen, not a human estrogen. It's similar in many ways and does have (in a much weaker form) some of the effects of human estrogen. However, just calling it "estrogen" implies that it's the same as human estrogen. It isn't.
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From anecdotal evidence it seems for some people the phytoestrogen still activates estrogen pathways. Probably has genetic variation on the effects.
Anecdotal evidence? How does someone anecdotally detect that their estrogen pathway has been activated?
By growing big moobs.
Re:Soylent isn’t Healthy (2017)
by evanextreme on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:17PM
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then why is that not the case for countries with a significantly higher proportion of soy in their diets such as countries in Asia? if what you said is true then once would expect to notice it
Like I said, genetic variation.
Re:Soylent isn’t Healthy (2017)
by evanextreme on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:00PM
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so you suspect that some gene (evidence for which also exists "anecdotally") triggers a genetic response only in countries where this type of food isn't regularly consumed? because then this sounds like a wild guess prompted by suspicions and pseudoscience