{"id":15636,"date":"2017-03-27T20:18:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15636"},"modified":"2017-03-27T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:18:52","slug":"if-you-are-still-drinking-soy-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15636","title":{"rendered":"If you are still drinking soy, read this&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, mainstream nutritional guidelines have instructed Americans to eat soy and drink soy milk. BUT soy milk is not a healthy choice. By drinking soy milk you are not doing yourself a favor, you are destroying your health. Please, take a look at these reasons why you should avoid soy milk.<br \/>\nSoybeans contain large quantities of natural toxins or \u201cantinutrients\u201d. Drinking just two glasses of soy milk daily can significantly alter a woman\u2019s menstrual cycle.<br \/>\nSoy has been found to increase the body\u2019s need for vitamin B12 and vitamin D.<br \/>\nSoybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes your red blood cells to clump.<br \/>\n99% of soy is genetically modified. It contains  one of  the highest contamination by pesticides of any of our foods.<br \/>\nSoybeans and soy products contain high levels of phytic acid, which inhibits assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, and zinc.<br \/>\nSoy foods contain high levels of toxic aluminum, which negatively effects the nervous system the kidneys and has been linked to the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s.<br \/>\nSoy contains a compound resembling vitamin B12 that cannot be processed by your body. Thus, soy foods can  contribute to B12 deficiency.<br \/>\nFragile soy proteins are exposed to high temperatures during processing in order to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein, making them dangerous for human digestion.<br \/>\nSoy contains toxic isoflavones.The soy isoflavones genistein and daidzein can stimulate existing breast cancer growth showing risk in consuming soy products if a woman has breast cancer. (Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001 Sep;35(9):118-21).<br \/>\nSoy contains plant estrogens, called phytoestrogens, which disrupt endocrine function  and lead to infertility and  breast cancer in women.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/livingtraditionally.com\/top-10-shocking-reasons-to-avoid-soy-milk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/livingtraditionally.com\/top-10-shocking-reasons-to-avoid-soy-milk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, mainstream nutritional guidelines have instructed Americans to eat soy and drink soy milk. BUT soy milk is not a healthy choice. By drinking soy milk you are not doing yourself a favor, you are destroying your health. Please, take a look at these reasons why you should avoid soy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If you are still drinking soy, read this&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}