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Nutr Cancer. 2000;36(1):14-8. Related Articles, Links
Inverse association of soy product intake with serum androgen and estrogen concentrations in Japanese men.
Nagata C, Inaba S, Kawakami N, Kakizoe T, Shimizu H.
Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
The cross-sectional relationships of soy product intake and serum testosterone, estrone, estradiol, sex hormone-binding globulin, and dihydrotestosterone were examined in 69 Japanese men. Soy product intake was estimated from a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Serum estradiol concentration was significantly inversely correlated with soy product intake (r = -0.32, p = 0.009), and serum estrone concentration was nonsignificantly inversely correlated with soy product intake (r = -0.24, p = 0.05) after controlling for age, body mass index, smoking status, and ethanol intake. Total and free testosterone concentrations were inversely correlated with soy product intake after controlling for the covariates, but these correlations were of border line significance (r = -0.25, p = 0.05 and r = -0.25, p = 0.06, respectively). Similar correlations were observed for these hormones with isoflavone intake from soy products. The data suggest that soy product intake may be associated with the endogenous hormone levels in Japanese men.
PMID: 10798211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
I imagine that may have been the article referenced on the Weston Price web page - http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_update2001.html
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An article published in Nutrition and Cancer 2000 which found lower testosterone levels and higher estrogen levels in Japanese men who consumed higher levels of soy foods.
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Also:
http://life-enthusiast.net/enzyme/wong_soy.htm
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Instead of helping prevent the bad effects of environmental or natural estrogen dominance soy isoflavones are now known to increase the bad effect of estradiol and estrone the two major bad guys of the estrogen family. (1,2,3). Kills testicular tissue. In men it permanently reduces testicular function and lowers Lutinizing Hormone production. LH is what signals your testicles to work. This increases the probability of estrogen dominance in men with its hair loss, swollen and cancerous prostates. (4,5).
References:
1. Casanova, M., et al.; Developmental effects of dietary phytoestrogens in Sprague -Dawley rats and interactions of genistein and daidzein with rat estrogen receptors alpha and beta in vitro. Toxicol Sci 1999, Oct.; 51 (2): 236-44.
2. Santell, L., et al.: Dietary genistein exerts estrogenic effects upon the uterus, mammary gland and the hypothalamic / pituitary axis in rats. J. Nutr 1997 Feb.;127 (2): 263-9.
3. Harrison, R.M., et al.; Effect of genistein on steroid hormone production in the pregnant rhesus monkey. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1999 Oct.; 222(1): 78-84.
4. Nagata, C., et al.; Inverse association of soy product intake with serum androgen and estrogen in Japanese men. Nut Cancer 2000; 36(1): 14-8.
5. Zhong, et al.; Effects of dietary supplement of soy protein isolate and low fat diet on prostate cancer. FASEB J 2000; 14(4): a531.11.
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Also noted this guy sure didn't pull any punches:
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As Americas largest cash crop soy is being touted as having a myriad of health benefits. Far from! Soy is poison, period! All paid for opinion to the contrary... Any opinions to contradict the facts noted above have been paid for by the Agribusiness giants Monsanto and Archer Daniels Midland. Once public knowledge of their manipulation of public opinion and of the FDA becomes widely known, expect monster class action lawsuits against these folks.
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Larry