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Soy diet worsens heart disease in male mice...
« on: January 09, 2006, 10:03:45 AM »
..., but when switched to a casein-based diet,  the mice radically improved.  Female mice with heart disease were relatively unaffected by the soy protein diet.

So boys, stay away from soy products.  Soy has potent estrogenic effects.  Girls, soy products are fine for you.

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www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/116/1/209?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=soy&searchid=1136507487931_5370&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=jci

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Re: Soy diet worsens heart disease in male mice...
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2006, 08:23:44 PM »
..., but when switched to a casein-based diet,  the mice radically improved.  Female mice with heart disease were relatively unaffected by the soy protein diet.
So boys, stay away from soy products.  Soy has potent estrogenic effects.  Girls, soy products are fine for you.

Source:
www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/116/1/209?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=soy&searchid=1136507487931_5370&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=jci


Are you comparing yourself to a laboratory rodent?

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Re: Soy diet worsens heart disease in male mice...
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2006, 02:56:23 AM »

Are you comparing yourself to a laboratory rodent?

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Yup, I'm a rat, according to the Chinese zodiac.   Why couldn't I be a dragon or a tiger?   :(