Soy lowers your sperm count
We all knew that those soy-based, fake meat products from your grocer's health food section weren't nearly as manly as hearty chunk of red meat -- and now someone's gone and proved it. According to researchers at Harvard, the stuff lowers your sperm count.Joking about masculinity aside, soy-based products are a big part of life for vegetarians (or health nuts, environmentalists, and anyone else who tries to curb their meat consumption), and this new study reveals some potentially serious side affects. It's thought that soy products increase estrogen activity, which in turn hampers sperm production, and -- in worst cases -- leads to infertility.
Most alarming, is that these harmful affects can occur after only half of one serving per day. If you're using soy products -- like tofu, tempeh, soy sausages, bacon, or burgers, and soy milk, cheese, yogurt, or ice cream -- to replace (or even partially replace) meat in your diet, it's probable that your soy intake is significantly higher than that.
To read a PDF of the full research paper, go here.
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7-29-2008 @ 6:01AM
Josh said...
Well, that kind of sucks.
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7-29-2008 @ 10:27AM
Jonathon Morgan said...
Yeah, I'm thinking twice about the soy milk on my cereal.
7-30-2008 @ 8:46AM
markr said...
I love it when something like this comes out. I don't know why anyone would drink that crap anyway. I always thought it kind of tasted like poison but now you may as well put it right up there. Its bad enough my wife's forced 2% milk on me.
Hater of all things soy. (except soy sauce of course.)
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8-07-2008 @ 1:23PM
Erik el vegan Watt said...
(keep in mind, it doesn't effect fertility for those with high sperm counts, so keep eating that pumpkin styrian seed/oil.. word. and i am fit, not overweight..with no doubt help from some of the soy things i eat. although i do try and limit my soy intake, and there are plenty of alternative milks than soy..hazelnut milk is wonderful, almond milk (chocolate is divine), rice...there are many..so yeah..a good lesson to you veggie people that rely on soy for everything. eat more fresh veggies and whole grains! raw!:)
and if you are overweight, i think soy may be better for you because it will help you lose weight, dude. :)
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8-27-2008 @ 6:56PM
Chas said...
Good. There are too many people on this planet as it is.
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