Have you switched to soy milk and veggie burgers because you’ve been told they are better for you?
Have you heard that people in Asian cultures live longer than Americans because they eat more soy?
If you believe soy is a healthy alternative to dairy and meat products, then you’ve got a lot of company. Millions of Americans believe they are making a healthy choice by opting for soy milk and other soy-based products.
But consuming soy may be more harmful than healthy.
In this month’s Inner Circle interview, you’ll discover the truth about soy, the mistaken health food. Uncover what’s fact and what’s fiction — so you can make more informed and nutritional eating decisions.
Dr. Kaayla Daniel, an expert on soy and nutritional health, delves into how much soy in your diet is too much, what forms of soy are healthy (and which are not), and how best to add soy to your diet for your best health yet.
Dr. Daniel is the author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America’s Favorite Health Food. Her nutritional training and expertise includes digestive disorders, and uncovering problems associated with soy-based diets.
Dr. Daniel has appeared on such notable mediums as NPR’s People’s Pharmacy and Discovery Channel’s Medical Hotseat. She has been quoted in major publications such as the Washington Post, Oxygen, London Observer and the San Francisco Chronicle.
In 2005, she was honored with the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Integrity in Science Award.
Soy Alert!
During my vegan years I ate so much soy food. I fed it to my family in huge quantities; soy milk, tofu, textured vegetable protein TVP (Which I used in copious amounts as a meat alternative in my cooking), and was always whipping up soy milk shakes and adding in huge globs of powdered soy protein.
When I began to transition back to traditional foods after the birth of my son Andy in 1996, I marvel that we spent so much money on Soy. Literally eating it three times a day in one form or another.
I don’t know what sort of a lasting impact this will have on my health or my children’s health. All I know is that eating meat, milk, and eggs these past ten or so years has felt right for my body. I do hope someday to get back to a more raw diet, but while I am still in my child bearing years, we will continue to eat a grain based diet greatly enhanced by animal proteins and Fats. My teens just crave high protein foods, and chow down all of the roasts, stews, and casseroles I create every day.
Nutrient Dense foods make sense to me at a time when my childrens bodies are developing and growing so quickly.
Jenny Hatch