I'm reposting a Facebook post that Dr Bogash made regarding soy.
Should our children be eating soy? There is no doubt that the earlier a girl experiences menarche, the scarier it is. Greater risks of estrogen-related cancers like endometrial and breast. It also means that the hormonal disturbances that cause the early onset of menses are due to other physiological problems. In other words, hormonal disturbances are only the beginning of the problem. Overall, anything we can do to slow the onset of menarche the better. In this particular study, researchers found that in girls, the higher their levels of isoflavones were (found principally in soy) the later they reached menarche. Seems strange, doesn't it? The "they" who say soy is evil would have us believe that it is loaded with hormones that interfere with normal development. In this particular study (and many others...) we actually see their intake protecting normal development.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/3/556
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