[PHNUTR-L] Extremely dubious claims about soy

[Forbes-Ewan, Chris]

I recently received a message from an American correspondent about the
'dangers' of soy.
 
I was directed to:
 
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327 
 
The first page of the article is shown below my signature block.
 
Although this is a US site, and I'm not an American, this sort of
misinformation is now available to anyone who has access to the
internet, so I believe it is a worldwide problem.
 
What can nutritionists do to combat these sorts of claims?
 
Chris Forbes-Ewan 

Assistant Site Manager and 
Defence Scientist (Nutrition) S&T5 
Defence Nutrition 
Human Protection and Performance Division 
Defence Science and Technology Organisation 
74 George St  Scottsdale Tasmania 

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Soy is making kids 'gay'

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Posted: December 12, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

Read all of Rutz's columns on soy for the whole story: 

Soy is making kids 'gay'
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327> 
The trouble with soy - part 2
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53425> 
The trouble with soy - part 3
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53507> 
The trouble with soy - part 4
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53596> 
The trouble with soy - part 5
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53675>  

There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children
and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it's a
"health food," one of our most popular. 

Now, I'm a health-food guy, a fanatic who seldom allows anything into
his kitchen unless it's organic. I state my bias here just so you'll
know I'm not anti-health food. 

The dangerous food I'm speaking of is soy. Soybean products are
feminizing, and they're all over the place. You can hardly escape them
anymore. 

(Column continues below) 


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