Soy is arguably one of the more controversial nutrition topics. On the plus side, soy is rich in nutrients, and diets containing it seem to provide health benefits, such as lower blood sugar levels, improved heart health, fewer menopause symptoms, and perhaps even a lower risk of certain cancers.
On the other hand, some people are concerned about soy-rich diets being truly healthy, and in fact, perhaps even being bad for your health. For instance, some fear that eating too much soy may increase the risk of breast cancer, hinder thyroid function, or have feminizing effects in men, to name a few. Furthermore, any soy you get in the US is most certainly a GMO (94 percent of the soybean crops in the United States were genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant), which has implications for your health (think Glyphosate and Leaky Gut Syndrome leading to chronic inflammation).
This article reviews the latest scientific evidence to determine whether eating soy is more likely to positively or negatively affect your health.
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