Soya is increasingly hailed as a wonderfood - balancing hormones, staving off cancer, lowering cholesterol - all at good value for money. So what’s all this about it being dangerous? Natalie Savona unravels the conflicting evidence.
You may be puzzled or even alarmed to have seen the damning reports on the dangers of this supposedly precious bean. Even if you are not vegetarian, if you are at all health conscious you are very likely to have included soya in your diet in some form - tofu, soya milk, tempeh - and may even have had die-hard meat eaters savouring a veggie sausage at your summer barbecue. If you’ve got a milk sensitivity, it’s supposed to be a godsend; many babies are fed soy-based formulas; some women take soya supplements to relieve the symptoms of menopause. But some researchers are now saying not just that soya doesn’t confer any of these benefits, but that it is actually harmful. Under headings such as ‘hidden dangers’ and ‘tragedy’, soya has been given a very bad press lately.
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1. An unbiased opinion?
2. Hormonal Superfood
3. So Where’s the Drawback
4. Soya and Babies
5. Japan – A Case in Point
6. Processed Junk Food
7. Tofu or not Tofu
