Originally Posted by
Geri B
..if soy is not a food type crop why is it grown? In my part of Illinois all I see are corn and soy fields!
Soy used to be used to replenish the soil. It was grown between food crops to help restore nitrogen.
Once we figured out we could make it more digestible by cooking or heavily fermenting it, it "became" food.
It's high in phytates and lectin which are hard for the body to digest, binds to important nutrients and minerals in our bodies causing them to be unavailable for use and the lectins can cause or contribute to leaky gut which has a myriad of health issues associated with it.
Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
Well, soy's a
goitrogen, it's been linked to certain chemicals
Also, this should have read: "Well, soy's a
goitrogen, it's been linked to certain
cancers"