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Submitted by parentsown on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 20:54.

The following report from Mr Richard James in association with Dr Mike Fitzpatrick (taken from the Committee on Toxicity website http://cot.food.gov.uk/ ) looks in to the health effects of soya based products. The report should be read to put everything in context but the following excerpt makes for quite sobering reading:

"The estrogen binding affinities of phytoestrogens relative to synthetic
estrogens & levels of phytoestrogens in soya products are reviewed. An
intake of isoflavones from soya infant formulae 3-5-fold greater than the
quantity of isoflavones found to elicit estrogenic activity in women is
estimated. These figures are used to derive a daily estrogen intake from soya
infant formulae of 8-12 contraceptive pills."

The full report can be read at the following link:

http://cot.food.gov.uk/pdfs/peg-01-7.pdf

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