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Topher925
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Hi, my name is Topher, I'm a guy, and I love to drink soy milk.
Over the weekend a friend of mine told me that drinking soy milk is bad for men's health because it contains high amounts of estrogen. By introducing large amounts of estrogen into my body I could possibly grow breasts or become infertile. I'm always very skeptical of such statements so I decided to do a little research.
In summary, I've found that there's a lot of debate about soy milk and other soy products. However from the more credible sources I've investigated, it seems that there is no data to support soy products negatively affecting men's health. Apparently, soy doesn't even contain estrogen but phytoestrogens. A chemical with a structure similar to the human hormone estrogen but only found in plants. Its metabolized quite differently than estrogen and has really only been found to have positive effects on health. But, there's still a lot of other sources out there that have a different opinion and claim that the long term effects of soy products is still unknown.
So should I stop drinking soy milk? I haven't had my period yet or have a strong yearning to buy shoes and pretty things so I think I'm safe so far. I don't think I could give up tofu or veggie burgers though. I'm thinking I'll give almond milk a try.
Over the weekend a friend of mine told me that drinking soy milk is bad for men's health because it contains high amounts of estrogen. By introducing large amounts of estrogen into my body I could possibly grow breasts or become infertile. I'm always very skeptical of such statements so I decided to do a little research.
In summary, I've found that there's a lot of debate about soy milk and other soy products. However from the more credible sources I've investigated, it seems that there is no data to support soy products negatively affecting men's health. Apparently, soy doesn't even contain estrogen but phytoestrogens. A chemical with a structure similar to the human hormone estrogen but only found in plants. Its metabolized quite differently than estrogen and has really only been found to have positive effects on health. But, there's still a lot of other sources out there that have a different opinion and claim that the long term effects of soy products is still unknown.
So should I stop drinking soy milk? I haven't had my period yet or have a strong yearning to buy shoes and pretty things so I think I'm safe so far. I don't think I could give up tofu or veggie burgers though. I'm thinking I'll give almond milk a try.