What's the deal with soy?

ermahgerdafancyword · 2020-02-29T11:36:48+00:00

Soy in western cultures are associated with plant based diets which are seen as feminine, because meat is associated with masculinity. Because of this, vegetarian and vegan foods are often mocked, in the same way anything that's seen as feminine and/or questioning the status quo is. Now, soy contains phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens have little to do with estrogen and certainly don't have the same effects on the human body, but the rumour got started anyways, because of the name and because people like scienc-y sounding arguments that support their prior convictions (in this case, plant milk is for girls, real men need animal products). The irony is that it is actually cow milk, you know, milk produced by female animals to feed their calves, that contains actual estrogen. As does beer, btw.

So, long story short: Nah.

Inareskai · 2020-02-29T11:54:30+00:00

Most of the claims 'scientific' basis come from sheep studies from the 1950s. There have since been human studies which show that, shockingly, the effects of phyto-oestrogens on sheep aren't a one-to-one correlation with humans.

Short answer: no, it's rubbish.

absolutebeginners · 2020-02-29T10:00:45+00:00

Nope

coffeetablestain · 2020-02-29T23:03:27+00:00

Angry people are generally at odds with smart people.

2020-03-01T21:16:40+00:00

There was some pseudo science that told people that eating too much soy depleted testosterone and made men more 'feminine'. But now its just a silly meme - tongue and cheek insult towards the left.

Social_Construct · 2020-03-02T14:00:30+00:00

Hbomberguy made a long video about this (I watched it on 2x speed because I have no attention span).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dfiDeJeDU

Like everyone else said, TL;DR: It's nonsense. But in case you wanted some glorious FACTS AND LOGIC, here you go.

Carloverguy20 · 2020-02-29T20:42:26+00:00

There was a study that Soy reduces one's testosterone

Title	What's the deal with soy?
Author	Baghdadincoming
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Date	February 29, 2020 8:42 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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