I wanted to add a few links, so you can see some of the research that I have read, which, to say the least, is disturbing.
http://www.illuminati-news.com/soy.htm
Soy online seems to have just a vast of information that I find useful. Please take a moment to read what they have to say.
Now this is a long article, but worth reading. It gives a lot of informatin about soy, the history, how it was "approved" by the FDA and the actually benefits and side effects of eating soy. http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/709-third-international-soy-symposium.html
Taken from the site listed above:
The male species of tropical birds carries the drab plumage of the female at birth and "colors up" at maturity, somewhere between nine and 24 months. In 1991, Richard and Valerie James, bird breeders in Whangerai, New Zealand, purchased a new kind of feed for their birds, one based largely on soy protein.47 When soy-based feed was used, their birds "colored up" after just a few months. In fact, one bird food manufacturer claimed that this early development was an advantage imparted by the feed. A 1992 ad for Roudybush feed formula showed a picture of the male crimson rosella, an Australian parrot that acquires beautiful red plummage at 18 to 24 months, already brightly colored at 11 weeks old.
Unfortunately, in the ensuing years, there was decreased fertility in the birds with precocious maturation, deformed, stunted and still-born babies, and premature deaths, especially among females, with the result that the total population in the avaries went into steady decline. The birds suffered beak and bone deformities, goitre, immune system disorders and pathological aggressive behavior. Autopsy revealed digestive organs in a state of disintegration. The list of problems corresponded with many of the problems the Jameses had encountered in their two children, who had been fed soy-based infant formula.
Startled, aghast, angry. . . the Jameses hired toxicologist Mike Fitzpatrick to investigate further. Dr. Fitzpatrick's literature review uncovered evidence that soy consumption has been linked to numerous disorders, including infertility, increased cancer and infantile leukemia; and, in studies dating back to the 1950s48, that genistein in soy causes endocrine disruption in animals. Dr. Fitzpatrick also analyzed the bird feed and found that it contained high levels of phytoestrogens, especially genistein. When the Jameses discontinued using soy-based feed, the flock gradually returned to normal breeding habits and behavior.
Have fun reading and I will try to post more links that I find within the next few days. I want to kind of walk you through some of my research so you are seeing what I am seeing, as most ppl still believe that soy is perfectly safe. We are keeping the rats on a soy free diet and keeping our household on a low soy diet, as a soy free with human food is even more difficult that I would have first imagined.
Tami
Social Rats Adoption and Rescue
