This article is straight propaganda, the author isnt a medical doctor or a nutritionist. He is a doctor of veterinary medicine and is writing for a cattle and ranching news forum. Hardly a expert and hardly a unbiased source.
Soy doesn't contain any estrogen. It does contain a chemical that is somewhat similar in shape, but it does not function the same as estrogen in the human body. There is no medical literature supporting soy causing the growth of man boobs, and only a tiny number of cases even suggesting any connection.
The entire amino acid argument is only relevant if you are only getting exactly enough protein to avoid malnutrition. For anyone that has a diet with excess protein (which basically everyone) there is no medical literature suggesting that there would be any performance or health differences.
The article opens up by talking about how similar the calorie content of the impossible burger is to a regular burger and then closes by saying it is full of fattening oils. Any burger made using ground beef is going to have very nearly the same amount of fat and often more (a 85% lean patty has more fat than impossible burger).
I get that this is a fun issue to circle jerk on but this isnt a quality post.
MAGA
Soy is not a phytoestrogen, it does contain phytoestrogens, but phytoestrogens dont behave the same as human estrogen in our bodies. They are close enough to the same shape that they interact with estrogen receptors but the interactions are very mild and they are as likely to have anti estrogenic effect as they are to have an estrogenic effect. This is because they dont act as estrogen they simply get in the way of your bodies estrogen
I did read your article by the way, and I mostly think what it's saying is correct. I think they are being very liberal with how they describe it being "similar" but I agree with all their conclusions
This article is straight propaganda, the author isnt a medical doctor or a nutritionist. He is a doctor of veterinary medicine and is writing for a cattle and ranching news forum. Hardly a expert and hardly a unbiased source. Soy doesn't contain any estrogen. It does contain a chemical that is somewhat similar in shape, but it does not function the same as estrogen in the human body. There is no medical literature supporting soy causing the growth of man boobs, and only a tiny number of cases even suggesting any connection. The entire amino acid argument is only relevant if you are only getting exactly enough protein to avoid malnutrition. For anyone that has a diet with excess protein (which basically everyone) there is no medical literature suggesting that there would be any performance or health differences. The article opens up by talking about how similar the calorie content of the impossible burger is to a regular burger and then closes by saying it is full of fattening oils. Any burger made using ground beef is going to have very nearly the same amount of fat and often more (a 85% lean patty has more fat than impossible burger). I get that this is a fun issue to circle jerk on but this isnt a quality post. MAGA
Soy is a phytoestrogen, or a plant based estrogen.
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-there-a-soy-milk-estrogen-connection#1
Soy is not a phytoestrogen, it does contain phytoestrogens, but phytoestrogens dont behave the same as human estrogen in our bodies. They are close enough to the same shape that they interact with estrogen receptors but the interactions are very mild and they are as likely to have anti estrogenic effect as they are to have an estrogenic effect. This is because they dont act as estrogen they simply get in the way of your bodies estrogen
I did read your article by the way, and I mostly think what it's saying is correct. I think they are being very liberal with how they describe it being "similar" but I agree with all their conclusions