This article is very important for anyone interested in natural health.  I believe that soy is instrumental in our obesity epidemic.  One only has to look at the cows who have corn and soy as their primary food source.  They gain enormous amounts of weight in a very short time.  When an experiment was done on cows by feeding them coconut oil, the farmers were shocked to find that the cows lost weight.  Switching them to corn and soy solved the problem. 

As a milk-hater, I was thrilled to find soymilk years ago.  I could eat cereal! I could bake with it! I could even DRINK it!  But I started having weird stomach things - & I have a cast-iron stomach.  I had been touting it to family & friends; you all recognize the setting: I am doing something healthy; y'all should too.  But the stomach things persisted.  I tried doing some tofu meals but was not that crazy about it & my kids did not like it.  The only 2 things we did like was a chocolate pie made from tofu and eggless egg salad.  The stomach thingies persisted.  Then I started reading here about the ills of soy.  I quite & so did the stomach thingies.  Turns out my body does not like soy; it just took me a while to listen.  Talk about eat my words. My family has not let me live that one down.  They're just glad they still drink milk!  Oh, well. 

As someone who ate soy for many years before finding out I had a sub-clinical reaction to it this is very informative.  My reaction to soy products is muscle spasms or "tics" that could be extremely painful.

Mary

I think soy and food allergies in general contribute to the increasingly growing number of people who suffer IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).  I know that once I eliminated it from my diet my tummy got a whole lot better.  Once it gets flushed entirely my tummy is the happiest in the word!  I also think that eating processed foods has led to a lot of other "illnesses" that the doctors always just give you a pill for.  I truly believe Dr. Mercola's philosophy of finding the cause of the problem...not just treating the symptoms.  I am not saying that the "illnesses" don't exist...just that with proper nutrition most of them wouldn't.  For me, IBS departed when I eliminated the foods I was allergic to...RLS (restless leg syndrome) left once I balanced my magnesium and potassium levels.  Fibromyalgia is much less severe when I am active and I don't have any carpel tunnel, depression, anxiety, palpitations when my thyroid is in balance.  Treating all these conditions separately is expensive.  Correcting my diet and using Armour Thyroid has made me almost as good as new.

I tell my friends who do not wish to change up their diet too much to at least avoid soy.  If it is one of the first 3 ingredients listed then do not purchase the item at all!  I personally love the lists that show veg. oil with this "(may contain canola and or soy oils)"...what?  they don't know what they're using to make this item?  Scary!

soy is highly processed, tastes yucky and is primarily GM now, nuff said?

It is highly touted for menopausal women, I'm glad I remembered the huge presentation we had at our grade school [lo these 45 years past] where they told us the miracles of soy but they had to refine it to the nth to get it to work as a food source, None for me thanks!

I never cared for soy anyway, then Silk came to my view. I thought I should try it as I was wanting to lose some weight. I was using soy milk (vanilla flavored) on my cereal in the morning, taking a shot of vinegar before each meal, and eating lots of fruits and veggies. Well, after a couple weeks, I started getting these awful cramps in my abdomen. I stopped the soy - and they went away. So NO Soy For Me! 

I was a strict vegan for 5 years and everything I ate was some form of soy.  Won't bore you with all of the health damage I am now repairing but it is extensive.  I searched for help, found Dr. Mercola.  Took his metabolic typing test and and am greatly improving by following the protein food plan & suggested supplements.  

I just received Dr. Mercola's book ,"Total Health Program" in the mail today, and was shocked and deeply saddened to find four recipes so far that use SOY!!!  This is even after his whole section on the detrimental effects of soy at the beginning of the book.  This is very confusing to me.   Really did shake up my confidence in the Total Health Program.  Am I the ONLY one who found this or does it simply not matter to others???????  Has Dr. Mercola ever addressed this inconsistency?

DO NOT EAT SOY. DO NOT EAT SOY. DO NOT EAT SOY.

and did I mention DO NOT EAT SOY?

Soy is highly processed, it has to be to be palatable, it's recommended to menopausal women,DO NOT EAT SOY. DO NOT DRINK SOY.

Now the entire supply is GM,DO NOT EAT SOY.

I'm a bit confused. What about all those veggi meatless sausages, burgers, patties. There ares so many ranges now, the Boca and the morning stars for example. I've had them for nearly 4 years and they helped with weight loss, and I feel healthy.

Would the above also be included as rick factors and should they also not be consumed.