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By: Barbara R

Barbara R — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:19:25 +0000

I just came across this, and even though it’s late, I have to respond: What a joke! Commercially raised livestock are routinely given xenoestrogens to fatten them up and cause them to retain water. In the 1970s and 1980s there was an epidemic in Puerto Rico of early puberty in girls as young as a year old and even young boys who developed breasts caused by meat and dairy products containing high levels of estrogen. In the United States, the use of estrogen compounds is now slightly better regulated, but it is still very much used and abused.
Dairy consumption in children has been positively linked to juvenile diabetes, chronic upper respiratory infections, asthma, autism, and chronic intestinal distress.

In adults, dairy consumption is linked to heart disease, osteoporosis (yes, you read that right: Osteoporosis is not a disease caused by calcium deficiency, but rather calcium depletion), obesity, adult-onset diabetes, and cancer of the breast and prostate.

The dairy industry has done a fabulous job convincing us (and doctors) that without their products we will not be healthy, when just the opposite is true. Without dairy products in our diets, we stand to be a great deal healthier, as plant-based foods that contain all of the nutrients our bodies need do not also contain the excessive animal protein, saturated fat, cholesterol, lactose, casein, and growth hormones found in dairy.

I sincerely hope that this question was about soy forumula, vs. cow’s milk formula, and there is no doubt that soy formula is the next best alternative to breast milk for infants.

Unless of course, you are raising a baby cow. Then of course, cow’s milk is the perfect food.

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By: Dianna

Dianna — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:42:45 +0000

My point exactly….

By: cilla

cilla — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:08:11 +0000

check this out if you are worried:

http://www.infantformula.org/newsroom_20060314_2.html

By: cilla

cilla — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:02:40 +0000

I have met a bunch of people – kids and older adults – who were fed soy formula as babies and they have not experienced any of these issues. I keep reading abotu the worry of soy but have never met anyone who had any problem with it. Keeping my fingers crossed b/c that’s what I HAVE to feed my son, but these problems being attributed to soy have not been studied enough and there is no “proof”.

By: Vonda

Vonda — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:17:57 +0000

I fed my son soy formula. My son is now 13 years old and suffers with eczema and asthma. He was 9 lbs. at birth and a very good eater. He had no skin or health problems, he was perfect and beautiful. I breastfed for 2 months then put him on regular formula. He loved the taste but would stop eating and cry and act like his tummy hurt. He wasn’t getting enough to eat so I called the doctor, they said to put him on Soy formula. What a big mistake! Immediately after that he broke out with eczema on his face, red and oozing. It looked awful. We switched to hypoallergenic formula, went from one expensive formula to another, he hated the taste of most of them. The eczema would slow down but was still there and would flare up from time to time. I know it was because of the soy. He later developed asthma and doctors told me it went hand-in-hand. How I wish I had done more research to find out how he could tolerate the regular formula or some other alternative. He has suffered with the eczema all these years, it’s really bad right now. I’ve never had him tested to see what he’s allergic to. I have been reading package lables and it’s amazing how many products have soybean oil or soy flour in them. My dad said MSG is made from soy beans and he is highly allergic to MSG. All margarines are made from soybean oil. If my son is allegic to soybeans, we’ll never get away from them. Get out your encyclopedia and read about them, they are in almost everything even all the animals we eat are fed them. I would welcome advise on how we can overcome this problem my son has. Do you think it’s the soybeans or something else in the formula causing the eczema?

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:34:15 +0000

two children, now teenagers, both soy formula fed. Both completed puberty. Both very short in comparison to parents. Anyone else with similar experience?

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By: Migraineur

Migraineur — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:30:58 +0000

Dianna, I see your point about the uncertainty of science, but I’m not sure why you think radiation from cell phones or microwaves could influence neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemicals, not waves, so it’s not like there could be interference from other kinds of waves. It seems much more plausible to me that foods, which are also made of chemicals, could interfere with neurotransmitters than that waves could.

By: Dianna

Dianna — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:10:00 +0000

I have had 3 children, all fed soy formula. All 3 remain uniquely different in mostly every way. Two are boys, with completely different personalities, and I would not attempt to point an accusing finger at a soy-formula manufacturer during a bout of hyperactivity. (My daughter is 7 months old and is perfectly happy and beautiful.) This is because studies show that ADD is physically caused by neurotransmitters that are not properly functioning in the brain. I would be more likely to blame the bluetooth one may wear all day, or radio waves, or even your common microwave for neurotransmission problems than soy formula. I also heard that preemie babies are more apt to be autistic on the radio this week, and last year, they were blaming that on vaccinations, or mercury, or both. Now, there are parents who refuse life saving vaccinations because of unrealistic test studies that eventually prove fallible.
I can say one thing… it seems what proves untrue today is quickly replaced with another “blame” tomorrow. Let’s spare future babies the torture of living with a milk allergy while mommy and daddy read too many studies and baby suffers miserably. Do what you think is best as a parent! The evil soy of today may be the cancer cure of tomorrow… or something like that… who knows?