Many of you already know soy -- the processed kind used in countless products sold in your grocery store -- isn't a "safe" health product, despite all the rhetoric from health "experts" and food manufacturers. In fact, genistein, a major soy component, impairs the travel of sperm to an egg. A new study has found genistein to be much more harmful far earlier in the lives of mice, as it can disrupt the development of ovaries in newborn females.
Scientists injected newborn mice with three different amounts of genistein, comparable to what human babies may receive in a soy-based formula, during the first five days of life, then observed the damage.
Mice given the highest dose of genistein were infertile (the highest number of egg cells that remained in clusters and unable to separate), while those treated with lower doses had fewer pregnancies and fewer pups per litter. Because the presence of genistein prevents egg cells from separating, they are less likely to become fertilized, researchers said.
The damage genistein can do isn't confined to mothers either. Your baby may suffer from inhibited intestinal growth if you feed him or her a soy-based formula too. Just more reasons to breastfeed your baby whenever possible, or use healthier alternatives instead.
Biology of Reproduction, Vol. 174, No. 1, January 2006: 161-168
EurekAlert January 10, 2006
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