I have not read the those particular studies but I do happen to believe that
soy products have health benefits.    And yet I think one must be aware that
soy products are not all the same.  A genetically engineered soybean is
vastly different from the soybean that has not been manipulated (what can be
called organic).

The amount of recent advertising in regard to soy products is in direct
relationship to the fact that in the U.S. the soybean is one of the food
crops most likely to be genetically engineered.  Interestingly, many
universities(where studies are done) have a vested interest in getting the
general public to buy this new technology.  Universities are often supported
by huge corporations who have a vested interest in selling biotechnology to
the public.  Some of these universities are setting up their own biotech
companies.  So these studies can have a built-in bias.

One of the problems I see with this kind of massive advertising of the
benefits of soy is that people translate these studies inappropriately.  So
instead of including some soy products into there diets, they include massive
amounts.  Never thinking that "more" of something might actually be a
problem.

The other problem is that genetically engineered products are not the same as
the natural product.  The only way at the moment you can determine that you
are eating a natural not genetically engineered product is to see the word,
organic.  Were all those wonderful studies done with natural soybeans or
genetically engineered soybeans?  And we have to ask who benefits from people
eating alot of soy?
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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