Here are some of the references in the material that I have concerning the
hormonal effects of a diet of soy. There were many other references in the
material but these seemed to be the ones concerning infant feeding.

Have any of you asked a mother with insufficient milk supply (or NO milk
supply) what she was fed as an infant?  My mind is "stirring" about this
subject.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee

The Potential Adverse Effects of Soybean Phytoextrogens in Infant Feeding.
New Zealand Medical Journal. May 24, 1995.

Estrogenic Soybean Isoflavones and Chronic Disease: Risks and Benefits.
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 6:11-16, 1995

Soy Still Under Scrutiny. New Zealand "Herald." January 10, 1996.

Introductory paper presented by the USFDA Department of Health at the
Phyoestrogen conference in Arkansas , 1995.
        "Phytoestrogens have some of the same capabilities to induce developmental
toxicity as do other estrogens, and given the DES tragedy, it would be
foolish to ignore the possibility that some phytoestrogens constitute a
developmental hazard."

Sheehan, DM. The case for expanded phytoestrogen research. Proc Soc Exp
Biol Med 1995: 208: 3-5.

Whitten PL, Lewis C, Russell E, Naftolin R: 1995. Phytoestrogen influences
on the development of behavior and gonadotropin fucntion. Proc Soc Esp Biol
Med 208: 82-86.
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