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Soy
Soy formula milk (SFM) is used in place of breast milk and cow’s formula milk by some mothers (about 2%) in the UK and by nearly one-quarter of mothers in North America. Babies fed with (SFM) gain weight normally but there is concern that this feeding may expose the baby to abnormally high levels of ‘oestrogens. This is because soya beans contain very high levels of chemicals called isoflavones, which are phytoestrogens (literally, plant made chemicals that mimic the female sex hormone, oestradiol. There have been studies showing that numerous different thyroid problems have developed in individuals consuming a large amount of soy in their diet. Further research has shown that long term use of soy products can result in thyroid tumors. There are clear warnings that that isoflavones, a flavanoid found in soy, should never to 25 milligrams (the FDA’s maximum safe amount) in any one day. This is easy to reach with a big glass of soy milk or soy yogurt. We also must realize that soy isoflavones is in almost everything