Soy Products

Soy Products

It is becoming a part of American culture to think that many things are needed by an individual. This results in overconsumption, especially of food items. This is true when it comes to treating the children. Parents tend to be over possessive of children showering a lot of love on them. They like any other parents in the world want their children to be healthy, but at times overestimate the requirements. Without caring to find out the truth behind any particular product, they go on to providing a diverse range of diets to their children. This can be an unhealthy habit as not all children or toddler food claimed as being healthy would be valid. Consumption of food that is not healthy is a strain on the healthy life and must be avoided at all costs. Care must be taken to find out which food could be unhealthy for the toddlers. One such food item on which we would concentrate this paper on is soyfoods or soybean products. Soybean products are being given to infants and toddlers. Despite the many advantages that infants could gain from consuming soybean products, there are many shortfalls as well. Babies are especially vulnerable to some of the side effects of soybean products. Babies unlike adults do not have their systems grown up to fight these effects.

The SANA (Soyfoods Association of North America) was formed in 1978. Since its inception it has been advocating the public to consume more and more soybean products. It is a non-profit trade association and markets itself as attempting to promote a healthy lifestyle. It has been attempting to foster growth in the soyfood industries by marketing the benefits associated with soyfood consumption (http://www.soyfoods.org). However, amidst all that, it has shown blatant disregard to what this food item can have on the people especially infants.

The marketing by SAN and the industries that sell soybean products is no doubt valid and holds true. However, it is guilty of something. It is not guilty of lying, but of concealing facts with blatant disregard for the well being of the people especially infants. Before we delve into how harmful the side effects of consuming this product are, we would describe the claims that are valid so as not to be prejudiced against any of their legal claims.

Soybean is used for making oil, used in meal, flour, meat and dairy substitutes. It is also used to feed infants. Some of the advantages of soybean products are that it helps fight cancer and helps the brain. Some studies have shown that consuming soy foods reduces the risk of cancer in males (http://www.umm.edu). It has also been confirmed through research that its use reduces colorectal cancer risk among the females (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). it also helps females in fighting breast cancer (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). Additionally studies show that it helps the brain in particular the verbal memory. These studies have indicated that it helps improve he cognitive functioning of the ...