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 "These findings, they said, should be "reassuring about the safety of infant soy formula." Even though this result would be more reassuring if independent investigators had come to the same conclusion, it seems clear that if soy formulas cause problems at all, the problems are too subtle to measure easily. The same is true of possible benefits; if there are any special benefits of soy formulas, they too are not obvious."- Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Some —but not all —infants who are allergic or sensitive to cow's milk formulas thrive better when fed soy formula. Soy formulas replace the proteins in cow's milk with proteins from soybeans; they replace the sugar in cow's milk—lactose —with corn syrup or cane or beet sugar. The added vitamins and minerals are the same as those in cow's milk formulas. Like milk-based formulas, one soy formula is much like another. They are also more like milk-based formulas than you might guess." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) |
 "For this reason, premature development of girls (early puberty) has been linked to the use of soy formula, as has the underdevelopment of males. Infant soy formula and soy milk have been linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death.
In 2007, two parents were convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death by feeding it with soy milk and apple juice."- Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) |
| "Like milk-based formulas, one soy formula is much like another. They are also more like milk-based formulas than you might guess. Denatured soy proteins are not all that different from denatured
milk proteins and both can cause allergic reactions in sensitive infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that soy formulas are just as good as milk formulas, but have no particular advantage for preventing allergies or any other problems." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) |
 "Fitzpatrick estimated that an infant exclusively fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body weight) of at least five birth control pills per day. By contrast, almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in dairy-based infant formula or in human milk, even when the mother consumes soy products.16
Fitzpatrick's research confirmed problems Richard and Valerie James were encountering with their own two children, and which other parents were recounting to them about children fed soy-based formula."- Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) |
 "Guandalini reports the results of an unpublished study of 2108 infants and toddlers in Italy, of which 53 percent of the babies under three-months old who had reacted poorly to dairy formula also reacted to soy formula.39
"The amount of phytoestrogens that are in a day's worth of soy infant formula equals 5 birth control pills," says Mike Fitzpatrick, a New Zealand toxicologist.40 A study reported in The Lancet41 found that the "daily exposure of infants to isoflavones in soy infant-formulas is 6?"- Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "For women, female children fed the estrogens in soy formula and products hit puberty early, sometimes as young as age 6 to 8.37 Eating soy products during pregnancy may affect the sexual differentiation of the fetus toward feminization; studies even show malformations of the reproductive tract or offspring born with both male and female sexual organs.38 Kaayla T." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "To be on the safe side she further advised parents to make an effort to "avoid sensitization" by limiting both peanuts and soybeans during the third trimester of pregnancy, during breast feeding, and by avoiding the use of soy formula. Controversy has raged since the 1920s as to whether or not babies could be sensitized to allergens while still in utero. In 1976, researchers learned that the fetus is capable of producing IgE antibodies against soy protein during early gestation and newborns can be sensitized through the breast milk of the mother and later react to foods they've "never eaten." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) |
 "For this reason, premature development of girls (early puberty) has been linked to the use of soy formula, as has the underdevelopment of males. Infant soy formula and soy milk have been linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death.
In 2007, two parents were convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death by feeding it with soy milk and apple juice."- Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.) |
 "Ron was concerned that milk might be causing the congestion, so he switched Hugo to soy formula, during the times Hugo wasn't nursing. Hugo loved the stuff, and began to drink bottle after bottle of it. The doctor agreed that avoiding dairy was a wise course of action.
Then the colds and infections began to come in waves, forcing repeated courses of antibiotics. The infections inflamed Hugo's lungs, his sinuses, his throat, and sometimes his middle ears. At one point, he developed the oral yeast infection known as thrush, probably from all the antibiotics, but it eventually cleared."- Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) |
| "Infant soy formula and soy milk have been linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death.
In 2007, two parents were convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death by feeding it with soy milk and apple juice. Now, soy experts are again calling for clear and proper warning labels on all soy milk products—following this and several other babies' hospitalizations or deaths under similar circumstances.
Only soy products, such as miso, tempeh and natto provide soy nutrients that can easily be absorbed and utilized by the body." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) |
 "The Israeli Health Ministry recently issued a health advisory that strongly recommended that the consumption of soy foods be limited for young children and adults and that soy formula be avoided altogether by infants. And a recent article on soy protein infant formula by the Journal of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition suggested that soy protein formula had no nutritional advantage over cows' milk protein and that the "high concentrations of phytate, aluminum and phytoestrogens (isoflavones) ... might have untoward effects."- Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) |
 "Switching to a soy formula may ease colic in such cases.4 Infants who are sensitive to both milk and soy may be given a hypoallergenic formula containing extensively hydrolyzed proteins. However, some children are sensitive even to these formulas.
A true food protein intolerance in infants may result in persistent distress attributed to irritation of the esophagus caused by reflux (partial spitting up). These infants may respond to an amino acid (page 465)-based formula."- Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "However, in infants with congenital hypothyroidism (page 252), soy formula must not be added, nor removed from the diet, without consultation with a physician, because ingestion of soy may interfere with the absorption of thyroid medication.21 Most research, including animal studies, report anticancer (page 87) effects of soy extracts,22 though occasional animal studies have reported cancer-enhancing effects.23 The findings of several recent studies suggest that consuming soy might, under some circumstances, increase the risk of breast cancer (page 65)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) |
 "After 2 or 3 earaches, we switched to a soy formula but it didn't seem to make any difference."
"When did he start on solid food?"
"About 8 or 9 months."
"Do you have any problems with your health?"
"I'm a little more tired than I'd like, but otherwise I'm fine."
"Joshua's father?" "He's fine."
"How about Joshua's grandparents?"
"My mother has mild diabetes—just diet and some pills—no insulin. My father's OK as far as I know, but he won't go to a doctor unless he's practically dying."- Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.) |
 "The main alternative to cow's milk formula is soy formula. The carbohydrates in most soy formulas are sucrose and corn syrup, which are easily digested and absorbed by infants. However, as many as 30 percent of children who have allergic reactions to cow's milk also have reactions to soymilk. The high incidence of reactions to soy may be due to the frequency with which doctors prescribe soy formulas for babies believed unable to tolerate cow's milk."- Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal (Get the book.) |
 "Bhutta ZA, Molla AM, Issani Z, et al: Nutrient absorption and weight gain in persistent diarrhea: comparison of a traditional rice-lentil/yogert/milk diet with soy formula. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 18(l):45-52. 1994.
Bingham SA, Atkinson C, Liggins J, et al: Phyto-oestrogens: where are we now? Br J Nutr 79(5):393-406. 1998.
Bosland MC, Davies JA, Voermans C. Inhibition of human prostate cancer cell proliferation by genistein. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 38:1997. 1998.
Brown A, Jolly P, Wie H."- Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Thyroid Effects: An epidemiologic study suggests that early soy formula feeding may be associated with autoimmune thyroid disorders later in life (Fort et al, 1990). In a review article, this hypothesis was supported by animal and in vitro studies that suggested genistein may stimulate immune function by antigen formation through covalent binding of genistein to thyroid peroxidase (TPO) (Doerge & Chang, 2002; Doerge & Sheehan, 2002). Soy-containing formulas were associated with goiter and hypothyroidism in infants in the 1960s until the addition of iodine to formulas." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Infants were divided into 5 groups: human milk (HM)(n=29), soy formula (SF)(n=25), whey-based low-degree hydrolysate (Why)(n=15), casein-based high-degree hydrolysate (Chy)(n=13), and Soy plus collagen-based high-degree hydrolysate (SHy) (n=10). The mean total cholesterol level was lowest in the SHy group (3.0 mmol/L), followed by the SF and HM groups (3.3 mmoi/L), the Chy group (3.4 mmol/L), and then the Why group (3.8 mmol/L). The similar order for triglycerides was 0.9 mmol/L for Soy, 1.2 mmol/L for HM and Why, and 1.6 for the Chy and Shy groups (Giovannini et al, 1994)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) |
 "We must ask if any studies were done specifically to prove the safety of infant soy formulas prepared from a "Roundup® Ready" soy seed crop when a soy formula is needed to feed milk-allergic babies? The very young are admittedly more vulnerable to chemicals than most adults. How will this combination affect them? No one really knows. The infant food industry is well aware of GE products. Both Heinz and Gerber in July 1999 stated they wanted no GE components in their baby food.48
• What about genetically altered corn used to make dextrose that is used to sweeten infant formulas?"- Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) |
| "Multiple Food Protein Intolerance (MFPI) of infancy Many infants who are intolerant to one food have been found to also be intolerant to several other food proteins, including soy formula and extensively hydrolyzed formula. This syndrome has recently been dubbed Multiple Food Protein Intolerance (MFPI) of infancy. As a group, these infants tend to have symptoms of severe colic (page 121), gastroesophageal reflux (page 198) and esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus due to irritation by stomach acids from repeated episodes of reflux), or atopic dermatitis (eczema [page 177])." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) |
| "Infant soy formula and soy milk have been linked to autoimmune-thyroid disease, and now also to death.
In 2007, two parents were convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death by feeding it with soy milk and apple juice. Now, soy experts are again calling for clear and proper warning labels on all soy milk products—following this and several other babies' hospitalizations or deaths under similar circumstances.
Only properly fermented soy products, such as miso and tempeh, provide soy nutrients that can easily be absorbed." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.) |
 "Do you think it is safe for a baby to consume a GMO-containing soy formula?
GMO food runs the significant risk of interaction with the immune system in a way that could foster food sensitivity and food allergy. If the immune system reacts to a viral component in the food, or to a toxin that is part of the food, the immune system will begin to see the food as foreign. This can create allergy to the GMO-containing food. This allergy could easily transfer to any non-GMO food of the same type. In more serious cases, allergy could transfer to any food eaten at the same time as the GMO food."- Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.) |
 "Mega soy formula from Prolongevity is a good supplement that contains a substantial amount of genistein and other isoflavones that help to fight cancer.
• D-glucaric acid, a phytochemical found in broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower, has shown evidence in several clinical studies of reducing the incidence of cancers of the breast, lung, liver, and skin. D-glucaric acid is also available in supplement form combined with calcium (calcium D-glucarate)."- Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) |
 "For years, pediatricians have been prescribing soy formula for infants with milk intolerance. My first experience with soy beverages was my younger brother's soy formula which, when I tried it, sent terrible signals to my childish taste buds. Consequently, I was slow to try the new soy beverages as an adult. I was curious, however, why they were so popular with children, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out how tasty they really can be.
Occasionally, a child will have allergies to both cow's milk and soy milk. Fortunately, this is not often the case."- Marcia Zimmerman, C.N., The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution: A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan (Get the book.) |
| "The dosage of the natural plant estrogen in the soy (genistein) was at the same level as found in a soy formula.14 Are soy fed infants at risk later in life? We simply don't know. In one report, Dr. C. Barratt, an authority on reproductive medicine from Birmingham University, claimed mouse sperm is less sensitive to female sex hormones than human sperm. The fundamental question remains: How dangerous are extremely low levels of estrogenic mimicking chemicals in relation to human sperm?" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) |
 "You might then expect me to be strongly in favor of soy formula as a substitute for human, cow, or goat milk.
But I have my doubts about soy formula. Food contains information. No food contains as much information as milk. Human milk contains human information; cow's milk contains cow information; goat's milk contains goat information; and so on. There is no food that contains better information for babies than breast milk. Occasionally mother's milk carries citrus, yeast, or other allergens from the mother's diet that can disturb a baby."- Sidney MacDonald Baker, Karen Baar, The Circadian Prescription: Get in Step with Your Body's Natural Rhythms to Maximize Energy, Vitality, Longevity (Get the book.) |
| "How will these affect soy formula fed infants 20 years from now? Is this good for growing and sexually maturing youngsters? (See Chapters 4, 5.) In time, will we find that this modified soy in some way can alter the onset of puberty or increase the propensity for breast cancer in females or prostate disease in males? Some have theorized that this is possible but the companies producing these genetically altered foods insist there should be no concern. How can they predict what might happen when no long-term studies of the effects in children have been studied?" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.) |
| "Phytate78 in soy formula theoretically may impair Ca absorption, although infants fed current (mineral fortified) preparations of soy formula have normal serum biochemistry and distal radial bone mineralization.79 81 The absorption of
fat does not appear to be a major determinant of Ca absorption under most conditions in normal infants. A threefold increase in Ca intake results in a decrease in fat absorption of about 5% from infant formulas with well-absorbed fat blends, but has no significant effect on absorption or retention of nitrogen, magnesium, copper and zinc." - Reginald C. Tsang, Nutrition During Infancy: Principles and Practice (Get the book.) "Question: Why do you think this child failed to gain weight while receiving human milk and a soy formula? What is the relationship between these milk sources and protein quantity and quality? Answer: Human milk contains 9 mg/L of protein nitrogen and may have been limited in quantity rather than overall quality. The quality of a protein is assessed by its amino acid composition. Soy formulas have trypsin inhibitors. In an infant who has limited trypsin due to pancreatic insufficiency, these formulas often do not support growth." - Reginald C. Tsang, Nutrition During Infancy: Principles and Practice (Get the book.) |
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