Soy products

Tammy2002 · 06-22-2010, 05:05 PM

So I picked up a free "health-food" magazine, Viva from my local grocery store. In it is an article about the top foods to boost your metabolism... ginger, tomatoes, greens, protein... and soy products.. According to the article:

"soy isoflavones and proteins have been shown to positively affect the body's output of fat-burning thyroid hormones. Further, researchers have found that metabolized soy byproducts positively affect the mechanisms in the body that are responsible for weight and degrading lipids-- namely via a boost in metabolism."

this runs counter to what I've read on this and many other boards. So what is the deal with articles like this....? are they out and out lies or is their something missing from the article (lie by omission kind of thing)?

kat819 · 06-22-2010, 06:26 PM

That sounds like complete crap to me, given that soy is a goitrogen.

JunkInMyTrunk · 06-22-2010, 06:33 PM

Wonder who sponsors the magazine? Most likely culprit, the Soy Council!

Being that I am hypo, I try to stay away from soy, not the opposite.

Tammy2002 · 06-22-2010, 07:18 PM

here it is online

Viva Magazine - Your Premium Women's Natural Health Magazine

jezzie · 06-22-2010, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tammy2002

this runs counter to what I've read on this and many other boards. So what is the deal with articles like this....? are they out and out lies or is their something missing from the article (lie by omission kind of thing)?

From one spectrum to the opposite.

There are people who advocate soy, there are people who use soy,
Conversely ...
There are people who campaign against soy; there are people who don't use soy.

I eat it/drink it - but I'm not an evangelist.
Pick the ''expert'' you believe in and follow.
.

sbaquera78 · 06-22-2010, 09:20 PM

I second everything Jezzie said!

AngieCakes · 06-22-2010, 09:23 PM

I third it.

Leo41 · 06-23-2010, 02:04 AM

It's nonsense. There are no 'foods' that specifically 'boost metabolism.'

You can spur the metabolism with a jolt of caffeine or aerobic exercise, but both are short term.

Eating anything will 'boost' metabolism only insofar as it requires digestion, for which the body needs energy, but this is just the normal bodily process and nothing that 'burns fat' any more effectively than usual.

This article has inflated some basic physiologic facts.

Always check the source--there's usually an agenda at work.

06-22-2010, 05:05 PM	#1
Tammy2002 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,153 Gallery: Tammy2002 Stats: 173/143/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2008	Soy products So I picked up a free "health-food" magazine, Viva from my local grocery store. In it is an article about the top foods to boost your metabolism... ginger, tomatoes, greens, protein... and soy products.. According to the article: "soy isoflavones and proteins have been shown to positively affect the body's output of fat-burning thyroid hormones. Further, researchers have found that metabolized soy byproducts positively affect the mechanisms in the body that are responsible for weight and degrading lipids-- namely via a boost in metabolism." this runs counter to what I've read on this and many other boards. So what is the deal with articles like this....? are they out and out lies or is their something missing from the article (lie by omission kind of thing)?

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06-22-2010, 06:26 PM	#2
kat819 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,561 Gallery: kat819 Stats: 263/227/163 5'9" WOE: PaNu/very low carb Start Date: 1st time 9/2003, third time's the charm 5/13/2010	That sounds like complete crap to me, given that soy is a goitrogen.

06-22-2010, 06:33 PM	#3
JunkInMyTrunk Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 480 Gallery: JunkInMyTrunk	Wonder who sponsors the magazine? Most likely culprit, the Soy Council! Being that I am hypo, I try to stay away from soy, not the opposite.

06-22-2010, 07:18 PM	#4
Tammy2002 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,153 Gallery: Tammy2002 Stats: 173/143/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2008	here it is online Viva Magazine - Your Premium Women's Natural Health Magazine

06-22-2010, 09:20 PM	#6
sbaquera78 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: arizona Posts: 877 Gallery: sbaquera78 Stats: 132 and finally have real muscles :) WOE: BFL Start Date: Feb 08	I second everything Jezzie said!

06-22-2010, 09:23 PM	#7
AngieCakes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,318 Gallery: AngieCakes Stats: 198/143/135-140 WOE: Atkins/Pre-Maintenance Start Date: 1/8/2010	I third it.

06-23-2010, 02:04 AM	#8
Leo41 Senior LCF member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,426 Gallery: Leo41 Stats: 340 then/145 now WOE: Low carb/calorie cycling	It's nonsense. There are no 'foods' that specifically 'boost metabolism.' You can spur the metabolism with a jolt of caffeine or aerobic exercise, but both are short term. Eating anything will 'boost' metabolism only insofar as it requires digestion, for which the body needs energy, but this is just the normal bodily process and nothing that 'burns fat' any more effectively than usual. This article has inflated some basic physiologic facts. Always check the source--there's usually an agenda at work.