Pregnancy & Soya Beans.

In: Foodies|It Sucks|Mother To Be

9 Feb 2010

A chilled glass of Soya Bean Milk is simply heavenly on a warm day, or whenever. Don’t you agree? That’s exactly what I’ve been having almost daily for the past 2 months. Whenever possible, we would buy a large bottle and that could last us for a day or 2.

This is not uncommon among us Asians to include soy into our daily staple. Often Expecting Mothers would go out of their way to consume more because we were told that soy will give our babies fair and beautiful complexion. I did it simply because I enjoy the drink ;)

So you could imagine my shock when I found out last night that all this health talk is really just pure garbage. Soy is probably one of the most misconceived myth that it is some sort of miracle food that prevents and cures diseases. Soya Bean is not a Health Food!

My immediate reaction was: OMG, what have I done!?! And you would too after reading what I have excerpted below. Especially if you are expecting a baby boy!

BBC NEWS Reported in 2004

The humble soya bean may play a role in the problem of male infertility, a team of researchers in Belfast has found.

If boys eat a lot of soya when they are growing up, it can damage their reproductive capability. The key time for that is when a male foetus is developing and in the early toddler years and up to puberty.

Too much soya affects the development of the male’s reproductive tract. It increases the structural abnormalities like undescended testes and testicular cancer.

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The Truth About Soy
Another interesting Article

There’s still a half bottle of Soya Bean Milk in the fridge. After that is finished, I don’t think I’ll be drinking anymore until after LBJ is born or longer.

Even though I am making an informed choice now to not drink it, there are still a multitude of food products in the market that I would not be able to escape from, that are made from soy :(

2 weekends ago, we stocked up a carton of Soya Bean Milk to serve our guest during CNY. Will you drink it if/when you visit us after reading this post? :P



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5 Responses to Pregnancy & Soya Beans.

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Joey

February 10th, 2010 at 2:23 pm

I share your sentiments! I’ve been drinking soya bean since day 1 of pregnancy as it’s also my all-time favourite drink. Read an article in newspaper recently about how soya bean can affect baby boy’s reproductive organs. I’ve gradually weaned off it ever since *shudders*

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mellomouse

February 10th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

I didn’t know about it actually. I started having this nagging feeling in my gut last week after realising how much soya bean I’ve been drinking. So I googled it up and voila! Soya bean nightmare awakens *shrieks*

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May Yee

February 11th, 2010 at 9:28 am

I just started the soya milk regime (alternate with cow/goat’s milk). I believe everything is good within moderation. :D

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shalyn

February 11th, 2010 at 9:29 am

But am sure everything in moderation should be fine, jac. :) Don’t worry too much. Hhhmmm.. just a thought – soya being a daily staple in Asia (especially in China) and looking at the large population size, not sure how the finding of this study correlates. :)

Jac, am all excited for you, do keep us updated k! Take care and lots of love from us.

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mellomouse

February 11th, 2010 at 11:14 am

Moderation is the key to everything. But the reports does sound a bit scary… :(

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