Thought For Food Podcast

It’s been quite a while since our last in-depth, evidence-based, objective analysis of a specific topic related to nutrition. In our last installment of “What’s the Deal” we covered all things protein. If you haven’t listened to that one yet, we highly recommend you check it out. This time, we go deep into the oh so controversial bean known as soy. From internet bloggers claiming it causes man-boobs, to widespread fear about breast cancer, there seems to be a lot of misinformation and misconceptions about this food. Aaron and Jackson set out to address a few of the most common claims about soy in an objective, non biased manner to come to a pretty solid conclusion. Topics covered include: What is soy in the first place? Does soy increase your risk for hormone sensitive cancers? Does soy cause gynecomastia and other feminizing effects in men? Does soy cause hyperthyroidism? Are phytates in soy to blame for mineral malabsorption? What is soy’s effect on the environment? Should YOU avoid soy products? Both Jac