Lecithin from soy is strongly estrogenic

[xlrsnbrgParticipant 1786]

http://chriskresser.com/harmful-or-harmless-soy-lecithin/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691511003620

From the medical article:

Food is a main source of exposure to endocrine active compounds, many of which have been linked to adverse health effects. Phytoestrogens, especially from soy, are the major dietary source of estrogenicity. However, foodstuff contains a variety of estrogen-like compounds that might not be detected analytically.
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Furthermore, we found soy lecithin to be strongly estrogenic. It might, therefore, be a major contributor to total estrogenicity. We conclude that dietary estrogens are omnipresent and not limited to soy-based food.
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While the dietary exposure to estrogenic activity is lower than previously estimated, our results demonstrate that many food types are a source of unidentified estrogen-like compounds still awaiting toxicological evaluation.

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[Anonymous 18]

Fat cells have the enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen.

Regardless of diet that’s one good reason to shed some weight for a man. Yes man boobs are produced by estrogen.

Even the estrogen that women have is largely converted from her own testosterone production.

I would highly doubt dietary estrogen would have similar functionality as endogenous estrogen.

Thanks for sharing though. Never liked soy in first place but more reasons not to.

Cheers

[xlrsnbrgParticipant 1786]

True, the effects are not clear and debated. What I found surprising is that not even the composition is fully understood. I’m talking about soy lecithin here, not soy in general. They use it as emulsifier so it should not be a terribly complicated ingredient.

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[RoyDalParticipant]

Thanks for the tip. I’ll avoid that crap from now on — as much as possible anyway.

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