Soya bean 'link' to male infertility
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3513607.stm
Soya 'link' to male infertility
Researchers investigated soya in the diet
The humble soya bean may play a role in the problem of male infertility, a team of researchers in Belfast has found.
Soya contains the female hormone oestrogen and too much of it is being linked to poor quality sperm.
Dr Lorraine Anderson says she found the link in research carried out at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
"What many men do not realise is that soya is not just consumed by vegetarians, it is contained in a lot of everyday processed foods.
"It is contained in foods such as pizzas, any of those foods that you add hot water to, to reconstitute them, or some of the pre-packaged dinners like steak and kidney pies," Dr Anderson said.
If men are consuming large amounts of soya products, for example, there is a negative relationship between that and the quality of their sperm
Dr Sheena Lewis
Queen's University, Belfast
"You'll find that a lot of the meat is not really meat, it is soya protein because it is cheaper and soya has the highest percentage of oestrogens compared to any other foods."
The director of reproductive medicine at Queen's University, Belfast, Dr Sheena Lewis, said the findings were clear.
"What we have shown is that if men are consuming large amounts of soya products, for example, there is a negative relationship between that and the quality of their sperm.
"If they already have a slight problem in that area, then it might be better for them not to consume so much."
Dr Lewis said that the way to avoid excess oestrogen was to eat fresh produce.
"In our fast food diets, we are inclined to eat lots of meals and we really don't know what the ingredients are," she said.
"If we eat fresh fruits, if we make fresh food at home ourselves, which I know is very difficult in today's busy lifestyle, then we are really aware of what the ingredients are."
However, the research does not simply have implications for men who wish to start a family.
Dr Anderson said 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.
"All through that period, if you alter the oestrogen that a man is exposed to, you can not only affect their sperm quality but affect the development of their reproductive tract, so that you can get an increase in structural abnormalities like undescended testes and you can also get other problems later in life, such as testicular cancer."
Dr Anderson recently came runner-up in a prestigious competition for her work on the link between male fertility and oestrogen in the diet. -
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look at china.
statistics says this is bullshit.
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mono can help verify ma?
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No bullshit.
This is according to a professor who majored in chemistry in my school. There's just no clear evidence to support it.
And, they want to avoid unnecessary chaos. -
so stupid.
my dad drinks tt daily.....
fourth child coming up.
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However, the research does not simply have implications for men who wish to start a family.Originally posted by missqi:so stupid.
my dad drinks tt daily.....
fourth child coming up.
Dr Anderson said if boys eat a lot of soya when they are growing up, it can damage their reproductive capability. -
and she probably is going to say, "my dad drank it daily since he was a baby!"Originally posted by Gasfene:However, the research does not simply have implications for men who wish to start a family.
Dr Anderson said if boys eat a lot of soya when they are growing up, it can damage their reproductive capability. -
my father SOLD soy bean milk whilst growing up....Originally posted by Gasfene:However, the research does not simply have implications for men who wish to start a family.
Dr Anderson said if boys eat a lot of soya when they are growing up, it can damage their reproductive capability.
they had to drink leftovers....
because poor.
this must be fake lah..~ -
oh my~
REALLY GOT ESTROGEN AH.
then ah.
girls drink during puberty the....
NO WONDER MY AUNTY ONE SO BIG.
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girls, start drinking away!
boys, drinking beer is the way to go. -
who cares anyway?
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oh no..
but who cares -
this reasearch finding by this doctor needs to be verified future by other researchers also, one alone is not that significant to proof it.
moreover, this doctor didn't survey nor test it out on humans via volunteerly males among different age for clinical research.
so although its being found, but it's not really reliable at all -
talk so much. NPNT lah... no proof no talk man mr. "scientist"
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oh no... I'm going to boycott all soya products.
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also proven by some malaysian scientists than soya bean contains some female hormone..
so if males drink too much they may get some female characteristics due to gene affected -
will men grow bre@sts????
Suddenly men need to wear bras and shave their armpits... -
I drink soya milk everyday.
But never mind, dun think I'll ever have the chance to errmm.....you know.
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use a pad???Originally posted by CoolMyth:I drink soya milk everyday.
But never mind, dun think I'll ever have the chance to errmm.....you know. -
Hoot you then you know.Originally posted by mistyblue:use a pad??? 
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Throw used panties at you then you know!Originally posted by CoolMyth:Hoot you then you know. -
i drink soya milk too. i dun think this is true.
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Wad about monks who r vegetarians: Dun they consume lots of soya but I dun see Shaolin monks becoming guniangs wad?
I dun tink the scientific findings r conclusive yet...............
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rumour !