How bad is soya?

[tinselcat]

My OH yesterday greeted me with him having found out that day that eating soya (and peas apparently) are bad for male fertility.

I thought he had been doing well as his only vice is caffeine, but he eats LOADS of soya all the time - soya milk every day for breakfast, soy sauce in dinner most nights, we regularly eat tofu too. And worse we have just ordered a big shop from Tesco (to last a month) with a whole load more soya milk drinks!!

Does anyone have any idea how long it will take to get this out of his system when he stops consuming the stuff?

 

[cherrybinky]

My friend and her partner have been vegan for 20+ years and both eat tofu etc and theyre also over 40 years old and had a baby no problem.
However, I found this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4115506.stm

 

[Laura_C]

All I know about soya is that my hubby has a sensitivity to it. Soooo many things have soya in, lots of chocolate bars do too. He has soya and he literally has to run to the loo! TMI sorry! I am forever checking labels for soya, it really is in lots of stuff you wouldn't expect. I've never heard about the link to male infertility though....

 

[tinselcat]

My friend and her partner have been vegan for 20+ years and both eat tofu etc and theyre also over 40 years old and had a baby no problem.
However, I found this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4115506.stm

Ah the first part is good to know!

Thanks for the link - I didn't know that. Guess I'll have to cut down on the soya for the next while then!!

And Laura, thanks for the tip - didn't realise it was everywhere. Will start checking labels now then!! (hmm that'll make me a vegan who's avoiding soya... not fussy/awkward at all, lol!!)

 

[Lander]

I think it's rather high in Oestrogen too....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/jul/25/food.foodanddrink