There are so many people in my life that when I tell them I'm vegan they freak out and ask if I'm eating soy. "Oh, that shit will give you cancer." "Don't eat too much soy it will mess with your estrogen and give you ovary cancer" and so on.
I always thought that soy had been proven safe? Like it's plant estrogen, our bodies don't absorb it, right?
What do I say to these kinds of people? I like tofu :vegan-tofu:
Edit: Thanks for the info folks, you rule. :bean:
There’s basically no reputable studies linking soy to any of the things carnivore diet cranks and righties claim. But tbh I’ve not found a lot of actual studies that refute the claims strongly either because it’s not a big area of study.
Hbomber’s video on the subject covers the origin of it, but it basically dates back to one weird reading of a super old study of sheep, that got turned into sensationalist claims by a crank internet dietician. This started getting popular in right wing circles, and it’s so obviously a post hoc justification of their need to feel like eating meat makes them alpha or whatever.