Oh Joy... Soy! not.

Soy is found in everyday foods such as cereal, cheese, and M&Ms, therefore it can not be bad for your body. However, if you consume soy in particularity large portions without considering all the other food groups you may experience poor side effects. Now, a diet solely based on soy would NOT be good for anyone. As we have learned: the perfect diet consists of a balanced meal consisting of the five main food groups. I for one am not a fan of diets... I think they can only hinder your performance even if they may contain certain chemicals that supposedly help you in some fields. Soy is said to reduce your chances of getting cancer, put people in a better mood, and give us energy but these are the facts if you only consume soy in normal portions. Let's think... medicine is a good thing right... if you take too much medicine you overdose, and could possibly die, too much of a good thing is bad. A soy diet would definitely not be the way to go, as I have read..."For American industry, the age-old Asian method of using the whole soybean and fermenting it to remove its toxins took too long and the end product was often dull and tasteless. To speedily process soy "waste" into soy protein products, U.S. soy producers washed beans with alkaline, heated and pressure-cooked them, combating their naturally bitter taste with sugar and infusing them with additives to prevent spoiling. This process greatly improved flavor but removed many of the beneficial nutrients." This quote rests my case about a soy diet ever possibly being good in Amercia. My advice: STICK TO THE FOOD GROUPS PEOPLE.