Sunday, May 31, 2009

the most dangerous food for men?

is not the piece of lard you find in your char kway teow.
Neither is that handful of trans fat chips you plonked into your mouth while watching the tv (at least that's how I do it) nor is the greasy salted fries that comes with your extra value meal (thank God for MacDonald's and Michael Moore - which everway you swing)


so what is it you might ask?

Believe it or not (according to Men's Health) it is SOY!!

The article albeit funny to an extent serves me a ladel of information that I actually do not know! The below are the signs and symptoms of overingesting of SOY:

a) slower growth of hair at all areas
b) no more morning erections
c) flaccid penis
d) man boobs!!!! yikes

Basically they all point to signs of gynecomastia (which means basically feminising the physicality of the male body). So you can SOY to the list of cimetidine and omeprazole....

Well the modus operandi of SOY in the male body is that it somehows enlarge the mammary glands in men and tests showed that estrogen level in test subject X is 8x higher than normal limits for men. And when test subject X stopped, the estrogen level dropped to the normal limits........

Well in the defense of SOY, subject X did take a lot of it so I guess that would be part of the reason as well.

For some naysayers, it might not be enough of a scientific evidence but the thing is this relationship is only at its infancy stage of research so more studies are probably being done to revel in the wonders of SOY. Thus for me, this is good enough an evidence for me.

Say no more for randomness of SOY bean drink, every morning Mr Bean pancake and the boiled SOY beans on the conveyer belt of the likes of Japanese restaurants..........
And for the gym rats who replace their protein shakes after workout with the cheaper Nutrisoy, you might get boobs instead of pecs.....so take heed.

And kudos for Men's Health for being some careful with SOY possibly labelling them as the most dangerous food for men....sometimes you wonder they really take defined pecs more seriously than your heart.........

Yes to my girl-friends who might be thinking after reading this entry, is it harmful for us?
From the article, I didn't gather that but you could postulate that it would enhance your bust size.....so drink away or pump it in your system.....whatever works.....you don't have a erm you know what.....