Re: RE: POLITICS - Banning soy formula

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> Re: Re: POLITICS - Banning Soy Formula

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>In a message dated 2/17/05 9:48:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,

>jaq@...

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>> As for the soy formula issue, your analogy of stifled good vs.

>> encouraged evil breaks down on both ends. IF the government COULD ban

>> vitamin A, we'd soon all be dead anyway. And cyanide is generally

>> recognized as poison, whereas soy is not (if it were, nobody would buy

>> the stuff, and this would be a moot issue)

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>Yeah, you're right. The WAPF case against soy formula is pretty weak, and

>it's more of a hunch. I happen to think the probability of that

>hunch being

>correct is very close to certainty, but I really don't have the

>evidence to back

>it up.

I'm not clear on what you are referring to as a " hunch " ? The idea that soy

infant formula is unhealthy?

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In a message dated 2/22/05 12:38:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,

s.fisher22@... writes:

> I'm not clear on what you are referring to as a " hunch " ? The idea that soy

> infant formula is unhealthy?

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Well I meant the idea that the hormones in soy are making a partial

contribution to the trend of early maturation, which is particularly pronounced

in

African American girls, who have double the rate of soy formula consumption as

the

total population, as well as a greater average rate of exposure to

xenoestrogens. There are other important points, like the lack of galactose

which is

important for brain development, although maybe some soy manufactures add it in

or at least certainly could.

Chris

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Chris-

>I'll take your word that that's true, but the WIC program does dole out

>formula, and as a result, families on the WIC program are twice as likely

>to use

>formula as the general population

I don't know about WIC -- I'll take your word for it -- but I guarantee you

that Irene is right. Formula manufacturers deluge doctors with " starter

packs " of formula and the like. They're marketing tools.

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