Here is Mistake #6 for the Consumer's Guide to Diet Food.
Hey it's Andrew from ThinSlimFoods
MISTAKE #6: Not Knowing About Soy
People sometimes ask why we put "Soy Free" in the seal on the Impastable packaging in the upper right.
The reason is that we do our best to avoid using soy in our products and consuming excess Soy.
Soy can be found in A LOT in low carb products because it is very cheap and it is low in carbs. This is doubly true for low carb pasta.
Normally that is the type of combination we would love to be able to utilize.
Unfortunately, the downsides of soy don't make that a great idea.
So why can soy be such a dieting saboteur?
1. It lowers testosterone (a powerful fat-fighting, muscle-building hormone) (1)
2. Reduces fertility in men (2)
3. It may contribute to an increased risk of certain cancers (3,4,5)
4. Lowers thyroid function. (6)
⬆️ See the numbers in brackets there? ⬆️
They’re links to references that you’ll find at the bottom of the page, where these issues have been found in scientific studies.
It would be wrong to say that soy is completely evil, and should be avoided at all costs.
In fact, natural soy, such as the type you find in edamame beans, soy sauce, and foods like tofu and tempeh is perfectly fine in moderation.
And the odd bit of added soy won’t wreck your progress and kill your weight loss.
BUT, As much as possible, you should look to limit your soy consumption, and certainly not think of it as a healthy alternative, a fat loss food, or try to eat more of it.
In addition, if you are like most of our customers, you don't stock your pantry with just one low carb cookie or one low carb bag of pasta. As a result, if not conscious of the ingredients of the low carb products you choose, you may wind up consuming much more soy than you wish.
P.S. Here are those references:
1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17416779
2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20171261
3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20007303
4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15159299
5) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.11046/abstract
6) Experimental Biology and Medicine 2010 May;235(5):590-8