O engano da Soja

Adaptação de Luis Guerreiro

Muitas pessoas viradas para hábitos alimentares saudáveis num esforço para melhorar a sua alimentação começam a comer tofu e outros produtos da soja em vez de carne ou de ovos. A indústria da soja quer nos fazer crer que esta é uma jogada inteligente para a sua saúde cardíaca, mas, na realidade a soja processada,incluindo o tofu, não é uma comida saudável. Nos meus anos de alimentação vegetariana fui eu próprio enganado, consumindo imenso produtos derivados da soja. A grande maioria dos sites dedicados ao vegetarianismo e veganismo continuam divulgando a soja como alternativa saudável e um substituto para a carne e outros produtos de origem animal. Porem imensos estudos provam que a soja não só não é alternativa como também é altamente prejudicial para a saúde.
Infelizmente a industria da soja é tão poderosa que consegue convencer inclusive nutricionistas a recomendarem os seus produtos como alimentos funcionais. Para isso fazem campanhas enormes junto desses profissionais de saúde, oferecem seminários e livros, etc, e conseguem que "prestigiados" professores de universidades publicas e privadas promovam o seu "lixo" comestivel.

A nivel ecológico, a soja é também responsável pelo desmatamento de imensas áreas e destruição de habitats das mais variadas espécies.

Segundo a Drª Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD (doutorada em Ciências Nutricionais e Terapias Anti-Envelhecimento), na Ásia, as pessoas comem pequenas quantidades de produtos soja integral, na comida ocidental a soja processada é separada em dois produtos - proteína e óleo. "Não há nada seguro ou natural nesses produtos," diz a Drª Kaayla.

"Hoje, os métodos da alta tecnologia de transformação falham, não só para remover os anti-nutrientes e toxinas que estão naturalmente presentes na soja, mas deixam resíduos tóxicos e cancerígenos criado pela alta temperatura, pressão alta, banhos ácidos e alcalinos, petróleo e solventes", ela continua .

A soja contém fitatos que bloqueiam a absorção mineral e inibidores de tripsina que bloqueiam a boa digestão.

O tofu é um melhoramento porque é um produto de soja integral, mas ele ainda contém os anti-nutrientes acima mencionados.Problemas de saúde ligados à soja.

Entre os muitos problemas de saúde ligados a uma alta dieta de soja são:

• Problemas da tiróide, incluindo o ganho de peso, letargia, mal-estar, fadiga, perda de cabelo, e perda de libido
• Puberdade prematura e outros problemas de desenvolvimento em bebês, crianças e adolescentes
• Câncer (cancro em Portugal)
• Dano cerebral
• Distúrbios reprodutivos
• Alergias

Entretanto, os estudos revisados pelo Drª. Kaayla e colegas constataram que a soja não é confiável para baixar o colesterol e os níveis de homocisteína, constatou-se que pode aumentar o risco de doença cardíaca, acidente vascular cerebral e defeitos congênitos.

Como resultado, ela e outros especialistas enviaram uma petição de 65 páginas ao FDA para pedir-lhes para retirarem a alegação de saúde que diz "a soja previne doenças cardíacas" que eles aprovaram em 1999.

É muito importante saber também que as crianças e bebês, que estão ainda em desenvolvimento, são particularmente vulneráveis à soja, e aos efeitos de seus hormônios (hormonas em Portugal) que imitam os dos seres humanos. Um estudo do Lancet mostrou que a exposição diária de lactentes aos químicos que imitam o estrogênio que consomem fórmulas (leite, etc) de soja foi de 6 a 11 vezes maior do que os adultos que consomem alimentos de soja.

E a concentração desses hormônios era de 13000 a 22000 vezes superior ao do estrogênio no sangue. Um bebé exclusivamente alimentado com fórmula de soja recebe o equivalente em estrogênicos (com base no peso corporal) de até cinco pílulas de controle nascimento por dia.

Então, por favor não alimente o seu bebé com fórmulas infantis de soja. Os efeitos são tão potentes que mesmo as mulheres grávidas devem evitar comer produtos de soja para a segurança de seu futuro filho.

E ainda há mais:

• Os feijões de soja são altos em toxinas naturais , também conhecidos como antinutrientes. Isso inclui uma grande quantidade de inibidores de enzimas que anulam as enzimas necessárias para a digestão. Além disso, estes inibidores de enzimas não são devidamente anulados pelo cozimento. O resultado é stress gástrico e distúrbios crônicos e deficiências na absorção de aminoácidos, que pode resultar em disturbios do pancreas e no perigoso câncer pancreático.

• A soja contem hemaglutininas, o que faz com que as células vermelhas se agreguem. A soja tem substancias que atrasam o crescimento, e se bem que estas substâncias sejam reduzidas na transformação, elas não são totalmente eliminadas.

• A soja contem contém bociogênico, que muitas vezes pode levar à depressão da função tiroidica

• A maioria da soja (80%) é geneticamente modificada, e contêm um dos mais elevados níveis de contaminação de agrotóxicos (pesticidas) de todos os alimentos.

• A soja tem indices muito elevados de fitatos, que impedem a absorção de minerais, incluindo cálcio, magnésio, ferro e zinco, que são co-fatores da bioquímica optimizada do corpo.

Algumas maneiras seguras de desfrutar da soja

Existem alguns tipos de produtos da soja que são saudáveis, e todos eles são fermentados. Após um longo processo de fermentação, o ácido fítico e os níveis de antinutrientes da soja são reduzidos, e as suas propriedades benéficas - como a criação de probióticos naturais - tornam-se disponíveis para o sistema digestivo.

A fermentação também reduz grandemente os níveis perigosos de isoflavonas, que são similares ao estrogênio na sua estrutura química, e podem interferir com a acção da produção do seu próprio estrogênio.

Então, se você deseja desfrutar da soja e comê-la sem prejudicar a sua saúde - e, de facto, ganhar benefícios na saúde - a seguir vão algumas opções saudáveis :

1. Natto, soja fermentada com uma textura pegajosa e forte, com sabor a queijo. É rico em nattokinase, um poderoso refinador do sangue.

Natto é a maior fonte de vitamina K2 sobre o planeta e é rica em bactérias Bacillus subtilis. Pode ser geralmente encontrado em qualquer supermercado asiático.

2. Tempeh, um bolo de soja fermentado com uma textura firme, com sabor a cogumelo.

3. Miso, uma pasta de soja fermentada com um sabor salgado, textura amanteigada (comumente usado em sopa miso).

4. Shoyu: tradicionalmente, molho de soja, é feito pela fermentação da soja, sal e enzimas, porém muito cuidado porque muitas variedades no mercado são feitas artificialmente utilizando um processo químico e contém caramelo (açucar).

Lembre-se, no entanto, que todos os produtos processados de soja - leite de soja, hambúrgueres de soja, queijo de soja, barras de soja energéticas, sorvete de soja, proteína de soja em pó, etc - não são saudáveis. E, para realmente evitar todos os tipos de produtos prejudiciais da soja, é preciso evitar alimentos processados porque a grande maioria deles contêm ingredientes da soja.

"A melhor- e talvez a única maneira de evitar completamente a soja na alimentação é comprar alimentos naturais e prepará-los em casa", diz a Drª Kaayla.

Mais de 100 estudos revelando os efeitos adversos das isoflavonas da soja

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1999
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
Guo TL and others. Genistein modulates splenic natural killer cell activity, antibody-forming cell response and phenotypic marker expression in F(0) and F(1) generations of Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2002 Jun 15;181(3):219-27.
2002
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