Auburn U. gets grant to study toxicity of soy-based diets

[JLH]

Veterinary professor gets grant to study toxicity of soybeans
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded veterinary professor Benson Akingbemi a $219,000 grant to study toxicity of soy-based diets. Soy-based infant formulas are increasingly used as nondairy sources of protein. Given infants' smaller body size, late development of the brain and reproductive tract and high levels of soy protein in the diet, infants are particularly vulnerable to disruption of the endocrine axis due to action of soy isoflavones. The long-term goal of this study is to identify safety margins for inclusion of soy protein in the diet of young individuals. Grants from the Auburn University Biogrant Program and the College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Health and Disease Research Program also support Akingbemi's work.

[starfire]

At LAST......... one I can be glad about!!

Thanks for posting that, Joan.

Love, Shirley

[tex]

And, since it's a veterinary project, the results may even be trustworthy.

Tex

[Lucy]

Most of the adult supplemental dietary drinks also use soy as their protein source. I'm just glad my mother doesn't have a reaction to soy -- she just reacts to gluten, unlike my sister and I who reaction to the things listed to the left of this post. Luce