Is soy bad for you? - Francesca Bot

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[@Hellooo_3112]

Happy 10 years TED-Ed!

[@davea6314]

So(y) what? Well, I'm not eating soy because I want high testosterone and low estrogen.

[@908animates]

Been here since 2017

[@alkasaket379]

Congratulations!! Badhaaiyan from India.

[@alkasaket379]

@@vinny-is-here I assumed *W A T E R*

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[@grzegorzdziedzic9592]

But did you remember any of it?

[@johndawson6057]

Its okay, neither do you

[@HadiaExists]

Same

[@monetj40]

Not to mention to be able to have access for free too

[@sandhanitizer15]

Many infos learned here

[@micahbush5397]

To be fair, clearing forests for agriculture is a problem for numerous crops, not just soy. And it does have the advantage of fixing at least part of its own nitrogen.

[@freeman10000]

We should grow soy on the Moon.

[@zandraket]

Also, around 77% of soy is used to feed livestock (Fraanje, W. & Garnett, T, 2020), so decreasing livestock and using that soy for humans instead would also decrease land use.

[@joermnyc]

Date palms for their oil.

[@gabbonoo]

@@joermnyc palm oil is really good stuff. very efficient and low footprint. the organisations that grow them are invasive, widespread, and often criminal in theis practice. "responsibly sourced palm oil" on labels is often an aspiration of the product, not a reality.

[@MatthewSpencerKociol]

Most importantly, when forests are cleared for agriculture, it's to feed livestock, not people. Humans wouldn't need to clear that much land just to grow vegetable food sources. In fact there were indigenous groups in the rainforests of South America that grew crops sustainably in raised mounds within the rainforest. But you want to grow cattle feed? Well that's just gonna destroy the forest, no doubt about it.

[@evelyngam]

As someone who suddenly developed an intolerance to soy (among other types of food) I now know first hand that it's a nightmare to find processed foods that don't contain soy.

[@MahouKat]

Do brands treat it like a gluten allergy and make soy free variants? (I knew it was an allergen but didn't know the product was so well used).

[@PheOfTheFae]

@@MahouKat Not generally. It is one of the big allergens that gets labeled on things, but it's wicked hard to avoid it.

[@evelyngam]

@@MahouKat Not really. You just have to keep reading labels and hope to find a brand that doesn't contain soy. It's inconvenient.

[@DegreesOfThree]

Why would you want to find processed foods at all? They're destroying our health.

[@thefisherking78]

Crazy thought: just eat whole foods

[@TEDEd]

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Thank you for the 10 years of easily digestible and enjoyable information and education. PS this is the cutest comment

[@daphnesawyer8555]

Important to state that the majority of the soy production in the amazon is used for feed for industrial factory farming

[@MrAlv21]

right!! I feel kind of disappointed that this information is missing in the video, especially when right after they say "it's hard to solve a problem if it isn't understood"

[@o0missmonster0o]

As someone with a soy allergy the downside of this is that the food that doesn't have soy tends to be more expensive and more difficult to come by.

[@o0missmonster0o]

@@estebanod It might be. I live in the US and so many things have soy in them here. Not just food but hair care and beauty products, makeup, and cleaning products just to name a few. And even if something doesn't have soy in it a lot of the time it'll still say "made in a facility with soy" on the label.

[@thefisherking78]

Whole foods lol

[@crazydragy4233]

@@o0missmonster0o Europe doesn't grow much soy if any from what I recall, very different from USA

[@skulluxe1]

true... I think the heavy use of soy by-products is a North American thing... much like the heavy use of corn syrup as sweetener... it's all cheap by-product that can be used instead of higher quality ingredients... in the end... higher profit

[@monetj40]

@@o0missmonster0o I'm from the US too seems like they only worry about capitalizing off of people disabilities... Like all the time it's annoying . It's expensive to simply eat fresh without cancer causing fillers...

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[@lg.studio]

As someone with a significant other being allergic to soy, I barely eat it for a long time now. I was also surprised how soy is in everything.

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[@borismondragon7200]

🙌🏻 Great video! I think it would have been nice to mention that MOST of the soy produced is used for animal feed, which means, the real ecological/sustainability problem of soy comes from animal agriculture, not tofu 😂

[@MaxDJungProductions]

An unfortunate omission, bit of a shame!

[@HappiestVeganonEarth]

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[@nilsp9426]

Eating soy products like tofu directly is actually one of the more sustainable diet options available and a splendid alternative to a meat-based diet. Nevertheless, the way how soy is produced still matters: deforestation and the destruction of other natural habitats is a problem for the environment. The transport of soy products across the planet (e.g. due to labor cost differences) is a problem to the environment, especially when performed using fossil fuels or involving cooling.

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[@Rachel-fi4sc]

There's one concern with soy that I'm surprised you didn't mention. Soy beans have a high amount of estrogenic compounds that can cause or significantly worsen hormone imbalances. Historically, Asian peoples for whom soy is a traditional part of their diet would ferment the soy products for years to break down the more harmful components, but today's modern industry artificially ferments soy by basically just adding a bunch of chemicals and calling it good. That process doesn't break down the estrogenic compounds quite the same way. I have PCOS, an endocrine disorder that causes hormone imbalance. I found out through accidently double-blind studying myself that I cannot eat chemically fermented soy products - vegan mayo, fake meats, grocery store tofu, etc. - but am fine with properly fermented soy sauce and other soy products.

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Happy 10th birthday, TED-Ed! Keep up the good work! Can't wait for another great video!

[@michelerosen5576]

Thanks TED for 10 years! Very interesting and educational video. As someone who is very allergic to soy and its derivatives, eating any processed food, and sometimes even using different beauty products is a nightmare. I live in France, and here the word Soy is in bold on all food ingredientss as an allergen. Why don't they do that in the US? Even here, it is becoming difficult to buy bread at the bakery but all chains must have allergens listed on paper and posted on a wall, or available to customers. Is it possible that one of the causes of so much obesity in the US is that not only do people eat too much, but that they are eating soy and are allergic without knowing it, causing bloating and weight gain?

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Hi Ted-ed Awesome video.. Been watching your channel for past six years. Congratulation for completing ten years.. Thanks for educating..

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Thanks for all the knowledge you have given and will be giving.Congratulations on the 10 year anniversary.

[@IRosamelia]

Before watching: It's got to be microplastics. After watching: phew

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I saw the notification, I knew the channel but couldn't recognize the profile photo than I noticed that it's for 10 year anniversary *Congrats. Happy decades*

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Congratulation for completing 10 years..... and Thank you Ted- ed for learning me about so many things

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Happy tenth anniversary Ted ed!🙂 I have learnt so much from you!🤗

[@ritamustikasari]

Tempe and tofu are our daily food made by soy bean. We call it mendoan as the tempe gets frying with some flour. Come to Majenang and enjoy the tempe of this soy bean.

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10 years. Best channel ever.

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Is it love? I haven't watched the video yet. My bet is on love!

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[@35yoglenmckenna31]

By the way the majority of soy production is to feed animals to produce meat so don’t worry about the 0.00001% of soy in your yogurt

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Congrats for 10 years!!!

[@adij1291]

So we’re all soy bois

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[@kocengineering769]

OMG 😱 Good work Ted Ed

[@vido7027]

I see and hear the word soy so many times in this video that it doesn't feel like a real word anymore.

[@mrniceguy4277]

3:30 whether unsaturated fatty acids are "good fats" is actually debatable. (I'm not claiming anything here)

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My Year 6 class really loved your video.

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[@noahboat580]

It kinda explains why Illinois is a big soybean state. I use the amtrak from chicago to KC, and once we're out of that city theres just farmland full of those things. Its kinda amazing henry utilized that plant for plastics

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[@josemhenriquezm]

I love the extinction representation of the blue Guacamaya in the Amazons. 4:12 Sadly, today I read an article that mentioned the blue Guacamaya is officially extinct but I do not believe it yet.

[@aruemon78]

Is there a TedEd video on corn? There’s a whole bunch of corn in everything, and it would be cool to see that covered!

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[@TigerBlackTigerBlackTigerBlack]

I'm just going to add that even though soy isn't necessarily bad for you, in the grand scheme of foods it has a generally low absorption rate even in regular people who have good metabolisms. That's kind of why a lot of people get gassy when they eat it, t's because it takes more energy to digest what you can from it. Also, the fact that it limits your intake does help lower cholesterol and heart issues but in the same way that fasting can be healthy and lowers cholesterol and heart issues when done correctly.

[@naclvine]

Happy 10 years! Some of the weirdest random things I know are from watching these videos

[@sephirothjc]

I gotta ask, is there any food that doesn't destroy the environment in some way?

[@sillygoosetaur]

well its more the quantity and use, not the food itself

[@sephirothjc]

@@sillygoosetaur sure but there still 7 billion of us, it's always going to be a massive quantity

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Happy 10 years, Ted-ed!

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Happy 10 years ted ed

[@jimmysgameclips]

4:20 it's given to cows for beef. Remove the beef and then you're left with more than enough land for crop production for humans

[@lezheibr]

animals do not eat soybeans but the waste from the production of soybean oil for humans (soybean meal), i.e. 3/4 of the plant, not 3/4 of the global soy.

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1 decade old channel! Congrats

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I've been watching 1 video every morning I've learned a lot from you and of course an eye opener too happy 10th anniversary 😁

[@GoddessxEbony]

Daggumit Ford! I appreciate the versatility, but I developed a soy allergy in my teen years and now I cannot mess around. What's interesting is the .3 % allergy reported. I feel like it should be higher. Additionally, soy supposedly increases estrogen in the body, and I personally have a major reaction to the point of having an arthritic and or asthmatic response

[@DegreesOfThree]

Definitely a correlation between seed oil consumption and chronic illnesses across the board.

[@thenovicenovelist]

I wish they had addressed the estrogen part. I have PCOS and I keep reading mixed things about whether or not soy products will cause harm or not.

[@dipteeshukla7]

"The ingredient in almost everything you eat..." me: ohh is it salt- - - *watches a video on soybeans* me: MY WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE

[@Ginger_Hrn]

Ted-ed: soy is used in everything. Salt: Am I a joke to you?

[@reinpare8596]

Happy 10th Year anniversary Ted Ed! Here's to 10 years of being my childhood comfort.And here's to more years of making more videos.

[@rajveersingh2056]

Salt? Water?

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Happy 10th anniversary TED!

[@jamiesprinkbob]

knowing that ted ed has been making educational videos on some of the most obscure questions imaginable and explaining them in perfect bite size pieces for 10 YEARS makes me so happy :) here's to another 10!

[@jamiesprinkbob]

i dont know how to feel that my biggest flex is ted ed liking my comment

[@greypoint000]

So what you're telling me is, Ford was the OG Soy boy? Interesting

[@thesudaneseprince9675]

This video at 1:11 is kind of funny now, ironic how an American capitalist that the person speaking would likely admire was the instigator of the food that created "soy boys" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmTaZoGritiCp5o (Content warning: Includes some pretty vile calls sent to election workers of the US during the most recent US election)

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[@isidrayosores6661]

Ted ed: what is the ingredient in almost all food you eat? Me: wait i eat?

[@PabloEmanuel96]

Only one critique: the soybean leaves are not like that, they have a compound leaf, made of three sheets

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@blookarakal4417]

You forgot that soy is also indirectly consumed by feeding it to livestock that are then eaten

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Love is the only thing baked into every meal in my home.

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Happy 10th Ted Ed!

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Happy 10th birthday TED-Ed! 💕

[@shreyanshtiwari4399]

TedEd: The indgrident in almost everything you eat. Me as an intellectual: Ofcourse, Salt TedEd: You are dead wrong

[@superdude4383]

My guess was corn

[@infernalstan886]

Pretty sure more than 0.3% of people have a soy allergy, it's just most have mild reactions and there's not much soy in most processed foods so it can often go unnoticed. Then when many of these people cut out soy, their health improves and they think soy is bad for a reason other than it was giving them an allergic reaction

[@xXNekou]

But around 3/4 of world's soy production goes to feed live stock (which is unsustainable) :C

[@lezheibr]

animals do not eat soybeans but the waste from the production of soybean oil for humans (soybean meal), i.e. 3/4 of the plant, not 3/4 of the global soy.

[@davidsicca2352]

Sorry to disappoint, but amazonian rain forest has not being deflorestated because soy. In Brazil soy is cropped in the south of the country, not in the northern part where the amazon forest is situ.

[@DegreesOfThree]

TED rarely gets anything right. No surprise there.

[@joyl7842]

I'm surprised there is no mention of the high concentration of isoflavones in soy, which mimics human estrogen and can therefore influence health adversely.

[@somecat22]

Because that isn't real science and has been debunked. Be more concernced with the actual mammalian estrogen in milk.

[@FedJimSmith]

so that means, since it's almost on every food, shouldn't buy a separate soy drinks?

[@donovandownes5064]

"The ingredient in almost everything you eat" Water: "am I a joke to you?"

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Yay 10 years!

[@solarmoth4628]

Happy birthday Ted-Ed. 🎉

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

Salt: That's okay don't mind me. *Feelin salty*

[@thenovicenovelist]

I thought it was going to be salt too.

[@christosgeorgiafentis4825]

It's good to know its not High Fructose Corn Syrup for once.

[@KonKon-xt1iq]

Yeah right, and what about being a GMO product?

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Ted-Ed teaching me stuff i didn't even know,i wanted to learn about 🙂