Soy

Soy milk or soy formula...

What are your opinions?

Oh sorry I was meaning more about the whole soy debate.

Not that I worded it very well...expecting people to be mind readers LOL

Not that i really know anything about it , but i thimk the reason they dont like boys on soy has something to do with hormones and something in the soy being like estrogen or something and causing problems.   

I think, and I could be wrong

Ah hahaha

Yeah i heard it has extra estrogen, and i know a lot of people that would never think about soy or put their children on it for that reason alone.
But for those who cant have anything else - well do you stay on the elemental based formula or go to soy and hope one day to get off it or... do you just not give your child milk

Read this and this.

Soy is a poison. It is originally from the asian area. They would only feed it to their cows as an absoloute last resort as they knew it was poison. For themselves they only used to use it to make miso soup as when it is fermented it looses all the bad stuff. If you ever get radiation sickness then Miso soup will bind with the radiation and take it out of your body.

I wouldnt touch it with a barge pole.

Well, it can't be that bad a poison. I'm a little doubtful it is. I had a little baby possum when I was a kid (my brother shot the Mum and took pity on it). I reared him exclusively on soy milk because marsupials can't process lactose well. Not only did he grow up to be a big healthy possum, he was also a male possum and was decidedly a healthy male possum. OK, so it's not a human (although neither are cows), and it's just a one-off not any kind of controlled experiment, but I kind of thought poisons, um, poisoned you. Like if I'd tried to bring the possum up on alcohol or something.

In saying that, with the questions round soy, I would at least think about using soy formula, specially as Jacobs a boy. I don't use formula, so no need to look into it further, but I would have if needed.

Edited by Hopes

Kel is there not enough other forms of protein you can offer him?

i hear dsoy was real bad too, apparently the only way to eat soy is to have the bean itself, otherwise its not good. i cant remember why tho and dont have time to look at the article altho i will later as would be interested, cuz if we need to get E on a dairy-free formula i guess the only options are goats milk or soy and iw as thinking goats milk but need to know if i am comfy with soy if that seems the only option. that is if my BM does not last!!

Anakk, that is exactly what I want to hear but from a boys POV!

I also have problems with soy, I get asthma from it so I'm not overly keen to grow him on that.

Babe, he's eating meats but not in great quantities, they also want he weight up & an easy source is via milk or milk substitute. He refuses kidney beans, unless I puree them & hide it in mince but that's not enough. He can't have chickepeas until we re challenge them.

It's also to do with what milk do I use in his baking. Oat works but doesn't have enough protein.