Meat-eaters seem to have an issue with soy.
Tofu, tempeh, soy milk, soy ice cream — whatever form it comes in, they’ll have something to say about it.
Latching onto tenuous facts, expounding upon disproven rumors and proliferating statistics to favor their own cause, carnivores continue to feed the belief that soy is bad.
The multitude of reasons ranges from causing breast cancer to causing breasts in men, the destruction of the rainforests to the destruction of our bone density and many more. Barely dipping a toe on the ocean of proven research and study, meat-eaters cherry-pick information while remaining tragically myopic to the bigger picture.
So, what is their beef with soy? Is it good or bad, and do any of these rumors actually stand up to the facts? Let’s take a look:
Soy vs. the Rainforest
FACT: Soy is in fact leading to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. The process diminishes the carbon sponge of old-growth forests and releases more CO₂ into the atmosphere.
TRUTH: Only six percent of soy grown is used in human food and beverage products, with 24 percent converted into soybean oil. And the remaining lion’s share? Over 70 percent of all soy grown, particularly in the Amazon, is used to feed livestock for the meat industry [1].
