There are foods and drinks that according to the FDA and NIH are classified as "Endocrine Disruptors" meaning capable of causing DNA damage, and cell mutations. Especially during fetal and infant development these endocrine disruptors cause developmental damage, including brain damaging effects.
Soy is in fact a proven estrogenic endocrine disruptor and classified as such by the FDA and NIH.
Two most important questions regarding autistic children must be urgently addressed:
1. Was there maternal consumption of soy foods or beverages during fetal development?
2. Was baby fed infant formula containing soy, and/or soy foods?
Your response may (or may not) lead to specific scientific research into soy endocrine disrupting compounds and relationship to the cause of autism.
i had never heard that about
i had never heard that about soy! and i know for a fact that when i was preggo with my son i did not eat soy because i am allergic. but he did have only soy formula for the first 12 months of his life because they thought he was allergic to milk. wich he is not! so if soy did this to him i would be shocked. where did you here ar read about this soy relationship. i would love to read about it.
I do not think a single
I do not think a single person from the United States can state they know 100% that they consumed absolutely zero soy. Restaurants now use soy oils to cook, and soy is found in many products at the store that would suprise some people. I was a senior in High School when I got pregnant and I ate school food containing soy. My son was born lactose intolerant, which is common in my family, and was put on Soy Formula. I do not think it is possible for a pregnant woman not to eat anything with no soy. I think we keep looking for someone or something to blame for the increase in Autism. Maybe I am the only one, but perhaps I do not want to know what caused my son to be the way he is. Perhaps I do not want to take the blame for eating the wrong foods or having him immunized as a baby. Yes there has to be a reason there is such a drastc increase of ASD children, but I do not think it is just one factor in why my son is how he is...