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    Before a lengthy discussion takes off: red meat causes colon cancer. And it is a climate killer. And the cows don’t like the entire idea either.

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      And The fact, that oral estrogen is the least effective way of taking estrogen. Additionally its also the application form which cause the highest strain on the body, due to all the estrogen having to be processed by the liver just for most of the estrogen to not reach the blood at all.

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      Right? I can think of a few people who would want to live on soy if it worked.

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    Note to remember: an entrenched belief has never been changed with anything less than a primary source, and even then it’s rare.

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    Soy may have protein, but boy does it taste like shit. Pulses, lentils, legumes, even just wheat is better in my opinion.

    But textured soy, prepared in the chaap fashion, is fucking delicious. Chicken does not even come close.

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    This comment section is full of “cow-tits-sucking-contest enjoyers”. Be aware of that.

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    I pointed this out and just got “nu uh” and “well the plants have more, and it does affect you!”

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      tbf you’d need to drink a fuckton of milk for it to meaningfully feminize you lol (by my calculations, more than 900000 glasses a day, but i may be wrong on the details)

      same goes for soy milk, really. even if phytoestrogens had an effect you’d need to drink ungodly amounts of milk to see anything, especially if you don’t also take antiandrogens

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        Don’t know what to tell you, you’re in a vegan community

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        This is just a description of when I pointed it out to friends who buy the “soy makes you effeminate” bullshit. Not sure what you think I’m preaching.

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    Phytoestrogens absolutely bind to estrogen receptors and do affect the body. While not as potent, it still mimics estrogen.

    The comparison here is like saying psilocin doesn’t bind to serotonin receptors because it isn’t serotonin.

    Since any other reference probably wouldn’t work here, have one from one of those holistic medicine places: https://denverholisticmedicine.com/blog/2018/5/17/phytoestrogens-friend-or-foe

    You shouldn’t need to spread misinformation to promote a hobby.

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      I agree with your first point and I really dislike the amount of misinformation flowing around on both sides, but spending even a little time online will show that is just humans being humans on any topic.

      Since any other reference probably wouldn’t work here, have one from one of those holistic medicine places

      I’m not sure if I’m reading it right, but are you saying that people here, so vegans, don’t trust normal scientific evidence and are only here to reinforce their beliefs by excluding proper evidence? That sounds kind of patronising and implies people are only vegan because of their biased world view instead of proper ethics and science.

      […] to promote a hobby.

      This also sounds dismissive of veganism and rude towards people that try their best to reduce harm in a part of their life. Vegans do it because they see it as necessary to live ethically consistent. This is not something done for ✨fun✨.

      I would recommend leaving these unnecessary remarks out of your comments if you want to address misinformation such as in this post more effectively while also coming off more respectful.

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        We all know science understanding can only happen when you eat brains and plants don’t have brains but I shouldn’t expect a vegan to understand that since they haven’t eaten any brains recently

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        You’re defending a patronizing meme and demanding respect where there was none to begin with.

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          I’m not defending the meme at all. I agreed with the point immediately in the first sentence. I just interpreted the tone of some remarks to be a bit condescending and gave a recommendation based on my opinion on that. Do with it what you want. I’m not here to force any view onto you.

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        Our points were the same? The meme states that phytoestrogens “don’t effect the body because you aren’t a plant”, which is absolutely false.

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    So uh, what are the effects of this cow Estrogen? I can imagine it is not so straight-forward as it seems, and has unfortunate side-effects.

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    I eat a lot of soy protein and it definitely seems to help my estrogen levels. Not by much (like turn you into a woman) but it definitely helps.

    Men need estrogen, anyways.