👗Soy Phytoestrogen

There is an argument going around claiming soybeans are harmful. The argument takes a variety of forms, but generally revolves around the concept of phytoestrogen, claiming that it will affect you like estrogen does. However, phytoestrogens doesn't work on your body like mammalian estrogen because you aren't a plant. At least, I'm guessing you aren't. This 41-study analysis found soy has no effect on male reproductive hormones, sperm-count, or muscle gains. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623820302926 In reality, soybeans are just beans. Extremely healthy beans, at that. Which is why they became a target for demonization. Such a useful bean to being vegan is a direct threat to the animal agriculture industry, and to people experiencing cognitive dissonance.

🍃Phytochemicals