Monday, January 23, 2006

 

Growing Fan Base For Soy

While the popularity of dairy milk still has its four legs planted firmly on the ground, another milk, actually planted in the ground, is growing in acceptance.

Welcome to the joy of soy.

“There has definitely been an increase in interest in soy milk,” said Terri Gleason, manager of Wegman's Nature's Market, of Auburn. “It's been growing steadily since '77 when Nature's Market opened.”

There are soy chips, soy cereals, soy crisps, soy nuts, soy powder, soy paste and, for desert: soy ice-cream.

“People in general are being more conscious of the health benefits,” Gleason said. “With dairy milk, the cows have hormone injections and there are hormones in the feed they eat.”

Representatives from Natur-Tyme, a health food store in Syracuse, say some doctors have begun suggesting soy capsules as an alternative for hormone replacement therapy, because they no longer feel confident prescribing estrogen. They say the flavones genistein and daidzen can be harmful, since hormone levels vary with every woman.

A recent magazine article purporting a relation between soy and the lessoning of “hot-flashes” and incidents of breast cancer occurring with Japanese women, failed to recognize that Japanese women eat large quantities of seaweed and seafood, which contain iodine, which in turn can produce a balancing effect on the thyroid.

“A lot of times, it is because people are allergic to dairy milk,” said Mary Ryan, floor manager of Natur-Tyme. “Also, vegans won't eat anything from animals.”

Quality soy product names are Silk, Miso, and Tempeh, she said, adding, “Ice cream made of soy is very tasty.”

Sipping a soy latte from Wegman's, Patsy Heisler, of Auburn, said “I enjoy the flavor, and the health benefits for women.”

“I was raised a vegetarian so I've been eating tofu and using soy all my life, so now my kids are vegetarian,” said her mother Sue Heisler, adding, “Eighth Continent chocolate soy milk is really good.”

Continued at Auburnpub.com

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