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Soumi answered on
Dec 01 2020
Running Head: NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOY ON MEN 1
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOY ON MEN 2
HEALTHCARE
ARTICLE ON THE DIFFERENT NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOY ON MEN
Soy or commonly known as soya bean is a type of leguminous pulse that mainly grows in the eastern parts of Asia. It is a high supplement of protein, increasing protein content in the body for its growth and build. It is fat-free, which is why it is more popular among the men, especially, who are involved in body-building. However, as argued by Kraemer et al. (2013), the consumption of soy protein, as a protein supplement, can lead to many ill effects such as lower responses of the sex hormones, such as testosterone in them and blunted response of cortisol.
Since soy protein helps in gaining body mass and bone weight within very less time span; therefore, as stated by Lesinski et al. (2015), people are consuming it more commonly, in the form of supplementary food or drink. Muscles are built strong with the action of the protein molecules directly supplied into the muscle cells, which has been proven to be quite helpful for body builders. However, one cannot deny that despite the benefits, the consumption of soy protein, along with other protein supplements such as whey protein; impose a number of negative impacts on the hormonal health of the men. The levels of sex hormones such as testosterone decrease in such men a
uptly.
On the other hand, as argued by Ahn-Jarvis et al. (2015), soy protein also alters the physiological responses within them, which are otherwise, the developmental responses of the exercises that such body building men do. Similarly, soy also has the disadvantage to disrupt the levels of estrogen in men, which is often neglected because it is e
oneously considered only as a female hormone and men usually do not consider the fact that they also do possess some amount of estrogen in their body, although in a very less amount.
However, as argued by Camacho et al. (2016), it is to be noted that although in smaller quantity, estrogen does play a very important role in the male body for development. It is usually neglected that when a person...