On Thu, 13 May 1999 12:46:10 -0400, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 May 1999 04:56:47 GMT, Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>On Tue, 11 May 1999 14:01:10 +0200, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>>   2.Humans secrete phytase (and occasionally consume it), which is
>>>> [...]
>>
>>This sort of quote is pointless without both the context and the source.
>
>Sorry Ken, I forgot to include the source for this quoting. It's from
>a link included in D'Adamo's website, the faq at:
> http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sshapiro/ER4YT/FAQ.html
> (down question No. 38)
>
>And i found the phytase implications (especially that it could
>convert phytin into inositol) rather interesting.

You did not include the entire Question No. 38; the rest of it is somewhat
misleading, so I reproduce it below with comments:

>5. Countries with high soy consumption have great mineral profiles (the Japanese have one of the lowest rates of Osteoporosis).

I really dislike the use of populations of 50 million people to support any
particular question.    The Japanese also have the highest rate of comic book
reading (at all ages) - perhaps the comic book ink has some effect on their
mineral profile? :-) :-)   Clearly, soy is not the only difference between the
Japanese and other cultures.    For example, the biggest preventer of
osteoporosis is exercise.

>Soy actively makes bones stronger (Medical studies)

Which medical studies?

>There is no evidence of adverse mineral problems in humans, only speculation circulated in some circles (usually nutritionally unqualified individuals).

Are Enig and Fallon nutritionally unqualified individuals?   I don't think so -
I think they amongst the top experts in nutrition.

>Overall, soy has been linked with long life spans, and reduced disease. If you were deficient in minerals this wouldn't be the case.

Linked how?

In the Oriental cultures where soy has been eaten long enough to be linked with
long life spans, it is usually eaten in combination with other foods,
particularly fish broth.   Clearly fish broth is high in some minerals,
especially calcium.   Perhaps that practiced started due to some experience with
soy eaten on its own...

I know this may have been oblique to your point, but I thought I would point out
that simply because something is in a FAQ doesn't necessarily make it accurate.


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Cheers,

Ken                         <*>
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