Soy Neurotoxicity?
BilZ0r
BilZ0r at TAKETHISOUThotmail.com
Fri Aug 8 23:12:41 EST 2003
>> Laughing dementedly? ;)
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> Maybe. Depends on the dose.
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> Genestein and diadzin, the main phytoestrogens in soy, are tyrosine
> kinase inhibitors. This blocks protein synthesis, which is good when
> it is stopping tumor growth in low to moderate doses, and bad when it
> kill brain cells in the substantia nigra and hippocampus, with larger
> doses.
>
I didn't know estrogen antagonists could do that...
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