OMG... I'm so mad! Should I even respond to this??? (re: Soy debate)
I had 8 extra cans of soy formula that I was selling in the paper.
And I recieved this email from this woman below with ALL kinds of attached "info"
Should I even bother responding???? I feeling like telling her, "Look, I actually breastfed my son for 16 months.... and FYI ALL formula is bad becuz of the corn syrup and the fact that it isn't breast milk. SOY had nothing to do with it. Furthermore we drink soymilk every day. The book by Dr. Kaayla Daniels The Whole Soy Story was published by a publishing house which publishes pro-dairy industry books if you'd like to know... and do you know how bad MILK is for you???"
I'm just fuming.
It will eat me if if I don't say something
I WANT to email her back and advise HER to read things like the china study, eat to live, and diet for a new america.... all RE dairy!!!!!!!!! You know??? And why shouldn't I? I just can't articulate it all when I am so mad!!!! Can anyone help by laying it all out in a clear way for me?
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Hello,
I saw in the , that you had your son on Soy formula. I wanted to contact you because I'm not sure if your aware of the side affects soy can cause. I will attach some information that you can read & below is the e-mail I wrote to Dr. Kaayla Daniels, author of, The Whole Soy Story, who along with many other doctors are trying to stop Soy formula from even being produced. In the e-mail you can get a brief history of what our family is going through. I'm also learning that other military families have had problems with side affects from soy formula and soy milk. I don't want to scare you if your not aware, but I do want to be of help and to provide you with as much information as possible because I don't want your son ending up like my nephew, soy is horrible for boys. Please feel free to contact me by e-mail or phone , we are stationed at Ramstein AFB in Germany if you are also in Germany.
Soy is not what people think it is and is being provided in WIC programs and now being distributed to 3rd world countrys as food for babies and infants.
Please e-mail me if you have any concerns or questions,
Amy Hesse
Dr. Daniels,
Thank you for investigating and sharing your knowledge of the effects of soy consumption on our children. I’m writing to you because my nephew has been severally harmed by consuming soy for many years. This situation has been stressful for my sister and that is why I’m writing instead. My sister has begun legal research into starting a class action lawsuit and we have come in contact with Johnson Lawrence Law offices in New Zealand, Mr. Roger Chapman, who you may know. We are looking to find other children who have been harmed by consuming soy. Not for money, though a high dollar suit could get the worlds attention, but for the soy industry to finally be truthful about the effects of feeding soy to our children.
My nephew, Carson, was breast feed until he was 10 months. Then we learned that he was lactose intolerant and that is when he began drinking soy formula then milk. He will be six years old this August. My sister and her husband are a military family and have had different doctors for every change of station, which was often. When Carson was 2 or 3, my sister started asking why his reproductive organs we so small, the doctors said that it’s normal for that age. Carson’s speech was extremely delayed and we blamed it on several ear infections, but I think that soy has played a role in his speech problems. I have only one article that mentions soy could affect speech and I’m searching for more information.
Later, and most recently, Carson has tested below average in school and labeled "delayed" by the state of Florida public school system. My sister was reluctant to give in to the idea of Carson being put into a special class and decided to fly to Colorado to seek the help of a doctor who was recommended by our aunt, who was cured from fibromyalgia. Dr. Smith examined Carson for several days. Carson’s liver was 5 times larger then normal and diagnosed Carson’s problems from the high consumption of soy. I believe the high levels of manganese in soy have caused Carson to have ADD/ADHD-cognitive learning difficulties and thus causing low testing.
Since, Carson’s examination in February, he has not been consuming soy and his family members and educators have seen a dramatic change in his learning, behavior and speech.
I’m helping my sister tackle this project not only because I love my nephew very much and I’m an eye witness to his conditions, but my daughter was on soy formula from six weeks to 14 months old. I’m terrified of the affects both my nephew and my daughter will endure in the future.
I want the soy industry to come clean and admit that there can be harmful affects and the FDA to recognize the industry’s reframing of soy being the “healthy alternative” to milk and warn consumers. They have successfully campaigned a harmful product to be safe and I want our family, with the help of others, to put a stop to the lies.
I’m writing to you for your help, some information and hopefully some guidance.
Amy Hesse
Wow, lots of responses. :)
I should say when I wrote this post I had JUST read the email and I was so >:( about the soy issue hitting me in the face again. Not about her so much.
Yes, I totally think she was trying to be helpful, genuinely concern and not looking for a fight. And no, a fight isn't what I want. It's just that her 'advice' was unsolicited. Selling extra formula is common in our community and I don't contact people selling milk-based formula even though I think milk is bad. Right?
I feel like if she contacted me, she will contact people in the future (who may not be as knowledgeable about soy and nutrition) and I should at least let her know that she has based her opinion on some one-sided research, that has been promoted by the dairy industry. Not that "NO, SOY IS GOOD LADY!" Just, "Hey, maybe if you are interested in finding out about health problems related to food, maybe look at these books and websites...."
I don't feel offended by her email, just that somehow it's my duty to at least inform her that she is sharing one-sided information with strangers. Maybe that will make her think twice about contacting people so freely with her "evidence" ??
I think it's important to note (to you guys, not to her) that this is not HER son but her nephew (who doesn't even live near her) that's some real first hand info! LOL
My husband just laughed and said blow it off.
I think I'm all vented out though. I did that by posting here. ;) I still don't know what to do... I think being pregnant just made me super touchy about the whole thing!
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No, of course, I did not intend to upset anyone with the formula is bad statement, as should be obvious, I mean, I also fed my son formula!
You're right, ALL formula is not bad. But corn syrup solids are a major ingredient in most formulas. I guess it depends on how you feel about corn syrup and introduction of it at such a young age. Maybe I should have said corn syrup is bad...??
I understand when formula a necessity!!! Or even just as a choice... in my case it was just very helpful, my son was 99th percentile in height and weight for a 3.5 year old at 15 months (that's a 40 lb, 3 foot tall 15 month old!!) and just too large and wiggly to BF anymore and allergic to dairy. If I use formula again, (and we probably will since we're not letting this next kid drink milk ever) I will be sure to get an organic soy, corn syrup-free one like this http://www.naturesone.com/soy-ingredients.php (which unfortunately was not the one we used to use, BTW)
So, I guess what I meant to say was not that formula-feeding was bad, just that most formulas available on the market (as with most packaged foods) aren't up to snuff, IMO, nutritionally for infants. I hope this changes (or lessens) the offensiveness of my statement (?) :-\
Oh and we don't have food banks here (the German ones probably wouldn't take baby food labeled in English), the price I'm 'selling' the formula for is basically the cost of packing and shipping.
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