The harm of drinking soy milk for a long time for men

Soy milk is a food with high nutritional value. It is mainly made from soybeans and contains a lot of protein and trace elements. It is more suitable for drinking in the morning. Soy milk contains a certain amount of estrogen. Men should not drink too much of it on a normal day. It has a spermicidal effect, but it is suitable for women to drink. It can regulate the endocrine system and supplement hormones such as progesterone.

Is it OK for men to drink soy milk?

The nutritional value and efficacy of soy milk are almost comparable to those of milk, so it is also called "plant milk". It contains 6 times more iron than milk. Although the protein it contains is not as high as milk, its absorption rate in the human body can reach 85%. Soy milk is suitable for women because it contains rich plant estrogen "isoflavonoids", which can replace the receptor position of estrogen in the female body, regulate hormone levels, and reduce the risk of hormone-related cancers, such as reducing the possibility of breast cancer in women.

The isoflavones in soy milk have certain physiological effects on the estrogen receptors in women, and men also have certain estrogen receptors in their bodies. Similarly, it should be possible to prove that the isoflavones in soy milk can also have beneficial physiological effects on men, such as reducing the occurrence of prostate cancer.

Excluding the benefits of soy milk on men's physiological effects, from the nutritional value and efficacy of soy milk alone, it is also good for men to drink more soy milk. Because soy milk is an ideal food for preventing and treating diseases such as high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and arteriosclerosis; drinking more fresh soy milk can prevent Alzheimer's disease and asthma; soy milk is more effective than milk in regulating anemia patients, and drinking hot soy milk to supplement plant protein can enhance people's disease resistance.

Will drinking soy milk kill sperm in men?

Soy milk does contain a certain amount of phytoestrogen "isoflavonoids", which can regulate hormone levels, reduce the risk of hormone-related cancers, and have a certain auxiliary effect on preventing female breast cancer. However, the biological activity of phytohormones in soy milk is only one thousandth of that of drug estrogen. As long as the dose is not large, it is impossible to reverse the hormone balance and affect male sexual characteristics or the normal development of boys. Therefore, there is no need to worry that men will become very feminine after drinking soy milk.

As for the saying that drinking soy milk will kill sperm for men, experts say this is a misconception. Studies have found that dietary phytoestrogen soy isoflavones are good for protecting the integrity of sperm DNA and preventing damage. Another study showed that even high doses of soy isoflavones (daily intake of soy isoflavones exceeding 150 mg, and some people even reach 900 mg/day) will not affect the amount of semen and sperm quality in men. It can be seen that there is currently no sufficient research to prove that soy milk will kill sperm or affect male reproductive ability.

Will men become impotent if they drink soy milk?

Experts say that the plant hormones in soy milk are mainly soy isoflavones, and the isoflavone content is not high. The daily intake of soy isoflavones is only 105-175 mg. There is no need to worry about this dosage level reacting with the male hormones in the male body. It is impossible to reverse the hormone balance in the male body and affect the normal physiological function of male sexual characteristics. On the contrary, if men drink soy milk in moderation, the soy protein they ingest can reduce the expression of androgen receptors in the male prostate, which is beneficial to prevent the occurrence of prostate cancer in men.

In addition to preventing prostate cancer, studies have found that eating soy products in moderation can also prevent osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, gastric cancer, lung cancer and other diseases. In general, drinking soy milk and eating soy products in moderation are also very beneficial to men.

Things to note when men drink soy milk

Soy milk is rich in nutrients and is an ideal food for preventing and treating diseases such as high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and arteriosclerosis. Drinking more fresh soy milk on a regular basis can also prevent Alzheimer's disease and asthma. In addition, soy milk is more effective than milk in the conditioning of anemic patients. Drinking hot soy milk to supplement plant protein can enhance people's disease resistance. Although soy milk is good, it must be consumed scientifically. The following are the precautions for drinking soy milk.

1. Avoid drinking uncooked soy milk: Uncooked soy milk contains toxic substances, which can cause protein metabolism disorders, easily cause diarrhea and vomiting, and even cause symptoms of poisoning.

2. Avoid excessive intake: Drinking too much soy milk at one time will double the protein intake, which can easily cause protein indigestion, abdominal distension, diarrhea and other adverse reactions.

3. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach: If you drink soy milk on an empty stomach, the protein in the soy milk will be converted into calories and consumed in the body, and it cannot fully play a tonic role. This not only causes a waste of protein, but also leads to nutritional imbalance in the body, thereby increasing the burden on the digestive and urinary systems.

4. Avoid mixing soy milk with brown sugar: Brown sugar contains organic acids, which will combine with the protein in soy milk to form precipitates, which will destroy the nutritional components of the soy milk and the precipitates are not easy to digest.

5. Avoid beating eggs in soy milk: Eggs contain mucus protein, which will combine with the trypsin in soy milk to produce a substance that cannot be absorbed by the human body, thereby destroying the body's absorption of soy milk nutrients.

6. Avoid drinking soy milk with medicines: Some medicines will destroy the nutrients in soy milk, such as tetracycline, erythromycin and other antibiotics.

7. Avoid using thermos bottles: In winter, many people use thermos bottles to store soy milk that they cannot finish at one time. However, there are substances in soy milk that can remove scale in thermos bottles. Under suitable temperature conditions, the bacteria in the bottle will multiply rapidly using the soy milk as nutrients, and the soy milk will become sour and spoiled after 3-4 hours.

8. Patients with certain diseases should not drink soy milk: For example, patients with acute gastritis and chronic superficial gastritis should not eat soy products, otherwise it will stimulate excessive gastric acid secretion and aggravate the condition, or cause gastrointestinal bloating. People with gastric ulcers should also eat less. Patients with stone disease and gout should not drink soy milk either, because the oxalate in beans can combine with calcium in the kidneys, easily forming stones, and aggravating the symptoms of kidney stones. In addition, soybeans are rich in hydrophilic purines, which are the root cause of gout, so gout patients should not drink soy milk either.