I know that Rice Milk doesn’t pack the protein punch of soy or almond milk, but how does it fare nutritionally? Better or worse than soy?

Thanks for the very informational blog! )

Along dietary lines, I’ve just written a post discussing meat-eating, ethical and health issues surrounding it, and I’ve tried to offer some perspective as an omnivore-in-decline-towards-vegetariani sm. Would you please check it out? I’d love to get a little more variation in my reader base. Thanks!

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The problem with soy is that when you go vegetarian, or more specifically vegan its one of the cheapest most bio-available forms of protein. As such it tends to become a sole source, it avoids the muscle wasting that lack of protein causes, but it does throw off the estrogen/testosterone balance.

Plant estrogen does convert to human estrogen (how, I’m honestly not sure) but in such minute quantities that a little soy isn’t bad at all, actually it is a healthy alternative for those who are lactose intolerant. But yes, too much soy isn’t good for anyone.

Hopefully the FDA will get past both the soy and the supplement lobby(s) and force some long term independent studies on the subject. They have already implemented a program that forces supplement manufacturers to accurately measure the amounts of the substances they claim to be in their products. It proves nothing about the effectiveness of said products but it is a step in the right direction.