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Can Eating Soy Cause Iron Deficiency?
A typical criticism of high soy vegetarian diets is based on concerns about
anemia, a condition known to most doctors. This potential iron
deficiency-causing condition may be cause for concern. Dietary iron and
serum ferritin levels (in healthy people, most iron is stored as ferritin,
an estimated 70% in men and 80% in women) and smaller amounts, stored as
hemosiderin, were measured in a group of Chinese vegetarian and
non-vegetarian students. A major characteristic of the vegetarian diet was
the replacement of meat by soybean products. Dietary iron was similar in
both groups of men, but was significantly higher in female vegetarians than
in non-vegetarians. However, the median plasma ferritin concentration was
about 50% lower in the vegetarians of both sexes than in the
non-vegetarians. Although the men did not show evidence of iron depletion,
the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency were 30% and 50%, respectively,
in these female vegetarians. These values were more than twice as high as
those for the non-vegetarian women. We believe that, consumed to excess, soy
has many potential anti-nutrient effects. A good resource article on this
subject is: "Implications of Anti-nutritional Components in Soybean Foods",
by Irvin E. Liener.
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