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You should always cut back on dairy products, such as cheese milk etc. My understansing it has to do with estrogen, but i am sure there are more on site with more experience.What are your thoughts? I love milk think its ok to drink while keeping my diet clean? I usually drink skim milk.
Thanks!
Not sure about regular milk, but soy milk contains phytoestrogens that increases the estrogen levels in our bodies. So I keep clear of soy.
/V
Vic is absolutely correct. Soy is our enemy when on gear. Stay away from Soy milk and soy based protein powder.
and how do i know the food i eat ir what i drink doesnt contain soy...!
most of whey proteins contain soy...!
So what I'm getting from this is regular milk is ok as it contains whey and casein and not soy which is what actually raises estrogen?
Actually nuts, legumes, soy, beer and flax are all good sources of phytoestrogens. And nuts have the most. Soy just gets the bad press.
I'm curious about the relative proportions here. I don't know too many people for whom flax or beer comprises the majority of their intake, but I know a great many vegetarians who consume a substantial serving of soy with every meal.
I was just referring to amounts of estrogen relative to a unit of volume/weight. And, I would argue that a vegetarian who derives their protein from one source is not a healthy vegetarian. Kinda like the vegetarian who lives off of cheese pizza, soda, candy and french fries and thinks they are healthy.
But, there are a lot of people who eat of lot of nuts, and drink beer and have no idea of the amounts of estrogen in them (which I don't think is an issue at all), and then won't touch soy milk cause it has estrogen in it. Unless you are eating shit loads of these products, it's nothing to worry about.
Indeed - I believe the term is "pasta-tarian". They're the same ones who eschew HFCS, but use agave syrup as a sweetener - while agave is neither a natural sweetener, nor healthy: some agave syrups are 90% fructose! You'd be better off using table sugar!Kinda like the vegetarian who lives off of cheese pizza, soda, candy and french fries and thinks they are healthy.
And that's what I was getting at, so thank you for that. I don't think too many bodybuilders are eating nuts by the jar and drinking beer by the case - but I do see a great many vegetarians who overconsume soy. I've moderated on a vegetarian bodybuilding board; it's something I've seen far too often.
Indeed - I believe the term is "pasta-tarian". They're the same ones who eschew HFCS, but use agave syrup as a sweetener - while agave is neither a natural sweetener, nor healthy: some agave syrups are 90% fructose! You'd be better off using table sugar!
When on a bulk diet i drink full fat vit D milk!!!
Need those extra calories. Just my 2 cents