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RE: Food for thought: The common household ingredient that scientists claim is WORSE for you than sugar.
Soy isn't de facto harmful. Phytoestrogens help to replace the increased us of estrogens in the body that cause problems. The body uses phytoestrogens instead of estrogens. Excessive estrogen in the body is the problem. Estrogens in chemicals in water is a problem. The original soy protein is not bad. Isolated soy protein isn't so good. Soy is not the demon that many claim it is.
"Soy boy" is just an insulting phrase to demean someone, not something real.
Read more about how estrogen works in the body.
http://www.spiritofchange.org/alternative-health/The-Ecology-Of-Estrogen-In-The-Female-Body/
Actually there's plenty of studies that show benifits and problems with soy.
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/79/2/183/4690079
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein/
Who's right? I don't know.
I do know soy isn't a natural food source. The Chinese used it as a spice like couple thousand years ago but it wasn't a main staple of their diet like it is today. It's hard to find a food product that doesn't contain soy it's all over the place now and the way they process soy to make it edible is not very healthy for ya either.
https://www.cornucopia.org/2010/11/dirty-little-secret-in-the-natural-foods-industry-toxic-chemical-use/
What is a natural food source? Isn't it anything that actually grows in nature? That phrase doesn't seem to hold valid meaning when applied to a plant that is a source of food and comes from nature. The way they process soy has issues, but the phytoestrogens aren't the issue themselves, they are beneficial to take the place of excess estrogens that do mess with the body. Estrogen is a hormone, and too much or little of it has effects on our physiology.