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  • insanemantis@lemmy.world
    29·
    23 hours ago

    When my dad didn’t know better when I was a little kid, I told him how curious I was to try soy milk after seeing it in a kids’ show

    He told me to never drink it because then I’ll start growing boobs

    • Pegajace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 hours ago

      What really annoys me about this one is that if there really was a drink that would make you grow breasts, surely it would be regular milk, no? The fluid secreted from the mammary glands of post-partum female mammals?

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-there-a-soy-milk-estrogen-connection#benefits

        soy isoflavones act similarly to estrogen within the body

        It’s not entirely unfounded. but the effect is pretty low.

        however: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19496976/

        Results: After the intake of cow milk, serum estrone (E1) and progesterone concentrations significantly increased, and serum luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and testosterone significantly decreased in men. Urine concentrations of E1, estradiol, estriol and pregnanediol significantly increased in all adults and children. In four out of five women, ovulation occurred during the milk intake, and the timing of ovulation was similar among the three menstrual cycles.

        cow’s milk does absolutely mess with prepubescent kids bodies