Just when you thought it was safe to eat tofu.

Jesus Christ. On a pogo stick.

Should we worry about soya in our food?

Tuesday July 25, 2006
The Guardian

For Dr Mike Fitzpatrick, the saga of soya began in Monty Python-style with a dead parrot.

(BEST. LEAD. EVER.)

His investigations into the ubiquitous bean started in 1991 when Richard James, a multimillionaire American lawyer, turned up at the laboratory in New Zealand where Fitzpatrick was working as a consultant toxicologist. James was sure that soya beans were killing his rare birds.

"We thought he was mad, but he had a lot of money and wanted us to find out what was going on," Fitzpatrick recalls.

Over the next months, Fitzpatrick carried out an exhaustive study of soya and its effects. "We discovered quite quickly," he recalls, "that soya contains toxins and plant oestrogens powerful enough to disrupt women's menstrual cycles in experiments. It also appeared damaging to the thyroid."

JESUS CHRIST. How the hell did I miss this? And should I throw away the tofu in my fridge?