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Originally Posted by Shou
I've always heard that soy milk contributes to estrogen production, so it's generally best for guys to stay away from it. Is there any truth to that?
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Soybeans (and some other things, like flax seeds) contain phytoestrogens, which are estrogen-like compounds. They are somewhat controversial, since they may weakly bind to estrogen receptors, which may either cause greater estrogen-like activity (by having more things attached to the estrogen receptors) or lesser estrogen-like activity (by displacing real estrogen on the estrogen receptors). Unless soybeans and flax seeds are a huge proportion of your diet, it is probably not a huge difference overall.