So they found that consumption of soylent infant formula corresponded to a 50% increase in the probability of a woman experiencing moderate to severe menstrual pain.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/esoh-sfm110718.php
Dr Kristen Upson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Branch at the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), North Carolina, USA, said: "Menstrual pain is the most common menstrual complaint and can substantially affect the quality of women's lives. Exposure to oestrogens during infant development, such as the phytoestrogens in soy formula, may affect reproductive health in adulthood.
As the study is observational it is not able to show that soy formula causes the menstrual pain in adulthood, only that it is linked to it. Dr Baird said: "Although a growing body of research studies collectively lend support to the potential reproductive health consequences of early-life exposure to soy formula, further research is warranted before recommendations can be provided to parents and carers of young infants."
So if soylent is affecting women's reproductive health, is it not also affecting men's?
The researchers did not know the reasons for soy formula feeding, but it appears to be common in the USA. Dr Upson said: "A study from 2016 found that 12% of formula-fed babies had been fed soy formula in the past day."
Imagine consuming soylent from birth!
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/esoh-sfm110718.php
Dr Kristen Upson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Branch at the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), North Carolina, USA, said: "Menstrual pain is the most common menstrual complaint and can substantially affect the quality of women's lives. Exposure to oestrogens during infant development, such as the phytoestrogens in soy formula, may affect reproductive health in adulthood.
As the study is observational it is not able to show that soy formula causes the menstrual pain in adulthood, only that it is linked to it. Dr Baird said: "Although a growing body of research studies collectively lend support to the potential reproductive health consequences of early-life exposure to soy formula, further research is warranted before recommendations can be provided to parents and carers of young infants."
So if soylent is affecting women's reproductive health, is it not also affecting men's?
The researchers did not know the reasons for soy formula feeding, but it appears to be common in the USA. Dr Upson said: "A study from 2016 found that 12% of formula-fed babies had been fed soy formula in the past day."
Imagine consuming soylent from birth!
