>Could this be a factor in the 50% increase in soybean-related
allergies recently reported by a lab at York University in the UK?
They reportedly tested 4500 people for potential vegetable-related
allergies (using blood antibody levels as the indicator, coupled with
other symptoms) and for the first time in 17 years, soybean was in
It seems to me that the arrival of soybean allergy records could reflect the
marked increase in soy consumption in the western diet. People did not have
it to react to before. But...
Contrary to popular preferences, I am successfully treating a chronic
illness by (inter alia) avoiding legumes and unsaturated oils of whatever
origin. The consumption of unsaturated oils in large quantities is also of
course a relatively recent phenomenon too. Legumes depress thyroid and
mitochondrial function (both respiration and steroidogenesis) and
unsaturated oils by definition 'rancidify' at body temperature, and
combining with free radicals (active oxygen species, products of defective
mitochondrial performance) have various toxic effects. In SANET messages
recently there was some discussion of whether soils deteriorate if they stay
under legume crops. There may be some impact on the respiratory capacity and
hormonal health of soil macroorganisms from persistent legume monoculture -
I speculate. But certainly if you feed rape seed or soy to pigs [seem
Medline abstract below] you have to counter consequential functional
hypothyroidism, and the same will be or should be the case for humans. The
impact of high legume/high unsaturated oil intake in people is likely to
include, among diverse symptoms, not appropriate to get off onto here,
increased chemical sensitivity and allergy.
My understanding is that 'locked up' glyphosate may reduce mycorrhezal
activity in soil. I doubt that anything is understood as to its impact on
the cytosol of larger animals. It should not be presumed inert, in my view.
I know banana farmers who directly relate their bouts of fatigue and
dizziness, etc, to use of glyphosate.
Dennis
Title
[Testing of extracted particles from winter rapeseed with different
glucosinolate levels in swine with special reference to the iodine supply.
2. Thyroid hormone status, histomorphometric findings and iodine content of
the thyroid gland]
Author
Sch¨one F; Groppel B; Jahreis G; Seffner W; L¨udke H; Hennig A
Address
Agrarwissenschaftliche Fakult¨at Universit¨at Leipzig.
Source
Arch Tierernahr, 41(5):487-99 1991 Jun
Abstract
In the experiment, 2 x 12 growing pigs received 19 or 6.7 mmol
glucosinolates + aglucones/kg feed via conventional rapeseed meal (RSM) or
RSM of a newly bred variety. These pigs and 24 littermates pair fed with a
soya bean meal (SBM) diet were subdivided in groups of 4 animals each. Their
diet contained either no supplementary iodine or an iodine supplementation
of up to 1 mg/kg feed. In the RSM and SBM groups the lack of additional
iodine lowered the serum T4 and T3 content below the detection limit and
caused goitre with about 1 mg iodine in the total thyroid. The SBM diet with
0.0625 mg supplementary iodine/kg increased the serum T4 level and reversed
the thyroid enlargement but not that of epithelial cells. The hypothyroidism
(goitre and serum T4 level approximately 10 nmol/l) still existed in the
case of this iodine dosage together with the RSM of the newly bred variety.
A serum T4 level comparable to that of the animals fed SBM was only reached
by supplementing the low glucosinolate diet with 0.25 mg iodine/kg feed. The
iodine content of the thyroid, however, was reduced by 50 per cent. Though
thyroid and epithelial cells were enlarged, this enlargement was not so
obvious as in animals exposed to higher glucosinolate level. In spite of 1
mg supplementary iodine/kg feed, the feeding of the conventional RSM
resulted in a lower serum T4 level a reduced thyroid iodine content and the
enlargement of thyroid and that of epithelial cells. Compared to the high
glucosinolate RSM, a significantly lower antithyroid effect of the low
glucosinolate RSM was found in pigs with iodine supply. The degree of
thyroid enlargement and the serum T4 level were the criteria.
Language
Ger
Unique Identifier
92061542
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MESH Headings
Animal ; Animal Feed * ; Brassica ; English Abstract ; Glucosinolates *AD ;
Goiter ET/VE ; Hypothyroidism ET/VE ; Iodine *AD/AN/DF ; Soybeans ; Swine
GD/*ME ; Swine Diseases ET ; Thyroid Gland CH/PA/*PH ; Thyroid Hormones BL
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Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0003-942X
Country of Publication
GERMANY
CAS Registry Number
0 (Glucosinolates); 0 (Thyroid Hormones); 7553-56-2 (Iodine)
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