soy and cooties

Apparently someone heard that soy has estrogen mimickers and over-extrapolated their conclusion, the Chimp Refugee has all the details you need to know

Got to look on the bright side though, this might significantly boost breastfeeding in a segment of the population which could do with encouragement to do so.
Seriously.

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