Soy is ubiquitous in the our diet today. It's everywhere, in fact, I had trouble finding bread that has no soy in it! It shows how much we know what goes into our food these days.
Although, the media has always raved about soy being good for us, but animal studies suggest that eating large amounts of those estrogenic compounds might reduce fertility in women, trigger premature puberty and disrupt development of fetuses and children.
Soy contains high quantities of various toxic chemicals, which cannot be fully destroyed even by the long cooking process. These are: phytates, which block the body's uptake of minerals; enzyme inhibitors, which hinder protein digestion; and haemagluttin, which causes red blood cells to clump together and inhibits oxygen take-up and growth. Most controversially of all, soy contains high levels of the phytoestrogens (also known as isoflavones) genistein and daidzein, which mimic and sometimes block the hormone oestrogen.
The story is long but I've put a few links which will help dispel the benefits of soy.
Let's say, I would try to avoid it as much as possible.
Unless its in its fermented state, like tempeh or miso, it is classifed processd and is GM.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein
http://www.the7thfire.com/health_and_nutrition/truth_about_soy.html
http://www.optimumchoices.com/Soy.htm
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