Ars Technica reports, following online reports of customers becoming ill after eating Soylent's new snack bars, the company announced this afternoon [October 13] that it has decided to halt all sales and shipments of the bars as a precautionary measure. The company is urging customers to discard remaining bars and will begin e-mailing customers individually regarding refunds. In a blog announcing the decision, the company said it is still investigating the cause of bouts of illnesses of customers linked to the bars, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @09:40PM
> Also, soy is an estrogen-like substance, so some have to avoid it for medical and health reasons.
Nope. That is a mercola quality myth.
Soybean isoflavone exposure does not have feminizing effects on men: a critical examination of the clinical evidence. [nih.gov]
CONCLUSION(S): The intervention data indicate that isoflavones do not exert feminizing effects on men at intake levels equal to and even considerably higher than are typical for Asian males.
Clinical studies show no effects of soy protein or isoflavones on reproductive hormones in men: results of a meta-analysis. [nih.gov]
Association between Soy Isoflavone Intake and Breast Cancer Risk for Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women: A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies [plos.org]
We found that soy isoflavone intake could lower the risk of breast cancer for both pre- and post-menopausal women in Asian countries. However, for women in Western countries, pre- or post-menopausal, there is no evidence to suggest an association between intake of soy isoflavone and breast cancer.