Please post your comment on the soy heart health claim before January 15

This comes to us from The Weston A. Price Foundation:

JUST SEVEN DAYS LEFT!
POST YOUR COMMENT ON THE SOY HEART HEALTH CLAIM
BEFORE JANUARY 15, 2018

Dear Friends of WAPF:

As we reported to you several weeks ago, in response to our 2008 petition, the FDA has proposed to revoke the heart health claim for soy protein!

Many of you have already posted comments, but we need hundreds more. Please post your comment in support of the revocation of the soy heart health claim as soon as you can.

ACTION TO TAKE:

Please submit a comment to the FDA before the deadline on January 15, 2018!

You can do it online: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FDA-2017-N-0763

Or write a letter to:

Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20853

If you send a hard copy letter, be sure to include the docket number: FDA-2017-N-0763

Begin with the clear statement: “I support FDA’s proposed revocation of the heart health claim for soy protein.”

Then include as much or as little as you want. If you have been harmed by soy, be sure to provide that information! And we have some sample talking points below.

Thank you!
Sally Fallon Morell, President
The Weston A. Price Foundation

TALKING POINTS

  • A substance that causes harm should never be allowed a health claim; soy protein contains many compounds that are scientifically documented to cause health problems.
  • The FDA poisonous plant database contains almost 250 articles on the toxicity of soy or of compounds contained in soy.
  • The original paper used to justify a health claim was seriously flawed; it only showed that soy lowers cholesterol levels a small amount in a diet that avoids meat; it did not show that consuming soy can prevent heart disease. Subsequent studies indicate that eating soy protein does not even lower cholesterol.
  • Soy contributes to low thyroid function; low thyroid function can cause heart disease.
  • Soy causes endocrine disruption, including the development of breasts and loss of libido in men.
  • Studies show that eating soy increases the risk of stroke in women.
  • Both the European Food Safety Authority and the American Heart Association have favored a revocation of any heart health claim for soy protein.

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(202) 363-4394

We hope you will support the Weston A. Price Foundation in its efforts to restore nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. westonaprice.org

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