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Does whey protein and soy protein help with weight loss and muscle building?

I keep hearing about the benefits of soy protein and whey protein.

Soy is one of the most ‘over promoted’ food product. It’s promoted because it’s cheap and very high in protein. The problem is the fact that the naturally occurring hormones in soy products can be dangerous for your health. Also, excess proteins are a detriment to your health, not a benefit.

Whey protein is derived from cow milk. This product along with other dairy foods have been proven to promote the growth of cancers in rats and humans. (T. Colin Campbell) The hormones in dairy also promote rapid growth and in contraindicated if your goal is to lose weight.

In the 1940s and 1950s, scientists confirmed the fact that high protein diets caused rapid growth of laboratory animals. What we learned later was the fact that rapid growth tended to have negative health effects and a shorter life expectancy. This has been confirmed over and over again (“The China Study”). The food industry continues to promote high protein as healthy, but the fact is, a lower protein diet based upon vegetable proteins is optimal.

If your goal is healthy weight loss, the best diet around is a low fat whole plant based diet as recommended by Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., Dean Ornish, Neal Barnard, John McDougall, and T. Colin Campbell.

By the way, I lost 100 pounds and have kept it off by eating healthy. After you eat healthy for six months, I suggest you consider a water fast. See Joel Fuhrman for details.