Emily: Hi it's Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome to another vegan nugget. Today
I'm honored to be joined by my friend and mentor Gary Yourofsky, who has graciously
agreed to be here and answer questions that you, the Bite Size Vegan audience, have sent
to me. I'm going to be releasing this interview in a series of videos, so be sure to stay
tuned to the channel. Gary I just wanted to thank you so much for taking time out of your
busy schedule to be here and answer some of these questions.
Gary: Anything for you Emily. Emily: Thank you.
Emily: So there's a lot of controversy health-wise around the consumption of soy. Especially
about the production of estrogen. With it being such a strong alternative to meat and
other animal products, it seems that it can be a stumbling block for people to going towards
veganism especially men who get worried about the feminizing hormones. Can you speak the
safety of soy consumption?
Gary: Stop listening to bullshit like that, there's nothing wrong with soy whatsoever.
Now I do recommend getting organic soy, but I kind of recommend getting organic everything
in this day and age with what we're doing to the planet. But listen I've got study after
study on my website adapt.org, I have a section called the truth and falsehoods about soy,
and those that consume the most amount of soy always have the least amounts of cancer,
the least amounts of all diseases. So don't believe that bullshit. The anti-soy thing
is coming around basically because of the meat dairy and egg industries. They're terrified
that vegans are making headway, so they attack the one food that happens to be like the main
staple in nearly every vegans diet, and it happens to be soy. Now I want to throw this
out there though. Let's for a second to say that the estrogen found in soy was a problem.
Here's why the whole soy thing is bullshit. Because meat has the same amount, to twice
the amount of estrogen. Especially when we are killing the female animals, which are
containing estrogen of course. Dairy has the same amount, cows milk, to twice the amount
of estrogen. So how come these people who are condemning the consumption of boca burgers,
veggie burgers, and other soy products, aren't telling people not to consume meat and dairy?
So I want to throw this out there too. If you're sitting there eating meat and dairy
claiming that you're concerned about your health, you're full of shit. It's like someone
sitting there smoking a cigarette going yeah, you know you guys really shouldn't be eating
all that soy. Really? As you're dragging on that nicotine and tobacco that's causing all
these problems? It's a complete bullshit story. Just like the gluten stuff. Now when people
ask me sometimes, hey is veganism a fad? No veganism ain't a fad, gluten-free is a fad.
Anti-soy is a fad. And just so people know, I've been vegan for about more than 18 years
now. But I actually tried soy free for 2 to 3 years. During this stretch I saw no difference
in my health. I did a personal study. Brought it back in, feeling great, love my tofu. Most
people know my e-mail is garytofu, I mean that. You could give me tofu all day long,
breakfast lunch and dinner and I'd be a happy guy. But let me throw this out there too.
If for whatever reason you don't want to consume soy, don't. Where's the soy in fruit? Where's
the soy in seed's? Where's the soy in vegetables besides the soy bean? Okay so don't eat it.
You don't have to eat soy to be vegan. There are many different ways. I know plenty of
people that don't consume soy as a vegan. Don't consume gluten as a vegan. Don't want
to cook their food they want to be a raw vegan. Do whatever type of veganism you want to,
just make sure everything you're eating is plant-based, it's cruelty free, and you'll
be home free that's all I care about. And by the way, 95% of soy in America is animal
feed. So for the people who claim they are concerned about soy, they end up eating the
animals that are eating soy anyways. The whole thing makes no sense whatsoever.
Emily: Gary I just want to thank you so much for giving us your time and I've been asked
on behalf of so many of my viewers to just thank you for everything that you do. So thank
you so much.
Gary: Thank you. Keep on. Everybody pass her stuff around, it's tight stuff. Honestly,
BiteSizeVegan.com, share it.
Emily: Stay tuned to the Bite Size Vegan channel for more installations of Gary's interview.
I'll also be posting bonus footage of questions that don't make it to the channel, into the
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