Rejoice and be glad, for not only do I bring you news of reduced manboobitude, I also no longer have to resort to the list of animal serial killers that I was going to write about today. It’s still an enjoyable piece of internet literature, but I worry about being too list heavy. Much like how many men worry about becoming too top-heavy on a vegan diet, what with soy being pretty much everywhere.
As it turns out, soy consumption doesn’t seem to cause man boobs, or gynecomastia, as the book smart call it (the “book without pictures” smart, anyway.)
There’s an interesting shift happening right now with things like coconut milk and gluten replacing many of the soy products vegans of yore would tend to purchase, and I suspect that the average omnivore has a higher soy consumption than they did in the past through incidental ingredients and whatnot (soy lecithin, soy oil, soy moustache wax and so on.) Further to that, I think obesity in general is more of a factor in moobs than actual medical condition like the afore-italizized gynecomastia (though you can’t spell “gynecomastia” without “eco” so happy Earth Day everyone!)
It’s also mentioned in the article that marijuana can cause breast tissue growth, so I can see how some of the confusion may have came about, since, by flow of logic, vegans are hippies are pot smokers, or so the Triangle of ThewordthatstartswithTthatIcantthinkofrightnow goes. And the word isn’t escaping me on account of me being at all high, I promise. Though Ange brought home a ton of goodies from the vegan grocery store, so this would be a perfect time to have the munchies, if only I was less Clintonesque in my inhaling ability. But I digress. From a point I’m pretty much done with. Have a great weekend!
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Praise Jebus!!
NOW how am I going to get my man boobs then?
That explains it all, it’s the pot not the soya! I personally didn’t think it was either, I surmised that it was the huge amount of eating, that I undertake everyday, its been curry week for example, lots of carbs. I’m >100kg presently with a very fine pair of moobs… Is my large gut due to my consumption of marmite or possibly watercress, I think so, it’s go nothing at all to do with portion control. Ah! I said nothing to do with carbs, at all. that’s final…