Look Ma, Too Much Soy: Hormone in infant food reduces immunity in mice

The health benefits of soybeans are legion, but too much of the food may have a downside.

HOLD THE HORMONES. Soybeans contain estrogens that, in excessive quantities, may produce immune problems. United SoyBean Board

A new study finds that large doses of the estrogenlike hormones that occur naturally in soybeans weaken the immune systems of mice.