Women Fed Soy Formula As Babies More Likely To Suffer Severe Menstrual Pains

[Julieanne]

Bryan Hubbard
November 22 2018

Young women who suffer severe menstrual pains are more likely to have been fed soy formula when they were babies. The formula could also affect their chances of becoming pregnant.
Women given soy formula are 50 per cent more likely to suffer moderate or severe menstrual pains between the ages of 18 and 22, and 40 per cent more likely to have used hormonal contraception to alleviate the discomfort.

Soy formula contains genistein, a compound that's known to interfere with the development of the reproductive system, and which can cause menstrual pain.


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[Islander]

How I wish all women could be encouraged to breast-feed. I have no idea how I (or any of my highschool girl friends) was fed, but one of them experienced such painful menstrual cramps that she missed a day or two of school each month. Since I was not a victim, I never felt motivated to find out what causes these painful cramps.