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Rarely, consumption of probiotics by children with lowered immune system function or who are already critically ill may result in bacteremia or fungemia (i.e., bacteria or fungi in the blood), which can lead to sepsis, a potentially fatal disease.
7. Soy Can Affect Fertility in Men. Soy has come a long way. Once dismissed as “hippie food,” today it’s a popular protein alternative for vegetarians and vegans.
Seaweed and dairy consumption can enhance the production of equol. [10] [25] The ability of a person to produce (S)-equol is determined by testing people who have not taken any antibiotics for at least a month. For this standardized test, the individual drinks two 240 milliliter glasses of soy milk or eats a soy food equivalent for three days.
[2] [3] In 2008 an application was submitted to the European Food Safety Authority to market Femarelle with a health claim, namely that it can reduce the risk for osteoporosis and other bone disorders; [1] the EFSA found that "the food/constituent for which the claim is made, i.e. Femarelle, has not been sufficiently characterised" and that "a ...
There may be no alternatives to prescribed medication or these alternatives may be unsuitable, less effective, or have more adverse side effects. [202] Experimentation with laboratory animals is also used for evaluating the safety of vaccines, food additives, cosmetics, household products, workplace chemicals, and many other substances. [ 238 ]
Ergotism (pron. / ˈ ɜːr ɡ ə t ˌ ɪ z ə m / UR-gət-iz-əm) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus—from the Latin clava "club" or clavus "nail" and -ceps for "head", i.e. the purple club-headed fungus—that infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ...
But it may also cause side effects like skin irritation (particularly with gels), a high red blood cell count, acne, hair loss, and male infertility. TRT has also been linked by some reports to ...
Foods which have been demonstrated to have goitrogenic effects include soy, cassava (when crushed and not detoxified by soaking, [7]) vegetables in the genus Brassica (such as broccoli and cabbage), [9] [page needed] and other cruciferous vegetables. [10]