KNES 437 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Textured Vegetable Protein, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Soy Protein

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KNES 437
• Professor: Kelly Anne Erdman ,

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Make young animals gain weight (leaner) faster: 2. Reduce waiting time and amount of feed eaten by animal before slaughter (less water consumption and less manure and methane produced: 3. In dairy cows = increase milk production: 4. Linked to rare clear cell adenocarcinoma 2. 5 x more likely to cause ca of vagina and cervix in female offspring; may be associated with male genitalia health issues (incontinence, undescended testes, etc. ) Linked to 30% increase risk breast ca in moms: 2. Hormones in foods vs hormone promoting foods (phytoestrogens: i. e. , isoflavones: foods rich in phytoestrogens tend to be soy-based, tofu, soymilk, edamame, soy protein powder, tempeh, soy infant formula, textured soy protein found in a lot of our foods Isoflavones are one of the active ingredients in phytoestrogens. Nutrition advice if diagnosed with breast cancer (from pen nutrition) Limit flax seeds to 1-2 tbsp a day. Different hormones approved by health canada & the fda (usa: 1.