… EFFECT OF SPROUTING and COOKING OF SOYBEANS ON PALATABILITY, LYSINE, TRYPTOPHANE, THIAMINE, and ASCORBIC ACID. The minute doses found in the diet are completely irrelevant and harmless. In a lawsuit* filed on January 13 in New York, plaintiff Ronnie Elliott argues that Food for Life Baking Co. Inc. misled consumers by describing its Ezekiel 4:9 branded sprouted … Department of Foods and Nutrition, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. Sprouted Soy Myths. Search for more papers by this author . Even in toxic amounts, canavanine has nothing to do with cancer. Or, just as bad, some believe that organic soy or soy that is certified GMO free poses no problem to health. Overall, sprouted soy health risks are just too significant to ignore. State College of Home Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Obviously, this includes the unfermented forms of soy including sprouted soy. FAITH FENTON. These studies are not relevant to the human diet. CHUAN HUAN WU. In this case, it appears that many who recognize that soy is an unhealthy food are under the mistaken impression that sprouted soy is fine to consume. Hence, it is better to stick to taking it in small portions, or avoid altogether. In very high, toxic amounts it can cause a lupus-like anemia in susceptible animals due to an alteration in the red blood cells.