The ingredient in almost everything you eat - Francesca Bot

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congrats TED-Ed for the 10 year anniversary! you don't know how much I've learned from your videos

To be fair, clearing forests for agriculture is a problem for numerous crops, not just soy. And it does have the advantage of fixing at least part of its own nitrogen.

As someone who suddenly developed an intolerance to soy (among other types of food) I now know first hand that it's a nightmare to find processed foods that don't contain soy.

Important to state that the majority of the soy production in the amazon is used for feed for industrial factory farming

Thank you so much for all the kind birthday wishes. We are so grateful to have one of the most supportive comments sections on YouTube. We wouldn't have gotten this far without you!

As someone with a soy allergy the downside of this is that the food that doesn't have soy tends to be more expensive and more difficult to come by.

Congratulations TedEd for the 10 year anniversary. Thank you TedEd for 10 years of amazing videos.

10 glorious years of teaching the world everything in a compact and understandable manner. Kudos to the entire team. You guys da real MVP

As someone with a significant other being allergic to soy, I barely eat it for a long time now. I was also surprised how soy is in everything.

🙌🏻 Great video! I think it would have been nice to mention that MOST of the soy produced is used for animal feed, which means, the real ecological/sustainability problem of soy comes from animal agriculture, not tofu 😂

Congrats on your 10th Anniversary, Ted-Ed! I've been learning from you for the past 5 years and I hope you educate a lot more others!

Thankee ted-ed for giving 10 years to us. You gave us time and we have given you almost 20M subscribers. We love your animation and the way you use it to educate us. Keep up the good work!!!

Ten years ago, an amazing channel was born. It brought knowledge in a fun and understandable way for my life and that of many others. I think I speak for all the comment section when I say thank you for providing us with these amazing educational videos. Happy 10 year birthday!

There's one concern with soy that I'm surprised you didn't mention. Soy beans have a high amount of estrogenic compounds that can cause or significantly worsen hormone imbalances. Historically, Asian peoples for whom soy is a traditional part of their diet would ferment the soy products for years to break down the more harmful components, but today's modern industry artificially ferments soy by basically just adding a bunch of chemicals and calling it good. That process doesn't break down the estrogenic compounds quite the same way. I have PCOS, an endocrine disorder that causes hormone imbalance. I found out through accidently double-blind studying myself that I cannot eat chemically fermented soy products - vegan mayo, fake meats, grocery store tofu, etc. - but am fine with properly fermented soy sauce and other soy products.

Happy Anniversary TED-Ed! Thank you for every lesson you have given me, thank you for making learning fun and memorable, thank you for providing unbiased lessons, and mostly thank you to your amazing team for creating such wonderful content. I click the like button even before your video starts, I am that big a fan! 😁

10 years, nice. I've been watching these since I was a kid, thanks for being one of the driving forces for my curiosity of the world

Congrats TED-Ed on completing glorious a decade. And thanks for educating us in every field from science and technology to history and mythologies in such a compact yet wholesome manner via interesting animations and narrations.😍🥰👏

“Well, its hard to solve a problem, if it isn’t understood.” That’s a powerful word there.

10 years of amazing knowledge and stories you made us familiarize with . What an incredible journey! Congratulations 🎉🎊and keep bestowing us with these amazing educational videos with beautiful animations 🙏