Guest guest Report post Posted January 16, 2002 > This article is basically about how soy can affect your thyroid (I had a > thyroid problem a few years ago) but gives some basic info on soy in > general. , Thanks for this article... I also have a thyroid problem (beginning stages of Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and I read once that I shouldn't use a lot of soy, but it's been so long that I couldn't remember why! I have a friend going through " the change " and she swears that soy products are easing her symptoms, so there are definitely good points to it too, but I personally love my whey protein! ;-) Gayle in MT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 13, 2002 If you're looking for great tasting soy products, try the Atkins line of products or other lines. I find them at the health food store locally or certain sections of the supermarket. Today I made Keto Pizza Dough, it is soy based. It does have yeast in it like regular dough which isn't on my diet but I just felt like having it (I splurge once in while). I am not on the Atkins diet, and incidentally you can eat these products with lots of veggies is probably healthier. Too much protein and not enough carbs is very hard on the kidneys I am told. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 19, 2006 I have to wonder about all the scare I hear on this site about soy as well. One lady bought up a very good point about look at all the asian population, and they are so much healthier than americans and soy is a staple in their diet. With all that I have read you would think this population would be very ill, and they aren't. I guess I deleted too quickly could those of you who put sites on soy please email me privately so I can start to investigate this further. It seems like there is a scare on everything. I have read how soy has helped women overcome breast cancer when they were essentially wrote off as terminal. Brittany Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 19, 2006 It is because Asians are eating mostly fermented soy products. Fermented soy is barely OK. Strait soy beans are evil for humans and for animals. Barbara I have to wonder about all the scare I hear on this site about soy as well. One lady bought up a very good point about look at all the asian population, and they are so much healthier than americans and soy is a staple in their diet. With all that I have read you would think this population would be very ill, and they aren't.I guess I deleted too quickly could those of you who put sites on soy please email me privately so I can start to investigate this further. It seems like there is a scare on everything. I have read how soy has helped women overcome breast cancer when they were essentially wrote off as terminal.Brittany Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 19, 2006 The best book I've found on this is The Whole Soy Story by Kaayla , PhD. As for the myth about asians eating lots of soy, the only soy that tradionally was in their diet and could be considered possibly a staple is traditionally fermented forms of soy, like miso, tempeh and tamari, and these were and are used as condiments, not the main course. Until 2-3 thousand years ago soy when fermentation of soy was begun, soy wasn't even thought of as a food. It was included in China's 5 Sacred Grains, but used a different chinese character from the rest, one that indicated it was sacred for it's use as a cover crop, for fixing nitrogen in the soil. Tofu wasn't made until about 1500 years ago, and the main consumers of it then was Buddhist monks, because it helped inhibit the libido. People in asia until very recently weren't eating Boca burgers and TVP or edemame or probably even soy oil. Now, those things are taking hold over there as well, since they all want to emulate how Americans eat. http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Soy-Story-Americas-Favorite/dp/0967089751 is the amazon page for the book. It's interesting to read the reviews. Here is an paragraph from http://www.mercola.com/2005/mar/23/soy.htm, and interview with Kaala s. It addresses the idea of soy being a curative. " While it is certainly possible that several components of the soybean might be successfully developed into useful pharmaceutical drugs, it is inappropriate for the soy industry to recommend that the entire population of men, women and children self-medicate by eating massive amounts of soy foods. The public has not been properly warned that soy can have many side effects, that it is a substance that could be helpful in one stage of the life cycle but harmful in another and that dietary estrogens can interact cumulatively or exponentially with environmental estrogens. " Sally >I have to wonder about all the scare I hear on this site about soy as > well. One lady bought up a very good point about look at all the asian > population, and they are so much healthier than americans and soy is a > staple in their diet. With all that I have read you would think this > population would be very ill, and they aren't. > I guess I deleted too quickly could those of you who put sites on soy please email me privately so I can start to investigate this further. It seems like there is a scare on everything. I have read how soy has helped women overcome breast cancer when they were essentially wrote off as terminal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites