Soy and Thyroid

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Thought I'd post some links about the soy-thyroid connection:

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/soyinfo/a/soy.htm

Soy's Thyroid Dangers

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A Look at the Dangers of Soy to the Health of Your Thyroid

Health and nutrition magazines tout the benefits of soy as a cure-

all for women's health, hormonal problems, cancer prevention, weight

loss, and many other problems. The reality, however, is that

promotion of soy may be more a matter of business and marketing,

rather than recommendations based on sound scientific evidence.

Isoflavones, the key components of soy that make them so potent as a

posible substitute for hormone replacement, mean that soy products,

while touted as foods and nutritional products -- often are used and

act as like a hormonal drug.

If you have a diagnosed or undiagnosed thyroid problem, or a history

of autoimmune disease, overconsumption of soy isoflavones can

potentially trigger a thyroid condition. Soy foods can worsen an

existing diagnosed thyroid problem in many people. In both cases the

symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, and depression or moodiness

are often overlooked and hard to diagnose.

A recent study found that as millions of Americans -- perhaps as

many as more than 10 million -- have an undiagnosed thyroid

condition. The vast majority of thyroid patients are women over 40.

This is the same group that, responding to marketing claims that

promote soy as helping to prevent breast cancer, reducing the risk

of high cholesterol or heart disease, or as a treatment for symptoms

of menopause, are turning to soy foods and isoflavone supplements in

vast numbers.

Here is more information regarding soy and its relationship to the

thyroid. (Please visit link for rest of article)

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/soydangers.htm