Soy

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> 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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.