The Trouble with Soy

[Guest guest]

Rogoff Family,

I have the same problem with soy. I am hypothyroid and am forever on diet -

lately I can't lose

weight at all, so probably soy is the culprit - I stopped HRT because of a

fibroid in my breast and

because of hot flashes I started taking the soy " tablets " to replace the HRT and

they do stop the

hot flashes. So what to do? I have to eat bran in the morning (because of

acute constipation) and

I eat the bran with soy milk - please help!

Marcia

wrote:

>

> --- Rogoff Family <bcrogoff@...> wrote:

> Now with this new research...what do

> > we do, eat soya products or not?

>

> I stopped eating any soy products this past winter. My

> own personal experience is that soy is a toxin. If I

> eat anything with soy I gain about 5 pounds of water

> weight and I cannot lose weight. The water gain is

> because my body is trying to protect itself from a

> toxic substance by surrounding it with water in the

> fat cell. I am struggling with thyroid

> problems/estrogen dominance etc and I won't touch soy

> with a 10 foot poll!

> in Ames

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcia,

I don't know why you were taking HRT but have you ever

checked into Natural Progesterone cream? There is an

excellent book called " What your doctor may not tell

you about Menopause " by Dr Lee. I would really

recommend that you read it. I started using it last

October and my health has improved tremendously. I am

premenopause but I needed the progesterone because I

am estrogen dominant(which in turn impacts the

thyroid). The Natural progesterone should actually

protect against fibroids(I've had 4 surgeries myself

to have them removed).

As far as your soy milk, I stopped eating cereal and

get my fiber from Psyllium. I'm an egg girl now.

in Ames

--- Marcia Perlroth <leonmarc@...> wrote:

>

> Rogoff Family,

>

> I have the same problem with soy. I am hypothyroid

> and am forever on diet - lately I can't lose

> weight at all, so probably soy is the culprit - I

> stopped HRT because of a fibroid in my breast and

> because of hot flashes I started taking the soy

> " tablets " to replace the HRT and they do stop the

> hot flashes. So what to do? I have to eat bran in

> the morning (because of acute constipation) and

> I eat the bran with soy milk - please help!

>

> Marcia

>

> wrote:

> >

> > --- Rogoff Family <bcrogoff@...> wrote:

> > Now with this new research...what do

> > > we do, eat soya products or not?

> >

> > I stopped eating any soy products this past

> winter. My

> > own personal experience is that soy is a toxin. If

> I

> > eat anything with soy I gain about 5 pounds of

> water

> > weight and I cannot lose weight. The water gain is

> > because my body is trying to protect itself from a

> > toxic substance by surrounding it with water in

> the

> > fat cell. I am struggling with thyroid

> > problems/estrogen dominance etc and I won't touch

> soy

> > with a 10 foot poll!

> > in Ames

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

>I eat the bran with soy milk - please help!

I don't know where you are, but where I live, the health food stores sell

rice milk, almond milk, and oat milk. I like all three, especially the

vanilla flavour.

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[Guest guest]

On the subject of Soy...is Tofu made of soy product as well?

I thought tofu was extremely good for you full or protein etc etc

thanks in advance.

Buckmaster

Moonlight Muse

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for the info. I was put on HRT 8 years ago when I had to have a

hysterectomy because of a

fast-growing fibroid (my uterus was the size of a 4month pregnancy. For now, I

decided to wean

myself off the soy alternative pills, am taking 1 a day instead of 2 - and so

far haven't had any

hot flushes yet. I'll finish the jar in about 2 weeks and then see if I'm free

of the hot flushes.

Does one need a prescription for the progesterone cream? I do take Psyllium - 1

tablespoon in the

morning and one at night, with juice. Should I take more? I'd like to stop

eating the bran cereal.

How much, and how do you take the Psyllium? Will this alleviate my

constipation?

Thanks for the help.

Marcia

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[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I live in Jerusalem and luckily our health food stores are well stocked! Thanks

for the advice,

I'll try the rice milk, vanilla flavour.

Marcia

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marcia,

--- Marcia Perlroth <leonmarc@...> wrote:

> Does one need a prescription for the progesterone

> cream?

No, it is over the counter. Dr Lee has a list of

acceptable brands in an appendix of his book. Most of

the brands don't put their potency on the label but

look for USP Progesterone as an ingredient. I try to

stay away from brands with a scent and/or wild yam as

an ingredient. You may also visit

http://www.drjohnlee.com/ where he might have some

recommendations.

>I do take Psyllium - 1 tablespoon in the

> morning and one at night, with juice. Should I take

> more?

I think you have to experiment to see what works for

you. I take a product from Health Freedom Resources

that helps with constipation. It is called Intestinal

Cleanse #1 and is formulated to strengthen the colon.

They are not fiber but herbs that help to improve the

function of the colon. They are not damaging and

really help. They are on the net too, I actually

purchase the product through Southern Botanicals.

HTH

In Ames

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