Soy » Larry Hoover

Posted by tealady on September 14, 2003, at 5:40:20

In reply to Re: Chart of omega 3 content in fish » tealady, posted by Larry Hoover on September 1, 2003, at 13:54:11

>> I eat sardines in olive oil. I err on the side of caution and steer clear of soy oil.
>Why's that? <curious>

I try to avoid eating soy due to its effects on the thyroid. I'm fairly certain soy oil is OK, due to no isoflavones or protein, but not completely certain. Besides I know olive oil is a relatively healthy oil (depending on how it was processed I guess), and I like its flavour.
I'm not fanatical, and if soy is only a minor component if something I want to eat, I'll eat a little. However I do notice a difference if I eat a significant amount. ..like soy flour in bread daily....I buy bread without it.
Back when soy beans were all the flavour, I used to make my own soy milk, tofu etc,. reckon I overdid it. It may be part of the cause of going hypo..or throwing something out of whack.
I've dug out for some references , if you are interested..but I think you have probably heard it all before?
they say it much better than I could
I think ALL of the posters on the hypothyroid forum, have found they feel less hypo with the elimination of soy..and all who have tried an elimination diet and retested a month later, have responded with hypo symptoms..at least that I have read. They were all female I think.
I think soy is a goitrogen, but it has other effects on thyroid hormone utilization(unsure what) besides the actual thyroid hormone production.
Leslie on soy
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=41306.5
http://www.goddessdiet.com/Reports/soy.htm
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=9464451&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9492332&dopt=Abstract
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021006/msgs/123239.html
Lots more...

For some just cutting out soy has been enough to go back to normal thyroid function.
Jan

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