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Old April 5th, 2004, 05:27 AM
Bev-Ann
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and things
made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm not
having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.

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Bev
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Old April 5th, 2004, 08:33 AM
revek
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Bev-Ann burbled across the ether:
I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and
things made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm not
having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.


Some people are sensitive to it-- the soy mimics feminine hormones and
can mess up a delciate system. An occasional use, here and there
probably won't be a problem, especially if you have never noticed
trouble before. But daily/heavy use might be. Something to be aware
of, that's all. Google the group on soy for more indepth discussion.

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2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please
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cancer at far higher rates than people who like to listen to Britney
Spears. Therefore, there is a link between the music of Frank Sinatra
and heart disease and cancer. --Tony Lew


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Old April 5th, 2004, 01:18 PM
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Hi,
On 4-Apr-2004, Bev-Ann wrote:

I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and
things made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm
not having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.


Soy is a source of phytoestrogens, which is just a fancy way of saying
plant-sourced estrogens. Some people are not able to stick extra
estrogens in their system without getting symptoms like tender
breasts, water retention, etc. That's why I have to avoid a lot of
soy. If I wanted that kind of misery I'd take BC pills. ;-) Others
avoid soy because there's some evidence that overconsumption (the
definition of which varies from person to person) can negatively
impact on thyroid function.

Take care,
Carmen
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Old April 5th, 2004, 04:25 PM
Bev-Ann
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

Thanks for the info, revek and Carmen. I googled the group as revek
suggested and found a lot of interesting stuff.

on Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:18:52 GMT, "Carmen" wrote:

Soy is a source of phytoestrogens, which is just a fancy way of saying
plant-sourced estrogens. Some people are not able to stick extra
estrogens in their system without getting symptoms like tender
breasts, water retention, etc. That's why I have to avoid a lot of
soy. If I wanted that kind of misery I'd take BC pills. ;-) Others
avoid soy because there's some evidence that overconsumption (the
definition of which varies from person to person) can negatively
impact on thyroid function.

Take care,
Carmen


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Bev
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Old April 5th, 2004, 07:58 PM
SouthrnElf
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If soy works for you then you don't need to worry but for some women it causes
trouble because it mimics estrogen and can mess up their hormones. Estrogen,
especially unopposed estrogen (meaning without balancing it with progesterone)
can encourage the growth of reproductive cancers such as endometrial cancer -
currently the number one cancer of women.

Also in my case I just hate the taste of soy flour and even before I had the
cancer problem I tried to avoid anything that had soy flour in it. Oddly enough
I didn't mind the taste of tofu and ate lots of Chinese food with it in it but
tofu seems much milder than soy flour.

Debra
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Old April 5th, 2004, 08:46 PM
Doug Freyburger
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

Bev-Ann wrote:

I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and things
made from it. So I'm curious...why?


In addition to the estrogen mentioned in other posts, some have
thyroid interaction when they eat large amounts of soy. If you
are on thyroid pills, read up before having more than an occasional
dish of tofu, then make an educated decision.
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Old April 6th, 2004, 07:14 PM
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

Bev-Ann wrote in message . ..
I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and things
made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm not
having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.

-----
Bev


Here is some info on soy:

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

TC
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Old April 6th, 2004, 07:36 PM
Dawn Taylor
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

On 6 Apr 2004 11:14:51 -0700, (tcomeau)
announced in front of God and everybody:

Bev-Ann wrote in message . ..
I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and things
made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm not
having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.

-----
Bev


Here is some info on soy:

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

Here's some mo
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/

(In the interest of full disclosure, I use soy protein powder a few
times a week. But there are certainly compelling reasons to limit soy
consumption.)

Dawn
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Old April 23rd, 2004, 02:22 AM
Walter Bushell
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Default What's the Problem with Soy?

In article ,
Bev-Ann wrote:

I've seen several people on this ng talking about avoiding soy and things
made from it. So I'm curious...why?
I've never really used soy products before going low-carb, but I'm not
having any problems with them now that I'm aware of.

-----
Bev


If you're a man, (I assume you are not.) it can make your dick shrink.
Hmm, maybe we should feed it to W.
 




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