Synthroid and Soy

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, Shawn Eaton

<verbena38> wrote:

> I have a question. I was told not too long ago that

> if you are taking synthroid that you cannot have

> anything with soy in it. Is this true? If it is why?>>

 

It's suggested that soy may disrupt thyroid hormone production and

therefore it's questioned whether it can also disrupt medication

absorbtion. Also, some people with thyroid problems notice adverse

effects after consuming soy (hypo symptoms increase).

 

For women, the question about soy and thyroid centers around the

absorbtion of too much estrogen. There's a lot of evidence that an

over abundance of estrogen causes some thyroid problems (soy

increases estrogen).

 

And then there's just basic health concerns about soy - or, certainly

the quality of the soy produced in North America.

 

Here's some more reading:

 

http://www.dadamo.com/ask/ask2.pl?20030209.txt

http://forum.lef.org/forum15/topic22522.html

http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa041202a.htm

 

 

Mary