Guest guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Hi, Joanne! Thank you for your welcome! Nice to meet you! It took thorough testing, done by an endocrinologist, to determine that my thyroid is not only slow, it's totally dead! Three different tests done that same year, by GPs and an OB/GYN all came up "slow, but in the normal range..." My endocrinologist said that the general test other doctors can give can show a false reading "because your hormones can, sometimes, mask the results of the general test..." If you go to about.com and put the phrase soy and thyroid into the search engine there, a ton of links to studies and articles about this dilemma will come up.... Basically, eating a lot of soy products regularly (I forget how much is "a lot", sorry...) has been proven to slow down the thyroid! In fact, if you have hypothyroid problems already, they can be worsened by these foods... *My endocrinologist told me not to eat soy products (some books said if they couldn't be totally avoided, to only indulge in teeny amounts and then only very infrequently....Other foods cited to further slow down the thyroid gland are spinach and cabbage....But, soy is the primary culprit according to the studies.... Cherie Fw: new member here Hello Cherie, welcome to the group -- you have me curious though how did you know you had an underactive thyroid -- what is the relationship between soy and thyroid issues? -- thanks for reading and for your help Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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