Guest guest Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 Hi and welcome Cherie! I am glad you found a great doctor that diagnosed you correctly. How are you feeling now you know how you need to eat? In your intro post you said, "I recently discovered seitan/gluten meat online, and want to try some recipes using that as a protein source. Although some seitan meat substitutes are sold commercially, many seem to contain some soy protein as an ingredient..thus, I want to make my own - I read one seitan recipe saying chickpea flour could be used instead of soy flour, so that sounded useful *wink*" Are you talking about those meat substitutes like the canned products of Loma Linda brand? Or is this something different I don't know about. Can you give us the online source you mentioned in your intro post? Thanks! Susan R. - CeCetheWegie Friday, August 29, 2003 7:27 PM Joanne - Re: soy and thyroid 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 youhad an underactive thyroid -- what is the relationship between soy andthyroid issues? -- thanks for reading and for your helpJoanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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