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  Article: Soy and the Thyroid - by Julia Elliott  
     
  According to some experts, there has been much discussion lately about the possible adverse effects of soy consumption on thyroid function in both infants and adults.

Researchers from the National Center for Toxicology (NCTR), (part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) have even been concerned. But but these effects of soy on thyroid function are not really new.

The first news regarding the fact that soybean produced goiter in iodine-deficient rodents was published in 1933, and subsequent animal studies published in the 1930s and 1940s produced similar findings.

But, iodine fortification of the diet was shown to largely eliminate this problem, although soy-fed animals required approximately twice as much iodine to prevent enlarged thyroids as animals fed soy-free diets, and in some cases, slight histological abnormalities of the thyroid gland still took place.

Your best bet here is to check with your MD and have them conduct periodic testing to chart and record and changes that take place. This will allow you and your MD to make the necessary modifications as soon as they happen, allowing a more positive out come.


*Adapted from an article in The Soy Connection newsletter, Spring 2001
 		  
     
 

Submitted by Julia Elliott Author of "Simply Soy: Nature's Own Antidote"
A book that collects ten years of eating Soy every day and its effects, along with the comments of doctors that have both good and bad to offer in their opinions. Most interesting is the foreward which was written by the author's private physician who has charted the progress and changes since 1993.
Including recipes and a offering a host of natural alternatives, this book helps others understand Soy through a private and personal approach; one that is not affected or employed through any Soybean industry, but rather independent.

Although listed for $12.95, plus $1.50 for shipping, emailing your request to purchase to JElliotSoy@aol.com will enable you to purchase it for $10.00 with FREE shipping, because of your involvement with the NaturalHealthWeb.com website

  
 
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