Mine said that they found out that soy has a chemical that interfers with iodine absorbtion. A friend of mine was diagnosed with hypothyroid, she cut the foods out that inhibited iodine absorbtion and exercised and six months later her thyroid test came back negative and lost 13 lbs. but in her case her thyroid is still working. Another friend w/hypothyroid (age 67) said she was having problems with her meds slowly not doing the job. I told her of the food I was told to avoid or regulate and she tried for a month and found an some improvement with her meds. To me a healthy diet is one that works with your own body chemistry and genetics. You are correct that sometime even eating correctly to meet the problem doesn't always work. But I like to think that there is always hope in turning something around, we just haven't figured out what it is yet. The positive with me is learning which resturants use soy oil or canola and the cooks learn as well. Though one place when I asked, said salad oil and when I asked "but is it soy oil?" they said it is vegetable oil, not soy. One restuarant waitress went back to ask about the margerine and was told vegetable oil base and I said "soy or canola"? They read the fine print and found out it was soy based. This appearantly answered a problem with the owner's wife having problem as she is allegic to soy and she thought the margerine was corn oil based.
De -----Original Message----- Greetings De. I'm a few inches taller than you and weigh about the same. I have an autoimmune disorder and have to be on thyroid replacement meds (mine basically died) and some other pretty heavy duty drugs (all works, I'm fine), but my drs have all said that it is going to be very difficult for me to lose weight; that the best thing I can do for myself is to be fit, strong, and healthy, and not to sweat the weight issue. Eating healthy is always excellent, but it won't always fix the problems. Arlys _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
