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Re: Dietary concerns
From: Marie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 25 18:31:30 2003
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Maria
At Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Lea Harth, wrote:
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>Dear ladies,
>
>There are a lot of you out there that are trying all sorts of dietary
>experiments to help control your endo symptoms. It's interesting the
>things that you are finding out about yourselves in this manner. There
>are some conclusions being drawn that don't necessarily follow a
>straight line of logic but if they work for you that is great! However
>some of you have found that you have either noticed no change or
>experience unpleasant effects of these changes because you are
>overlooking a very important point.
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>#1 It is imperative that you read labels.
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>If you are suspecting you have a problem with wheat gluten and you turn
>to soy as a solution you must read the labels, many soy products contain
>wheat gluten. They also contain lactose so if you are lactose
>intolerant and turning to soy you are not helping yourself.
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>If you have seafood or iodine allergies DO NOT USE SOY MILK as it is
>processed with sea salt and you can have a serious allergic reaction to
>it very quickly. My local grocery has 3 different brands of soy milk in
>a variety of flavors and textures and every single one of them list sea
>salt near the beginning of the ingredient list. I unwittingly bought a
>chai latte from Starbucks that had the Soy Silk in it and within three
>sips my eyes, face and throat began to swell and I completely lost my
>voice. I took an antihistamine and within an hour I was alright again
>but boy did that give me a scare.
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>Please do not misunderstand, I am not against soy products, I think it
>is an excellent food and I do use it as a meat substitute a couple of
>times per month but I found out the hard way that reading the labels is
>a must because things are not always what you think they are.
>
>--
>Lea Harth, Managing Editor
>OBGYN.net
>
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