PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: Why are Soy products bad for PCOS? (pancaea)

Re: Why are Soy products bad for PCOS? (pancaea)

From: Panacea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:59:12 -0600 (CST)

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Here's one link:

http://www.thyroid%2Dinfo.com/articles/soydangers.htm

If you read down you'll see it mentions the research of Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick, an environmental scientist and phytoestrogen researcher who has conducted in-depth studies on soy.

"Dr. Fitzpatrick makes it clear that soy products can have a detrminental affect on both adults and infants. In particular, he firmly believe that soy formula manufacturers should remove the isoflavones -- that part of the soy products that act as anti-thyroid agents -- from their products."

Furthermore:

"Researchers have identified that the isoflavones act as potent anti-thyroid agents, and are capable of suppressing thyroid function, and causing or worsening hypothyroidism. Soy is a phytoestrogen, and therefore acts in the body much like a hormone, so it's no surprise that it interacts with the delicate balance of the thyroid's hormonal systems. High consumption of soy products are also proven to cause goiter, (Anti-thyroid isoflavones from soybean: isolation, characterization, and mechanisms of action, Divi RL; Chang HC; Doerge DR, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA, Biochem Pharmacol, 1997 Nov, 54:10, 1087-96)"

ref url for the above resource: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9464451&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b

Another good research is the Soy Online Service:

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

It has links to studies as well.

At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, paula wrote: >
>Panacea,
>
>the problem with the links presented is that they are not primary
>sources, rather they are articles compiled by people who are obviously
>anti-soy. while that opinion is valid, and could very well be based in
>fact, i personally would need to see the actual studies that PROVE soy
>is dangerous. i do not eat soy, not because i think it is dangerous,
>but because i see no use for it in my daily diet. i am however open to
>the possibility that soy does indeed have harmful effects. do you have
>any links to actual studies done by non-biased parties?
>
>love, paula
>
>ps, the same goes for your previous post about provera. i did not
>intend that to be an attack, rather i would be very interested in actual
>information that shows it is not as good as the progesterone creams or
>suppositories, especially since i have been taking provera on and off
>for about 14 years. please do not assume that because i challange
>studies, that i am challenging your opinions or your sources, instead i
>am looking for non-biased information that can prove helpful.
>
>--
>please feel free to email me at paulam@communicomm.com
>

--
Panacea

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