Since soy apparently messes up your estrogen levels if you eat too much of it, how do you how much that is? I'm trying to cut back on the amount of soy I eat to see if it improves the heaviness of my periods, but I don't know how much I need to cut back on to see a difference. It's in EVERYTHING. Even simple things like salad dressings (which I try to make my own when I can) has soybean oil (organic, of course) as the first or second ingredient. I cut out soy-based yogurts altogether, which I was eating several times a week, and have been trying to pay attention to what has soy. How much soy starts disrupting hormones?
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09-22-2012 03:37 PM #1
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How much soy does to take to mess with your hormone levels?
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No, it's actually not. It's not in REAL unpackaged, unprocessed, unbottled, food ~ all of that unless YOU put it in.
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When I was still unknowingly eating it ~ say in a restaurant veggie burger, that's all it took for me to have hot flashes. Just one! How much does it take? As in everything, it's individual.
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Revv is right. It's not in everything. Home made (and therefore raw if you want it to be) dressings taste nicer. I was going great on raw one time and my periods were the most amazing they had ever been. I started adding miso to my salad dressing and wallop heavy and more painful again. That was 1 or 2 heaped teaspoons a week. I have since found a non-soy miso but it's not as nice sadly.
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09-23-2012 08:52 PM #4
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So, it sounds like it doesn't take much at all to mess up your system? I don't have the time to make everyone myself, so we still buy some prepackaged stuff, but we're still high raw.
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By the time you've read the labels to make sure what you are buying is soy free you could have made a jar of dressing for example. Gourmet raw takes a bit more time it seems but if you are happy with mostly simple things then it takes very little time at all to prep a raw meal. Originally Posted by Hanalei
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09-24-2012 05:59 AM #6
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That is not the only reason to make sure that you do not have soy. Most of it is GM and that does terrible things to your gut.
There is sufficient in the world for man's need, but not for his greed.
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09-24-2012 09:11 PM #7
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If it's not out of my garden, everything we buy is organic or at least non-GMO.
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