[mystic~mama]

any one else think this stuff may be hazardous to your health??

 

[FatherArn]

Being vegetarians my dw and I have used soy in different forms for years ... but the more we read the more we stop using soy. I think the jury is still out on the dangers concerning soy. Some highly suggest stopping your use of soy almost completely .... here's an article that gives one perspective: http://www.mercola.com/1997/archive/...n_concerns.htm

 

[ChristaN]

If I believed much of what Mercola writes, I would probably want to stop being veg*n all together. Soy, in all forms, has its proponants and detractors. I, personally, find those who are maligning soy as the next asbestos to be a bit alarmist, but if you are terribly worried about it, you certainly can avoid it in your diet.

Lethicin, in general, is beneficial to our bodies, but I don't know if I'd go out of my way to eat pure lethicin, just like I try not to eat refined, extracted forms of any food. Whole foods are best, IMO.

Lecithin is found not only a byproduct of soy, but can also be derived from eggs & some other products that people often eat.

Just as a basic background on some of what lethicin does in our bodies, it serves many purposes including being an antioxidant. Lethicin is a mixture of fatty and fatlike substances and is produced by our livers, as well. It is needed by every cell in the body and is a key building block of cell membranes including the protective sheaths surrounding the brain. It also works as a fat emulsifier & is beneficial to cardiovascular health. Now that I am sounding like an infomercial :LOL ...

 

[mystic~mama]

Christa~

personally, I think unfermented soy products are harmful...I was posting to see if anyone else got a bad headache from eating food with lecithin in it (in my case chocolate chips

: )

Lecithin is natural but the by product, soy lecithin is something I think is no good to put it nicely.

I was vegan for awhile and ended up feeling it was not the most healthy diet choice and on the extreme side as a lifestyle choice...my view on it

 

[ChristaN]

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Originally Posted by mystic~mama I was posting to see if anyone else got a bad headache from eating food with lecithin in it (in my case chocolate chips : )

Ah, I see. If something was giving me a headache, I guess that I would avoid it, too.

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Lecithin is natural but the by product, soy lecithin is something I think is no good to put it nicely.

Sorry to get technical - it is a fault of mine! Soy lethicin is not a by-product of lethicin. It is a form of lethicin. I guess that it could technically be a by-product of soy beans. I, too, avoid bit & pieces of foods that have been extracted from the food as much as I can, but respectfully disagree with the idea that soy is bad in all forms except fermented forms. However, I am aware that there are those who disagree with me.

If you are looking to discuss the problems with soy with others who feel the same, I am not the target audience for this thread :LOL ! Although soy is not the mainstay of my diet, I do eat it in moderation. I have also been vegan coming up on 17 years this fall & it works quite well for me, so we are just coming from different places. To each his or her own!