Guest guest Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Hello....I'm new to this site. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian who is trying to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. My problem is this...I have had hypothyroidism for a few years...and as a result I must avoid soy products. W/O soy...is there a way to get enough protein in a vegan diet??? Please advise... Kris http://kme.arbonne.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 In a message dated 7/11/2006 8:24:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, kme writes: > Hello....I'm new to this site. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian who is > trying to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. My problem is this...I have > had hypothyroidism for a few years...and as a result I must avoid soy > products. W/O soy...is there a way to get enough protein in a vegan > diet??? > Please advise... > If you can eat wheat you can make all your own protien foods from whole wheat flour -- it is simply called gluten or something else I can't think of right now -- starts with an " s " and ends with an " n " . Oh well, I use a book called How to make all the meat you eat from wheat. Great book and lots of wonderful information. I believe it is out of print but you might be able to find a copy in second hand stores or online booksellers. Lisa Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 --- earlekris <kme wrote: > Hello....I'm new to this site. I'm a lacto-ovo > vegetarian who is > trying to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. My problem > is this...I have > had hypothyroidism for a few years...and as a result > I must avoid soy > products. W/O soy...is there a way to get enough > protein in a vegan > diet??? > Please advise... > > Kris > http://kme.arbonne.com This may be really bad of me, but I am also hypothyroid (and have Type 1 diabetes) and I pretty much ignore the warnings about soy. Up until last year, I had never intentionally eaten any soy products like tofu, edamamae, TVP etc (except for being on soy formula as an infant). I'm sure I've eaten some that were ingredients in other foods, but it couldn't have been much. I have had T1 diabetes for 19+ years and was diagnosed hypothyroid maybe 8 years ago. I've read stories that said " don't ever eat any soy, ever " to " you'd have to eat an amazing amount of soy to do any real damage " . Like everything else, it's hard to know who's right. So, I don't eat soy products every day but I'm not cutting them out, either. -- Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Any whole seed foods are good sources of protein, and as long as you meet your caloric needs with plant-based foods - except for junk foods, fruits and yams and sweet potatoes - you will meet your protein needs. Soy is most often used as a protein source because it's one of the cheapest. Milks and precipitant products like tofu can be made with other seeds as well. So whole grains, beans, nuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. There are a variety of seed butters, not just peanut butter. Almond butter's kind of expensive, but tahini (sesame seed butter) is usually more reasonably priced. Sunflower seed butter and hazelnut butter are good for making creamy soups. Dark greens are also good sources of protein as well as important minerals. Collards especially. A cup of steamed collards has about 4 grams of high quality protein which is fairly complete with all the essential amino acids in pretty near the right balance... Peace... , " earlekris " <kme wrote: > > Hello....I'm new to this site. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian who is > trying to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. My problem is this...I have > had hypothyroidism for a few years...and as a result I must avoid soy > products. W/O soy...is there a way to get enough protein in a vegan > diet??? > Please advise... > > Kris > http://kme.arbonne.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Tom <antipreophogistiii wrote: <snip> Dark greens are also good sources of protein as well as important minerals. Collards especially. A cup of steamed collards has about 4 grams of high quality protein which is fairly complete with all the essential amino acids in pretty near the right balance... Peace... Hi Tom, thanks for the good information, did not know that about collards - been craving them so having them steamed almost every day!! I figure if I crave something that's good for me the bodys asking for something it needs and should have. ( what were the health benifits of chocolate?? LOL, just kidding) peace, Angela great grandma recycled, she called it making do. who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled! middle age = that time of life when we realize yesterday's sex, drugs and rock and roll are todays memories, prescriptions and golden oldies! Get on board. You're invited to try the new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Thank you, Tom. I have learned a lot today from you. Fortunately, I've been eating collards for the calcium. Now I shall eat lots more. Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 , Elizabeth Blake <stinky_harriet wrote: > Hi Liz! It's so nice to know there is another Hypothyroid-Vegetarian out there! I really thought I was the only one. I wish that I could ignore the Soy-Hypo warnings. I've gone through periods where I went Vegan, but I felt I had to eat soy for protien, and my THS skyrocketed. I swear that I am the only person who went vegn and gained weight:-( Anyway...thanks for all the repsponces to my post! I really appreciate it! ~Kris " Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. " www.kme.myarbonne.com > --- earlekris <kme wrote: > > > Hello....I'm new to this site. I'm a lacto-ovo > > vegetarian who is > > trying to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. My problem > > is this...I have > > had hypothyroidism for a few years...and as a result > > I must avoid soy > > products. W/O soy...is there a way to get enough > > protein in a vegan > > diet??? > > Please advise... > > > > Kris > > http://kme.arbonne.com > > This may be really bad of me, but I am also > hypothyroid (and have Type 1 diabetes) and I pretty > much ignore the warnings about soy. Up until last > year, I had never intentionally eaten any soy products > like tofu, edamamae, TVP etc (except for being on soy > formula as an infant). I'm sure I've eaten some that > were ingredients in other foods, but it couldn't have > been much. I have had T1 diabetes for 19+ years and > was diagnosed hypothyroid maybe 8 years ago. I've > read stories that said " don't ever eat any soy, ever " > to " you'd have to eat an amazing amount of soy to do > any real damage " . Like everything else, it's hard to > know who's right. So, I don't eat soy products every > day but I'm not cutting them out, either. > > -- > Liz > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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