Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Hi group, I am having a " crisis of faith " and could use some advice. I have been vegetarian or vegan for the past 15 years. My husband has been veggie for 15 years and we have raised our three kids vegetarian. My problem now is concerning soy. I began to worry about 1 month ago that perhaps soy was contributung to my Asperger son's ADD. He has been GFCF for 4 years but many people have begun telling me recently that it is likely that soy is a problem for him too. Yesterday, on another group, someone posted an article decrying the evils of soy. http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/food/soy_story.html While the article is definitely biased, it does make some good points about processed soy products. Both of my daughters have some trouble attending to tasks. My youngest daughters has sensory integration problems and food allergies. She is definitly intolerant/allergic to corn, wheat, dairy, and I suspect soy because she craves it when she eats it. To make matters worse, I have thyroid disease, which has been linked by some to consumption of soy. Would I be healthier if I stoped eating soy? My mother, aunt and uncle all have thyroid disease and they are meat-eaters. Finally, my husband has grown very overweight. He mainly eats bread, cheese and processeed soy products. I have tried over the years to get him to change his eating habits but he doesn't like beans and is just really out of balance with his eating right now. So now, for the first time in 15 years I am wondering if I should start feeding my family organic, free range meat. If I did not see a moral issue with eating meat, I would definitly think that my children would be healthier with a non-allergenic source of protein, like meat. I think my husband would be leaner and healthier because he would have a lean source of protein in his diet. Despite warnings about phtyo-estrogens, he continues to eat processed soy. I know this is long and rambling. Thnaks to anyone who has read this far. I guess I am just looking for than inspiration, recipe, word of wisdom - whatever- that will make it seem okay because I do not want to feed animals to my children, but I don't want to feed them foods they are allegic to either. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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