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20-01-2009, 17:05
Subject: FW: Dangers Of Soya - a true story>
>
From: Cynthia Gray > > >
> > > Something to take note of. This is my true story,
> nothing altered. These
> > > are facts, as they relate to my experience, my
> opinions
> > >
> > > based on what I have read and felt. I am relating
> them to warn other young
> > > health-conscious women who are unwittingly
> harming themselves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In 1989, I
graduated from high school in Texas
> and couldn't wait
> > >
> > > to hit the big college city. One of the changes I
> wanted to make was to
> > >
> > > eat healthier.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Once I moved to health-conscious Austin, Texas, I
> began to fortify
> > >
> > > my body with the best and healthiest foods I
> could find.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tofu was the main ingredient in every healthy
> dish and I bought soya milk
> > > almost every day and used it for everything from
> cereal to smoothies or
> > > just
> > > to drink for a quick snack. I bought soya
> muffins, miso soup with tofu,
> > > soybeans, soybean sprouts, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> All the literature in all the health and fitness
> magazines said that soya
> > > protected you against everything from heart
> disease to breast cancer. It
> > > was
> > > the magical isoflavones, the estrogen-like
> hormones that all worked to
> > > help
> > > you stay young and healthy. I looked great, I was
> working out all the
> > > time,
> > > but my menstrual cycle was off. At 20, I started
> taking birth control
> > > pills
> > > to regulate my menstrual cycle.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In addition to this I began to suffer from
> painful periods. I began to get
> > > puffy, it was as though I was losing my muscle
> tone. I began to suffer
> > > from
> > > depression and getting hot flushes. I mistook
all
> this for PMS since my
> > > periods were irregular. By the time I was 25, my
> periods were so bad, I
> > > couldn't walk.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The birth control pills never made them regular
> or less painful so I
> > >
> > > decided to stop taking them. I went on like this
> for another two years
> > >
> > > until I realized my pain wasn't normal. At
> 27, my gynecologist found
> > >
> > > two cysts in my uterus. Both were the size of
> tennis balls. I went
> > >
> > > through surgery to have them removed and thank
> God they were benign. The
> > > gynecologist told me to go back on birth control
> pills.
> > >
> > > I didn't. In 1998, he discovered a lump in my
> breast. Again, I
went
> > > through
> > > surgery and again it was benign.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In November 2000 my glands swelled up and my gums
> became inflamed.
> > > Thinking
> > > I had a tooth infection I went to the dentist who
> told me that teeth were
> > > not the problem. After a dose of antibiotics the
> > >
> > > swelling still did not go down. At this point I
> could feel a tiny nodule
> > > on
> > > the right side of my neck. I told my mother I had
> thyroid trouble. She
> > > thought I was being silly. No one in the family
> suffered from thyroid
> > > trouble. Going on a hunch I saw a specialist who
> diagnosed me with
> > > Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
After a series of tests he told me it was cancer.
> My fiance and I sat
> > >
> > > stunned. We were not prepared and I was so
> scared. We scheduled
> > >
> > > surgery right away. The specialist told us that
> it would only be after the
> > > operation that a pathologist would be able to
> tell us for sure if
> > >
> > > it was cancer. They found a tumor in my right
> lobe composed of irregular
> > > cells and another smaller tumor growing on the
> left, so the entire thyroid
> > > was removed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > They told me that after undergoing radioactive
> iodine I would be
> > >
> > > safe and assured me that I could live a long
> life. After treatment I
> > >
> > > began to search for the
cause of all these
> problems. I never once thought
> > > it
> > > could be all the soya I had consumed for nearly
> ten years.
> > >
> > > After all, soya is healthy. I came upon a web
> page that linked thyroid
> > > problems to soya intake and the conspiracy of
> soya marketed as a health
> > > food
> > > when in fact it is only a toxic by-product of the
> vegetable oil industry.
> > > This was insane, after all, the health and
> fitness magazines had said
> > > nothing about soya being harmful.
> > >
> > > I visited a herbalist who was diagnosed with
> thyroid cancer in 1985.
> > >
> > > She informed me that soya was the culprit. She
> had a hysterectomy due to
> > > cysts and other uterine problems. A few months
> later
another
> > >
> > > acquaintance who had consumed soya came down with
> thyroid
> > >
> > > cancer. A girl in EnglandI met through the
> Internet in a thyroid cancer
> > >
> > > forum had just undergone surgery and she was only
> 19.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What was going on???? Breast cancer is linked to
> estrogen. What mimics
> > > estrogen in the female body, SOYA!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But I never suspected soya because until now I
> never once found a
> > >
> > > single article that stated soya could be
> dangerous. Women who took soya
> > > prior to thyroid problems will continue to take
> it after if they are not
> > > aware of what soya actually does, what it
> contains
and how it
> > >
> > > reacts in the female body. I think this is the
> reason that women with
> > >
> > > thyroid cancer often develop breast cancer later.
> > >
> > > My co-worker is big into soya and I see her
> losing hair and gaining
> > >
> > > weight despite a walking workout during her break
> and after work,
> > >
> > > and apples and oranges for lunch. She just had
> cysts removed from her
> > > uterus
> > > too.
> > >
> > > I warned her to stay off soya. I referred her to
> websites but until it
> > >
> > > is on the evening news on all four networks,
> women will suffer.
> > >
> > > Since the thyroidectomy, I do not touch soya,
> haven't for two years.
> > >
> > >
Dear readers, please use my story in any way you
> can. There are so
> > >
> > > many young girls who are consuming soya because
> they think they are taking
> > > care of themselves, and women taking soya because
> they want to be
> > > healthy.
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > > It is so unfair that the information about the
> dangers of soya isn't more
> > > widely circulated. It is sad. There are many out
> there who feel this way
> > > and
> > > it is a terrible blow when you realize you are
> not as healthy as you
> > > thought
> > > and that the information that you depended on was
> wrong. *
> > >
> > >
> > > -- it's said that soya, corn and another
> produce predominantly manufactured in USA are GM
crops.
> Corn is produced for Ethanol which is being used as fuel!
> Most Americans do not know that they are being fed gm
> produce in their fast food etc, this was on a bbc news
> bulletin during the middle of the night! They are trying
> to bombard Africa with this, but some African countries are
> resisting.
> American farmers are forced to purchase gm seeds from
> Monsanto, and the unused seeds must be returned to them;
> they are then allowed to re-purchase the following year.
>
> Akhrud.. akul nefer
>
>
From: Cynthia Gray > > >
> > > Something to take note of. This is my true story,
> nothing altered. These
> > > are facts, as they relate to my experience, my
> opinions
> > >
> > > based on what I have read and felt. I am relating
> them to warn other young
> > > health-conscious women who are unwittingly
> harming themselves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In 1989, I
graduated from high school in Texas
> and couldn't wait
> > >
> > > to hit the big college city. One of the changes I
> wanted to make was to
> > >
> > > eat healthier.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Once I moved to health-conscious Austin, Texas, I
> began to fortify
> > >
> > > my body with the best and healthiest foods I
> could find.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tofu was the main ingredient in every healthy
> dish and I bought soya milk
> > > almost every day and used it for everything from
> cereal to smoothies or
> > > just
> > > to drink for a quick snack. I bought soya
> muffins, miso soup with tofu,
> > > soybeans, soybean sprouts, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> All the literature in all the health and fitness
> magazines said that soya
> > > protected you against everything from heart
> disease to breast cancer. It
> > > was
> > > the magical isoflavones, the estrogen-like
> hormones that all worked to
> > > help
> > > you stay young and healthy. I looked great, I was
> working out all the
> > > time,
> > > but my menstrual cycle was off. At 20, I started
> taking birth control
> > > pills
> > > to regulate my menstrual cycle.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In addition to this I began to suffer from
> painful periods. I began to get
> > > puffy, it was as though I was losing my muscle
> tone. I began to suffer
> > > from
> > > depression and getting hot flushes. I mistook
all
> this for PMS since my
> > > periods were irregular. By the time I was 25, my
> periods were so bad, I
> > > couldn't walk.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The birth control pills never made them regular
> or less painful so I
> > >
> > > decided to stop taking them. I went on like this
> for another two years
> > >
> > > until I realized my pain wasn't normal. At
> 27, my gynecologist found
> > >
> > > two cysts in my uterus. Both were the size of
> tennis balls. I went
> > >
> > > through surgery to have them removed and thank
> God they were benign. The
> > > gynecologist told me to go back on birth control
> pills.
> > >
> > > I didn't. In 1998, he discovered a lump in my
> breast. Again, I
went
> > > through
> > > surgery and again it was benign.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In November 2000 my glands swelled up and my gums
> became inflamed.
> > > Thinking
> > > I had a tooth infection I went to the dentist who
> told me that teeth were
> > > not the problem. After a dose of antibiotics the
> > >
> > > swelling still did not go down. At this point I
> could feel a tiny nodule
> > > on
> > > the right side of my neck. I told my mother I had
> thyroid trouble. She
> > > thought I was being silly. No one in the family
> suffered from thyroid
> > > trouble. Going on a hunch I saw a specialist who
> diagnosed me with
> > > Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
After a series of tests he told me it was cancer.
> My fiance and I sat
> > >
> > > stunned. We were not prepared and I was so
> scared. We scheduled
> > >
> > > surgery right away. The specialist told us that
> it would only be after the
> > > operation that a pathologist would be able to
> tell us for sure if
> > >
> > > it was cancer. They found a tumor in my right
> lobe composed of irregular
> > > cells and another smaller tumor growing on the
> left, so the entire thyroid
> > > was removed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > They told me that after undergoing radioactive
> iodine I would be
> > >
> > > safe and assured me that I could live a long
> life. After treatment I
> > >
> > > began to search for the
cause of all these
> problems. I never once thought
> > > it
> > > could be all the soya I had consumed for nearly
> ten years.
> > >
> > > After all, soya is healthy. I came upon a web
> page that linked thyroid
> > > problems to soya intake and the conspiracy of
> soya marketed as a health
> > > food
> > > when in fact it is only a toxic by-product of the
> vegetable oil industry.
> > > This was insane, after all, the health and
> fitness magazines had said
> > > nothing about soya being harmful.
> > >
> > > I visited a herbalist who was diagnosed with
> thyroid cancer in 1985.
> > >
> > > She informed me that soya was the culprit. She
> had a hysterectomy due to
> > > cysts and other uterine problems. A few months
> later
another
> > >
> > > acquaintance who had consumed soya came down with
> thyroid
> > >
> > > cancer. A girl in EnglandI met through the
> Internet in a thyroid cancer
> > >
> > > forum had just undergone surgery and she was only
> 19.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What was going on???? Breast cancer is linked to
> estrogen. What mimics
> > > estrogen in the female body, SOYA!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But I never suspected soya because until now I
> never once found a
> > >
> > > single article that stated soya could be
> dangerous. Women who took soya
> > > prior to thyroid problems will continue to take
> it after if they are not
> > > aware of what soya actually does, what it
> contains
and how it
> > >
> > > reacts in the female body. I think this is the
> reason that women with
> > >
> > > thyroid cancer often develop breast cancer later.
> > >
> > > My co-worker is big into soya and I see her
> losing hair and gaining
> > >
> > > weight despite a walking workout during her break
> and after work,
> > >
> > > and apples and oranges for lunch. She just had
> cysts removed from her
> > > uterus
> > > too.
> > >
> > > I warned her to stay off soya. I referred her to
> websites but until it
> > >
> > > is on the evening news on all four networks,
> women will suffer.
> > >
> > > Since the thyroidectomy, I do not touch soya,
> haven't for two years.
> > >
> > >
Dear readers, please use my story in any way you
> can. There are so
> > >
> > > many young girls who are consuming soya because
> they think they are taking
> > > care of themselves, and women taking soya because
> they want to be
> > > healthy.
> > >
> > > *
> > >
> > > It is so unfair that the information about the
> dangers of soya isn't more
> > > widely circulated. It is sad. There are many out
> there who feel this way
> > > and
> > > it is a terrible blow when you realize you are
> not as healthy as you
> > > thought
> > > and that the information that you depended on was
> wrong. *
> > >
> > >
> > > -- it's said that soya, corn and another
> produce predominantly manufactured in USA are GM
crops.
> Corn is produced for Ethanol which is being used as fuel!
> Most Americans do not know that they are being fed gm
> produce in their fast food etc, this was on a bbc news
> bulletin during the middle of the night! They are trying
> to bombard Africa with this, but some African countries are
> resisting.
> American farmers are forced to purchase gm seeds from
> Monsanto, and the unused seeds must be returned to them;
> they are then allowed to re-purchase the following year.
>
> Akhrud.. akul nefer
>