I have been told that people who have hypothyroidism should avoid soy products...I have type A blood with diagnosed hypothyroidism...your diet recommends soy products...Is it OK for me to eat them?

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You may want to look at earlier threads on this topic such as:

Hypothyroid and Type A


Soy or not to Soy for Hypothyroids?

Many A's are teacher genotype and soy is discussed here:

http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1203959787/

There is also an Ask Dr. D. Column on this subject:

Type A, Thyroid And Soy

http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ED066S
the targeted advice and food lists might come in handy....

Soy for A's needs to follow Peter's advice. Organic, non GM eat tofu and Tempeh, they are the best forms of soy. Other forms of soy I would not trust like TVP. Cooking all your soy in cast iron or non aluminum pans is important as well.

the problem here is to obtain so called *organic* stuff..... coz nearly all soyproducts are genetically treated...

what can I use for soy sauce? I use tamari, which is made from soy....I used to use Bragg's aminos, but for some reason I thought I heard those weren't as good....