I was drinking a Metagenics shake from my Naturopath's office and for months was feeling bloated, fatigued and not myself.  I had an IgG test done and soy was not one of my allergens.  In the Metagenics shake, soy was the first ingredient.  I decided to stop the shake and I slowly started feeling better.  My ND gave me Designs for Health Phosphatidyl Serine Powder to help get my sleeping pattern back in order.  I have to buy a new container and tonight I was looking at the ingredients and it says "from 1000 mg of Soy Lecithin."  Do you think this would bother me?

check out Dr D s shakes.....compliant for you

if you ran a swami, you d know how SL rates for you individually

More information on SWAMI diets can be found at:
http://www.4yourtype.com/swamixp_video.asp
http://www.dadamo.com/media/swami.htm
http://www.dadamo.com/clinic/swamigenotype.htm

Many Os that do poorly with soy do fine with soy lecithin.

Soy lecithin is still kind of a confusing issue for me. I've asked about it on this site but am still confused. SWAMI just confuses me more. I've scanned the archives here on this site. I think Heidi said it was fine, but SWAMI still says it's an avoid (granules). Plain lecithin is neutral in the condiments area. I'm not sure what the difference is.

Massive confusion.

Thanks C sharp!  

Lola, I looked at my Swami and under condiments it says Lecithin is a neutral for me.  It doesn't say soy lecithin though.  I have my compliant shake from Dr. D but right now I am healing my gut and egg whites are an allergen for me.  

Quoted from Christopher1

Soy lecithin is still kind of a confusing issue for me. I've asked about it on this site but am still confused. SWAMI just confuses me more. I've scanned the archives here on this site.

You probably are not going to be comforted with my response.

The SWAMI entry for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin", I do not think is for Lecithin at all.

I checked the internal data in SWAMI (this is not possible in SWAMI Xpress).

"Soybean Granules, Lecithin" has no choline at all. Which is one of the major reason one uses Lecithin.

All nutrient values for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" appear to be identical to "Soybean Meal"

Assuming that this is the case everyone should have the same rating for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" and "Soybean Meal"

The data appears to be for soybean meal and not be for Lecithin.

I am e-mailing Bob.

Quoted Text

All nutrient values for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" appear to be identical to "Soybean Meal"

Soybean Flour  
Soybean Granules, Lecithin this one is the granulated soy lecithin
Soybean Meal

Lecithin  under condiments is the liquid one made from soy

Quoted from C_sharp

You probably are not going to be comforted with my response.

The SWAMI entry for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin", I do not think is for Lecithin at all.

I checked the internal data in SWAMI (this is not possible in SWAMI Xpress).

"Soybean Granules, Lecithin" has no choline at all. Which is one of the major reason one uses Lecithin.

All nutrient values for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" appear to be identical to "Soybean Meal"

Assuming that this is the case everyone should have the same rating for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" and "Soybean Meal"

The data appears to be for soybean meal and not be for Lecithin.

I am e-mailing Bob.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I wonder what Bob has to say.

Quoted from Lola

Soybean Flour  
Soybean Granules, Lecithin this one is the granulated soy lecithin
Soybean Meal

Lecithin  under condiments is the liquid one made from soy

Yes, but C sharp says that the granules don't contain choline in SWAMI. This means it probably has the same rating as soybean meal.

Do you think that because it is liquid the nutrition changes?

Quoted from Christopher1

Yes, but C sharp says that the granules don't contain choline in SWAMI.

Lola knows what she is talking about. She has corrected my misstatements.

I am only guessing/speculating. I have no knowledge.

In SWAMI it is not unusual for data to be blank when accurate representative data is not available.  It is also possible that choline data is not currently used in SWAMI, but may be added in the future.

Quoted from Lola

Soybean Flour  
Soybean Granules, Lecithin this one is the granulated soy lecithin
Soybean Meal

Lecithin  under condiments is the liquid one made from soy

This is interesting.  Because soybean flour is a superfood for me.  So I guess Soy Lecithin is OK too.  They put it in some chocolate bars I think.

Lecithin is an emulsifier and so it is put into many foods including chocolate bars. The problem is that most lecithin is made from genetically modified soy. I purchase a soy lecithin granules that are non GMO by a company named NOW.

yeah, that darn GMO soy.  I think I usually buy the ones that say non GMO soy lecithin.  I'll have a look see.

This is an interesting point. I had always thought that soy lecithin had at least some of the same protein structure are soy. However talking with a few industry people, I was surprised to find out that soy lecithin does not have any soy DNA in it, let alone soy protein. It is just the highly specific nature of the purification process. Phosphatidyl compounds go one way and proteins (hence DNA) go the other.

There still must be something beneficial in it as I have no gallbladder and when I introduced this into my diet I felt such a relief. Then I waited one month and added Hepatiguard and now everything feels wonderful in there!!! (I tried the Explorer supplement for the liver but my body could not handle it very well and I think I recall seeing a post where Dr. D. said you shouldn't take it if you have no g.b. but I could not find the thread again).

Quoted from C_sharp

Lola knows what she is talking about. She has corrected my misstatements.

I am only guessing/speculating. I have no knowledge.

In SWAMI it is not unusual for data to be blank when accurate representative data is not available.  It is also possible that choline data is not currently used in SWAMI, but may be added in the future.

I see... Well I appreciate the effort from both you and Lola!

Quoted from Dr. D

This is an interesting point. I had always thought that soy lecithin had at least some of the same protein structure are soy. However talking with a few industry people, I was surprised to find out that soy lecithin does not have any soy DNA in it, let alone soy protein. It is just the highly specific nature of the purification process. Phosphatidyl compounds go one way and proteins (hence DNA) go the other.

Thank you for your time Dr. D! Does that apply to the granules as well, or only to the liquid lecithin Lola is talking about?

The reason I'm asking is because Soy granules, Lecithin is an avoid for me in SWAMi, whereas "Lecithin" in the condiments section is a neutral.

Thank you! I'm telling everyone I know about SWAMI!

Thanks Dr. D!  I appreciate the information.  

Okay just found the answer on my Swami, I missed it last night:

Under Vegetable Proteins, Best Avoided:

Soybean Granules, Lecithin •

nancy, a black dot is an infrequent neutral, once you ve reached whatever it is you are trying to reset

Quoted from C_sharp

You probably are not going to be comforted with my response.

Your accuracy and clarity are unbeatable.

this was very interesting... not that it matter much to me... anything with the word "soy" attached is an avoid for me very interesting that soy lecithin doesn't contain any soy proteins any longer. makes me wonder what's in it that i cant have.

Quoted from Dr. D

It is just the highly specific nature of the purification process.

I hear a question mark in here (I hope I hear well)    

Quoted from C_sharp

You probably are not going to be comforted with my response.

The SWAMI entry for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin", I do not think is for Lecithin at all.

I checked the internal data in SWAMI (this is not possible in SWAMI Xpress).

"Soybean Granules, Lecithin" has no choline at all. Which is one of the major reason one uses Lecithin.

All nutrient values for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" appear to be identical to "Soybean Meal"

Assuming that this is the case everyone should have the same rating for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" and "Soybean Meal"

The data appears to be for soybean meal and not be for Lecithin.

I am e-mailing Bob.

I just had time to read this.  So I will disregard the Soy Lecithin entry in my Swami Xpress.  Thanks C Sharp and Dr. D.

The lecithin entry has been changed to reflect new realities.

thank you!

Thanks Dr. D!!  

Quoted from Dr. D

The lecithin entry has been changed to reflect new realities.

I do love enlightenment from a good source! Whether it benefits me or someone else. You never know when you'll see someone who might need it.

Thanks, Dr. D!!  

Quoted from Dr. D

The lecithin entry has been changed to reflect new realities.

Doctor, is the lecithin you changed the one in the condiments section or the granules? The reason I ask is because SWAMI has two different lecithin values.

I am also unsure as to which of the two undergoes the purification process (Soybean Granules, Lecithin under vegetable proteins or Lecithin under condiments).

Thank you for the clarification.

Quoted from Christopher1

is the lecithin you changed the one in the condiments section or the granules?

Changes made in the SWAMI nutrient database are reflected immediately in your data.

If you rerun SWAMI, you should be able to see if either form of lecithin changed ratings for you.   (My guess is that "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" now rate as neutral for you (instead of avoid)--But with SWAMI it is difficult to predict how a food will rate for a particular person. Since the ratings depend on many factors. Lecithin in the condiment section was rated as neutral for you before, and it likely still has that rating.)

For me both rated neutral before and still rate as neutral for me.

Looking at the data for foods it appears to me as if the "soybean granules, lecithin" was changed. (But I did not keep a copy of the old values for either form of Lecithin, so we are relying on my very weak memory)

C-Sharp - my values are the same as are my husband's.

thanks so much Dr.D!

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(my values are still the same too)

For info only, my values haven't changed yet on Swami Express either.  

Since fields are locked in SWAMI Xpress, I cannot test it under a range of conditions. The change should not change my values for "Soybean Granules, Lecithin" in SWAMI Xpress. The change is in SWAMI GenoType and I can see differences in the diet reports of some clients but not other clients.

Yesterday, mine was still listing it in the vegetable proteins. That had been a puzzling thing to me earlier because it was my understanding that lecithin didn't contain any protein. I didn't consider it anything close to a problem so I ignored it!

The change made should not change the category it is listed under, only its rating. The rating will only change for some people not all.

Quoted from Spring

Yesterday, mine was still listing it in the vegetable proteins. That had been a puzzling thing to me earlier because it was my understanding that lecithin didn't contain any protein. I didn't consider it anything close to a problem so I ignored it!

If it's in the vegetable protein category, it sounds like SWAMI is referring to Soybean Granules, which is used sometimes as a meat substitute.