On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:42:54 EDT, Susan Wolf Sternberg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>It's possible Ken, but not likely.  Between vegetarianism and going Paleo,
>there was a 1 1/2 year period of time during which I added meats, totally
>eliminated soy, and changed little else about my eating habits, eating
>grains, carbs, etc. Yet my immune system slowly came back from very
>supressed to borderline normal.  I believe had I been Paleo during that time
>frame, it would not have taken as long to get there.  Since going Paleo my
>immune system is completely normal.

So, how do you ascribe that to "eliminating soy" rather than "adding meat"?

>  Ken writes:
>> Since you were a vegetarian, wasn't it possible that there were a half dozen
>> other things responsible for your health problems, and so it would be
>> difficult
>> to pin it just on the soy ?
>>
>   Susan writes:
>   >When I was a vegetarian, and I was for about 5 years I ate TONS of soy
>>products thinking I was improving my health.  What it did for me was another
>>matter, as it supressed my immune system, and caused me some severe medical
>>problems which took over a year to remedy.  Now that I eat paleo, I have a
>>happy and healthy immune system.  As far as I'm concerned soy is poison.

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Cheers,

Ken
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