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. -- Cheers, Ken [log in to unmask]