There is some evidence that soy suppresses the thyroid and in particular soy baby formulas are not recommended--I would guess teething biscuits would fall in this category also--

Here's a link:

http://thyroid.about.com/health/thyroid/library/weekly/aa083099.htm?rnk=r&terms=soy+food

For what it's worth . . .

Mary C

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On Tue, 2 May 2000 17:49:52    Kathryn M Przywara wrote:
>On Tue, 2 May 2000 16:21:33 -0400 MissRoben <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>> Can any of you suggest any teething biscuits?  Could you specify
>> specifically which foods they are FREE OF too?
>
>I used one that was dairy and wheat free.  It was made from oat & soy
>flours and molasses.  They are from Healthy Times.   They were K-D, but
>they claimed to be dairy free (they had another variety that had dairy in
>it).  I gave my box away and couldn't remember what they were, so I did a
>search on Whole Foods web site and found them there.  Here is the
>ingredients as listed there:
>
>Organically Grown Whole Oat Flour, Organically Grown Whole Soy Flour,
>Organic Unsulphered Molasses, Organic Cold Pressed Safflower Oil, Organic
>Maple Flavor.
>
>We gave up on teething buscuits bc they were just such a mess.  I'd have
>a molasses flavored kid from head to toe!  And a high chair that needed a
>bath too.  We just prefered the water filled toys that you could
>refrigerate.
>
>Kathy P.
>


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