sundries

[rm]

- The stress from having to redo my diet again has just hit me in a somewhat bad and jittery way. It's much easier to adhere to a food restriction that causes instant suffering than one that may prevent me from getting cancer in two or three decades. I'm not going to throw out everything of mine in the house that is soy-based, but after it's gone, none of it will be repurchased. I am wondering if I need to worry about things that may have soy contamination, or if little quantities don't matter. As you might guess, lots of my gluten-free foods contain soy. No more chicken nuggets or buffalo sauce! I haven't checked the pizzas yet. I do get to keep the croisants and the brownies.

- I really need to stop getting into fights with chicks in my neighborhood. On the other hand, they really need to stop throwing bagels at me.

- I just accidently whapped myself right between the eyes with the headphones at work and am hoping it didn't bruise.

It's been a hard morning, kids.

Comments

I must of missed the entry about soy

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

and why you have to remove it from your diet? Would you mind giving me the condensed version or directing me to where I could read about soy and the connection to cancer?

Re: I must of missed the entry about soy

[rm.livejournal.com]

My mother's breast cancer is hormone positive. Soy has been shown in studies to have estrogenic effects on breast tissue. The way to reduce the risk of hormone positive breast cancers is to reduce hormone exposure -- which is why lots of exercise and the elimination of soy are recommended.

Re: I must of missed the entry about soy

[graene.livejournal.com]

FYI, tea tree oil has also been shown to have estrogenic effects (pre-puberty boys growing breasts), and that's becoming more popular in skin care products.