For The Love Of Soy
Another big change has come. For the past year, I have eaten protein bars, meal replacement bars, or what have you for two meals a day. Mostly, I ate Zone bars because they are actually pretty good, and losing weight while eating a dark chocolate candy bar is pretty cool. However, last week, I made a decision to go off soy again. I used to limit my consumption of soy to once or twice a week. That's the way it should be for me. While soy can be very good for you, for people like me who have a thyroid condition, not so much. It greatly inhibits the absorption of the medication I take. In fact, I should not take my medication 4 hours before or after I eat any soy. I also have to take my medication on an empty stomach. This means, I pretty much can not eat the stuff. It just isn't good. On top of all of that, my skin has gone crazy. My skin looks worse than a 15 year old boy's these days. I hate it. I fully believe that all the soy, meaning extra estrogen like h...