  My friend--who has now outed herself as Marianne--was pretty urlLink insistent in comments that soy was definitely contributing to her feeling bad. I don't know what, if any, meds she's on, but I did find urlLink this Dr. Weil article that says people taking Synthroid experience a heightened sensitivity to soy disrupting their thyroid. It also says the same effect could theoretically happen with a few other raw vegetables, but soy seems to be the main culprit. I was inspired to delve deeper into soy after reading my urlLink most recent issue of Mothering , which had a damning article on all foods soy. urlLink Dr. Weil says this in response to the recent wave of anti-soy articles: "All told, I find the epidemiological data on soy foods very reassuring. I still recommend one serving a day of whole soy foods such as one cup of soy milk or one half cup of tofu, soy protein (tempeh), or crispy soy nuts. At those amounts (about 40 milligrams of isoflavones) you'll get the benefits of soy without the theoretical risks of taking in excess isoflavones.
I do not recommend soy supplements because of their high isoflavone content and the lack of epidemiological evidence for their long-term safety, especially if taken on top of soy foods and isoflavone -spiked nutraceuticals. " The funniest irony was noted first by my husband, who questioned the editorial wisdom of following the anti-soy article with an article titled, "Medical Marijuana: A Surprising Solution to Severe Morning Sickness. " Clearly the health benefits of each could stand some critical thinking on behalf of the American family, but each article says, in absence of the right research, one is dangerous and the other is safe.
The moral of the story is that stakeholders abound, and editorial boards are not sources of absolute rights and wrongs, but rather media for the transfer of information. I'd like to say the same about my blogs. Information can never hurt, only the misuse and misunderstanding of information can. I feel more wise for having heard both sides of this story, but as of yet, I'm not exactly throwing soy out of our family diet. urlLink Textured soy protein maybe, but not soy. 
