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Would you' eat something that causes nausea, gas pains and indigestion? For years now, you've been hearing about the "miraculous" benefits of soy-based products. 
Dianne Gregg's book does a great job of clearly illustrating the dangers of soy and how the media has misinformed millions into thinking they're doing themselves a favor by consuming more and more soy products. This book is a much-needed wake up call and a must read for every American.
Al Sears, M.D., Director, Center for Health and Wellness, Wellington , FL
Author of The Doctor's Heart Cure and PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness


"I found Dianne's approach in her book... The Hidden Dangers of Soy alternating between her "personal story" and her enumeration of the medical studies about soy products to be at once compelling as well as informative. I was impressed with her enumeration of the scientific data on soy products as thorough all the while maintaining a high degree of objectivity."
Leonard J. Weiss, M.D.
Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Addictionology, Forensics, and Nutrition


"The Western version of soy is not a food-it is a poison, and millions are allergic to it. This book chronicles Dianne's heroic efforts to trace her life-threatening illnesses to soy consumption. Once done, her next battle was to avoid this omnipresent "food," that is cleverly disguised. A must-read for all who believe the propaganda that soy is a health food."
Elaine Hollingsworth, Director, Hippocrates Health Centre of Australia, Author of the best seller, Take Control of Your Health and Escape The Sickness Industry.

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After developing a severe soy allergy and nearly dying, I learned how bad soy is at any age. Over 60% of products on the shelves that you eat contain soy. When I eliminated soy from my diet, I lost 32 pounds - weight the doctors told me was tied to menopause.
I present shocking evidence that soy is not the health food it's marketed to be, and offer readers truly healthy alternatives to this harmful alleged "super food."
My extensive research reveals that soy does not prevent health problems for many people, but, in fact, may be the cause of osteoporosis, thyroid disease, infertility, and may enhance tumor growth in cancer survivors!

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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Outskirts Press (February 16, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1432717022
  • ISBN-13: 978-1432717025
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
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I like to read a lot of general interest books - medical, health, etc, and I have long suspected that soy, in the quantities that we eat it, is probably not healthy. I read an article a while back in a science magazine that said as much - that as a healthy food which we eat in small quantities, it is fine and even beneficial, but used as an additive in everything, as a formula for babies, to replace milk or meat products, or as a supplement, can cause some really unfortunate health effects in otherwise healthy and non soy-sensitive people, and even the soy growers associations had said that it's only healthy in certain doses, and isn't recommended as a supplement/ pill.

So I was interested and sympathetic to this message, and I learned some new information and gained some new tips on avoiding soy additives in my food.

The thing that I did feel could use improvement about this book is that while the message and information were on point and important, the critical information for most people to know could be condensed down into a five-page article. For example, there is a soy-free recipe section that, while it includes some delightful-sounding recipes, the recipes are for things that, when I make them at least, don't contain soy anyway. They were mostly meat-containing recipes, so while a few of the side dishes would be helpful to vegetarians, there wasn't really a good consideration given to how to replace soy products in a vegetarian lifestyle.

The majority of the book is personal stories of people who have had problems with soy. If you suspect you are a person suffering from a problem with soy, then you may see yourself in these stories and this could be a very valuable book for you.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful By Lillian Sarchino on June 26, 2010
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My daughter is safe now that she is keeping away from soy and the many products that contain soy. She became a vegetarian and ate soy for protein. She was a good weight for her height. She began gaining weight and complained of heart palpatations and never feeling good. She had thyroid problems.
A visit to the Dr. showed that she was nutritionally depleated. So she ate more soy and got sicker. I was introduced to The Hidden Dangers of Soy and told my daughter about the dangers. She cut out all soy and in 6 weeks time lost 11 pounds and is off the thyroid medication. she is happier and healthy once again thanks to Dianne Gregg. The book is well written and easy to understand and a way back to good eating and good health. Dianne is also available to answer any questions you may have.
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful By Steve Burns VINE VOICE on April 6, 2008
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I am glad Dianne Gregg wrote this book and shared her experience with soy with her readers. After adding more soy to her diet as advised by all the health media she gained 18 pounds and started having health problems that eventually culminated in an anaphylactic shock that would have killed her if she were not in the hospital when it happened. She learned through her own research that she has a soy allergy. What she discovered in her attempt to not consume soy is that the food industry has added it to almost all processed foods in grocery stores through soy flour, soybean oil, and soy protein isolate. It is very difficult to eat anything except whole foods with out eating soy in some form.
The message of the book is that the soy industry has pushed the health benefits of soy to increase their profits. The truth is that many studies have concerns about the safety of soy because of its proteins and its hormonal effects on estrogen in humans. The book contains numerous accounts of individuals who have experienced goiters, weight gain, heart palpitations, and even their children having birth defects due to the over consumption of soy. The most cited problem is the numerous thyroid issues that people report that improve after the removal of soy from the diet.
The book is very useful in showing all the names for soy that could appear on food labels and includes recipes with no soy. Whether you have a soy allergy or not this book gave me enough information to avoid soy. Contrary to common belief soy made up a very small portion of oriental diets and may very well be a human toxin that is only beginning to be understood through the huge experiment going on in our modern diet.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful By V. Shadlow on May 15, 2011
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Pretty good if you can get past the beginning....in that the author, goes into a very frustrated rant, that if, you aren't on the "soy isn't the best thing (or even a good thing)" bandwagon, can really be a turn off and cause a reader to just dismiss the whole book. I, myself, don't buy reading material to hear someone whine. In the author's defense, as someone who has gone through precisely what the author has gone through [it has caused me to NOT eat out very often at all), it IS a warrented rant, but quite emotional in nature and the information, further covereed isn't necessarily something you want to hear/read/intake in an emotional state. It is a very short and easy read compared with The Whole Soy Story.

What I did like(in no particular order):
a) All the personal testimonials that are written in people's own words. It makes you grateful that you aren't crazy, that others have been there and back [ and that there IS a "back" and end is near/possible].
b) The list of the hidden or "non-soy" soy [ soy that is called something else or ingredient that contain soy or are soy dirivatives, such as "emulsifier", "natural flavor"]. I more expansive list on a websearch for "hiddlen soy", but for someone just figuring out/suspecting their allergy/'sensitivity', this list is QUITE helpful.I would like to add for a time, glutamic acid in general may already be or become a problem. It passes soon. Tomaotes, onions, garlic [do a web search], suddenly caused the same symptoms that soy does [for me the muscular soreness, the emotionalness and sleeplessness/sleep interruption] became a problem just as the symptoms had begun to lift! It caused me to wonder if I was "barking up the wrong tree". I was.
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