Thanks Kathleen.

Yep, I do know about soy and estrogen, and actually it's something I worry about a little (particularly because my 9 year old drinks only soya milk and loves to eat tofu, and is obsessed with edamame beans!) but I've never really taken much time to read about it or find alternatives. Maybe I should swap to almond milk, which I also really like. I assume that's probably fairly high in protein too.

I did notice the age of the book (academic habits die hard, always check the citation date, ha!) so I'll be sure to keep plugged into the advice here. It's much nicer to have a one-to-one dialogue anyway,

I am finding it quite a relief in some ways to just focus on the step I'm on. I'm going away on a retreat this weekend. Breakfast will be after an hour but I may be able to find space to get my own at. There will be protein things there (it's usually porridge with soya milk, raisins and seeds) but I might have to take something additional to bump up the protein. That's quite enough to think about at the moment! So I can see where the stability and steadiness is helpful.

Have a lovely weekend, and thanks again

: Wonderful! I will respond.
: right in your note below.

: Thanks, Kathleen, appreciate that :)

: One thing I thought to tell you...I
: don't know if you realize that soy
: (tofu) can be pretty estrogenic.
: Many younger women don't realize
: this and can have
: hormonal effects and not realize that
: is creating them.

: Great. I really like Nutribiotic
: Brown Rice Protein powder. It
: might be a good alternative for
: you. One of the things embedded in
: step one is learning how to take
: instruction most sugar
: sensitives are fiercely
: independent LOL and we tend to
: think we know everything so miss
: out on the skill of learning from
: others' experience.

: Wonderful!!! Delighted you are here.
: Remember that the last version was
: 10 years ago...much of our updated
: information is found on the web
: and in our oral discussions.

: so I'm fairly

: Right, I understand But I
: guarantee you that the program is
: way more complex and
: multidimensional than meets the
: eye, LOL.

: Warmly,

: Kathleen