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**LongaDonga** · 11-11-2011, 11:52 PM

I have a question about soy sauce. Other posts have said that it can't be used because it has wheat in it and therefore is a no-no, but the Melba toast that we're allowed to have is made with wheat, right? That doesn't seem logical to me at all. Heck, a piece of Melba has a lot more wheat and calories in it than a tablespoon of soy sauce. I know the soy sauce is really high in sodium and can cause problems with water retention, but the wheat part of it just doesn't make sense to me.

Thoughts????

Thanks, Andi

Answering this from the perspective of P2...

For me I would avoid it completely, as I avoid anything not specifically spoken to in Dr. Simeons' protocol, but I'm a complete stickler and would not wish to go through this many days of discomfort and risk it for anything.

That's just me, but there's 1000s of posts here with people that disagree with me.

Dr. Simeons even addresses it in P&I:
"The most tiresome patients are those who start counting Calories and then come up with all manner of ingenious variations which they compile from their little books. When one has spent years of weary research trying to make a diet as attractive as possible without jeopardizing the loss of weight, culinary geniuses who are out to improve their unhappy lot are hard to take."

So even in the 50s there were people trying to make this an easier experience.

Personally I say embrace the bland, and teach yourself now that health supersedes taste.

That's just my 2.1 cents though, your mileage may vary.

11-11-2011, 11:52 PM	#2
LongaDonga Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 753 Senior Member	I have a question about soy sauce. Other posts have said that it can't be used because it has wheat in it and therefore is a no-no, but the Melba toast that we're allowed to have is made with wheat, right? That doesn't seem logical to me at all. Heck, a piece of Melba has a lot more wheat and calories in it than a tablespoon of soy sauce. I know the soy sauce is really high in sodium and can cause problems with water retention, but the wheat part of it just doesn't make sense to me. Thoughts???? Thanks, Andi Answering this from the perspective of P2... For me I would avoid it completely, as I avoid anything not specifically spoken to in Dr. Simeons' protocol, but I'm a complete stickler and would not wish to go through this many days of discomfort and risk it for anything. That's just me, but there's 1000s of posts here with people that disagree with me. Dr. Simeons even addresses it in P&I: "The most tiresome patients are those who start counting Calories and then come up with all manner of ingenious variations which they compile from their little books. When one has spent years of weary research trying to make a diet as attractive as possible without jeopardizing the loss of weight, culinary geniuses who are out to improve their unhappy lot are hard to take." So even in the 50s there were people trying to make this an easier experience. Personally I say embrace the bland, and teach yourself now that health supersedes taste. That's just my 2.1 cents though, your mileage may vary.
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