Comments on: Learning How To Eat Again When You Have A Soy Allergy

By: joanne cromp

joanne cromp

it’s all about them poisoning us and making profit..i too have a soy allergy.. i wish something would be done!

By: Angel

Angel

I’m also allergic to soy. I have been on a soy free diet for 9 years. Soy is in EVERYTHING! It is not just food you have to worry about it is every where! My rule is if I can not say the ingredient and I do not know what that ingredient is the I treat it like it is soy. Almost always it is soy is some form. I make everything from scratch and do not trust anything until I research it. I have noticed the label warning may not say soy is in it but after reading the ingredients a soy form is in the food. I read what you said about your reaction to chicken. Chicken is nothing more than a soybean with wings. My family is a farming family and all animal feed has soy in it unless it is straight corn. We raise our own cow to eat. It is feed only grass and corn. We do buy a pig and keep it one month and feed it only corn. Before we buy it it is feed soy. We talked to our vet and he said feeding it corn for a month before we butcher it will get the soy out of it. So far I have not had any problems doing this. We also have the butcher shop process our meat first so there is no cross contamination from the other “soy” meat. I have noticed this year that all cough drops that I can find now have soy. Just one more thing I will have to make from scratch!

By: caroline

caroline

so glad to see that you have taken the time to set up this important site! It has been 10 years that I have been learning how to eat with a very sensitive soy allergy.(instant swelling in lower abdomen/low blood pressure/headache) Yes, as you say, the labels are very tricky! The list of foods to avoid that have been mentioned are great.. would love to try to help out by sharing a few ideas to look out for/or to inform yourself about:
licorice, any type of non-stick spray in a can (even the 100%olive oil can), any word on the back of a vitamin bottle that says “vegetable coating” :sometimes see “cellulose”,which seems to be ok. best to call company, orange juice that says added omega!!!(learned that the hard way:) medicines/asprins, iron pills etc.. with artificial colorants on exterior coating. if necessary, can often request DR’s prescription in liquid form with no dye of many common antibiotics.(pharmacist usually helpful) be careful, and research, if it applies to you, with label words such as “guar gum” and “pectin”
Along with all of the already good advice already mentioned on
this site about eating from scratch- not out of a box….would like to share simple muffins that I treat myself to from time to time(only thing is that my 3 kids/and now the neighbour kids are addicted to them!!)
preheat oven 325
in medium size bowl, mix 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour(make sure of ingredients before using), 1 tsp. baking soda,
1 1/2 baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt
in another medium bowl, mix 1/3 cup oil (we use canola, but use whichever one you need to), 2/3 cup sugar (organic raw our favorite),
and 1 cup orange juice, can add 1 tsp pure vanilla if works for you.
combine juice mixture into flour mixture bowl.. stir well. should be smooth and creamy. if too liquid, add flour. if too hard to stir, add orange juice. pour batter into muffin tins or cake pan at 325F for about 12-15 minutes. enjoy!

By: sally cloud

sally cloud

Less than a year ago I began to have severe reactions to food, had no idea what the problem was but through the process of elimination,determined it was soy. Having been healthy for all of my 57 years this was quite a shock. Especially since I had never had problems with soy previously. The only food I can eat with no reaction is natural, whole food that I have cooked myself. It has been interesting to see others react to my problem. Some are convinced it is my imagination, that I REALLY have candida, gerd,etc or that I just need to get over it!

By: Rayna

Rayna

Thank you for posting this. I have a 3 year that has a soy allergy that seems to be getting worse and worse. I didn’t think that the allergy would get worse, especially since we were told that most kids grow out of it. We have found we have to buy mainly organic now. It is very expensive buying completely soy free. We were never one of those family’s with quick fix meals, but I never realized how stuff was in everything else we buy, even the vitamins that I buying my son. Vitamins are very hard to find soy free.

By: Anna

Anna

I found out last summer about my soy allergy, after many visits to the doctor and hospital. My doctor I think thought I was crazy. I thought I might be going crazy but I finally asked her to humor me after getting so sick from gravy and send me for testing. By this point my body had been in such a state (my thyroid is still swollen) I had, had enough. Its been a year and it has not gottin any easier. I have made the effort and found a nutritionalist hopefully this will make it easier. I spend more time reading labels then I do eating. I cut out everything and started from scratch my diet to date is very limited. A yr later Im still learning, like I had no idea they coat apples or about what is in the tuna thanks for saving me the trouble of finding out the hard way lol . I am glad to have found this sight I dont feel so alone anymore with what I thought to be such a strange allergy. lecitin does not bother me either my allergist says that it is because it is not a high enough consentrate of the protien to make me sick as it is highly processed. I have found pre bagged saled to contain soy. oh p.s I have written a thousand letters to ask that they stop putting soy in all the food, I have seen a few things change like craft now has a salad dressing with canola oil instead . so maybe if we write more they may listen and we will be able to enjoy a oreo cookie again!

By: Lisa

Lisa

Thank you so much! You’ve given me so much information and hope! We are a bit overwhelmed at the moment. We have just found out my 8yr old daughter has a soy allergy. She’s always get “tingles” in her throat. Now we understand why. As you said we will start out slowly and go from there. I just wanted to thank you for this all this information!

By: Vela

Vela

This sight opened my eyes to new ways I might be getting soy. Although I noticed that dairy makes the soy reaction worse, I have found that without soy I am not lactose intolerant. I did also find that one popular company does not use soy to roast their peanuts. I have my entire family and friends reading labels for me. I didn’t know that salad dressings and mayonnaise were made with soybean oil until a couple of months ago. learning new things every day ;-)

By: Denise

Denise

This is very eye opening. I have just found out I cannot eat soy. My body is a mess from it. Sady, I am also allergic to gluten and lactose intolerent. There isn’t much left to eat. I guess it’s fresh fruits and vegetables for me!

By: Christina

Christina

Thank you for the information, it has really helped me. I am allergice to peanuts/ tree nuts and most recently found out I am allergic to soy and peas and now I think black beans also. When the soy allergy came back positive I was so overwhelmed with what to eat. Although I had practice reading labels ( I was dairy free for a year thinking that was the problem) and am very familiar with it, I find it harder to find soy ingredients than dairy. I wasn’t sure if I should stay away from chicken and turkey because of the soy feed that is fed to them. I haven’t reacted yet to eating chicken. I wish they had studies done on how much if any protein from soy is in the meat.
I agree with you about the soy oil. My doc said I could have soy oil but I know better. I reacted to a piece of bread that had no chance of cross contamination from nuts and I couldn’t figure out what caused the reaction. Until I tested positive. I reread the label and it has soy oil in it (no soy flour). I also realized that my coffee that I was drinking wasn’t giving me heartburn feelings. It was the creamer that had soy oil. I stay away from soy oil. But haven’t had problems with Lecithin.