Comments on: Living With A Soy Allergy http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mel W http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-24408 Mel W Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:15:03 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-24408 Hi this is really useful I've been searching 'citric acid' and to find that is related to soy really helps I've got a very hyperactive child and just recently cut out milk and gave him soya milk and yogurt and now he's had 3 horrendous days its like he's posessed. I've been searching his limited diet for additives and this is in all 3 of his main products. Keep putting up more info. What a great site. Hi this is really useful I’ve been searching ‘citric acid’ and to find that is related to soy really helps I’ve got a very hyperactive child and just recently cut out milk and gave him soya milk and yogurt and now he’s had 3 horrendous days its like he’s posessed. I’ve been searching his limited diet for additives and this is in all 3 of his main products. Keep putting up more info. What a great site.

]]> By: Karen http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-23363 Karen Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-23363 Thank you for this post. My daughter has soy and some legume allergies, along with diary and tree nut and cinnamon. Thankfully she seems to have outgrown her reaction to peanuts, although we do limit those too. Your list is the most comprehensive I have seen. I am still nursing her, so my diet is limited, too. But I have had doctors INSIST that she would do better on hypoallergenic formula, and the 2nd ingredient is always soy oil. When I say no, I am not giving her anything with soy oil, it makes her sick, they ARGUE with me. I know what makes my child sick! Thank you for stating that soy oil is JUST as bad. And I never knew about citric acid, liquid smoke or thiamin mononitrate (from another poster) Now I have to double check all my foods, because my daughter still has reactions I can't pin down Thank you for this post. My daughter has soy and some legume allergies, along with diary and tree nut and cinnamon. Thankfully she seems to have outgrown her reaction to peanuts, although we do limit those too. Your list is the most comprehensive I have seen. I am still nursing her, so my diet is limited, too. But I have had doctors INSIST that she would do better on hypoallergenic formula, and the 2nd ingredient is always soy oil. When I say no, I am not giving her anything with soy oil, it makes her sick, they ARGUE with me. I know what makes my child sick! Thank you for stating that soy oil is JUST as bad. And I never knew about citric acid, liquid smoke or thiamin mononitrate (from another poster) Now I have to double check all my foods, because my daughter still has reactions I can’t pin down

]]> By: Nuria http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-23352 Nuria Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:51:17 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-23352 I am allergic to soybean oil, until now I was able to eat soy, but last week I had a bad allergy with my tongue swollen, I think it was the dijon mustard which had soybean oil. I am sure about the soybean oil but not sure about the soy part. Is it possible to be allergic only to soybean oil? Or this is only the beginning (I have been allergic for five years). I try to check all the label and eat fresh but still since last week I am afraid of eating anything, there is soy on everything. Thank you for this website. I am allergic to soybean oil, until now I was able to eat soy, but last week I had a bad allergy with my tongue swollen, I think it was the dijon mustard which had soybean oil. I am sure about the soybean oil but not sure about the soy part. Is it possible to be allergic only to soybean oil? Or this is only the beginning (I have been allergic for five years). I try to check all the label and eat fresh but still since last week I am afraid of eating anything, there is soy on everything. Thank you for this website.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-22736 Andrea Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:11:45 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-22736 Enjoy Life brand makes Chocolate Chips that are soy free, allergen free actually. They are probably the best chocolate chips I've ever had! I'm nursing a soy allergic baby. It's a hard thing to do. I'm scared to eat eggs, corn, and nuts, because I know that corn and soy crops are rotated, and nuts are often coated in soy oil. I do eat things with corn starch and corn syrup and sometimes he seems like he's reacted to something I ate, but it's so hard to know because it takes so long to go through me, then through him. I'm also dairy free too... so my food choices are seriously limited. Enjoy Life brand makes Chocolate Chips that are soy free, allergen free actually. They are probably the best chocolate chips I’ve ever had!

I’m nursing a soy allergic baby. It’s a hard thing to do. I’m scared to eat eggs, corn, and nuts, because I know that corn and soy crops are rotated, and nuts are often coated in soy oil.

I do eat things with corn starch and corn syrup and sometimes he seems like he’s reacted to something I ate, but it’s so hard to know because it takes so long to go through me, then through him.

I’m also dairy free too… so my food choices are seriously limited.

]]> By: E.O. http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-22545 E.O. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:12:27 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-22545 This post and the comments are very, very helpful. Many thanks. My own allergy was finally confirmed just today with a biopsy, though I have long suspected it. My symptoms, too, include severe headaches and nausea, and I, too, seem to react quite seriously to soy oil, which is very easy to ingest accidentally. For example, prepared Italian salad dressing often contains no olive oil but instead is made with soy oil or vegetable oil that is mainly soy oil. I wonder if anyone else also has this peculiar reaction: I have bleeding under the skin. A painful nodule forms that is blood-filled and looks purplish or blue-red. Soon the blood seeps out of the nodule into the surrounding tissue,and after a couple of days the area bled into turns yellow, as a bruise does. (Biopsy of one of these nodules confirmed an allergic cause.) This post and the comments are very, very helpful. Many thanks. My own allergy was finally confirmed just today with a biopsy, though I have long suspected it. My symptoms, too, include severe headaches and nausea, and I, too, seem to react quite seriously to soy oil, which is very easy to ingest accidentally. For example, prepared Italian salad dressing often contains no olive oil but instead is made with soy oil or vegetable oil that is mainly soy oil. I wonder if anyone else also has this peculiar reaction: I have bleeding under the skin. A painful nodule forms that is blood-filled and looks purplish or blue-red. Soon the blood seeps out of the nodule into the surrounding tissue,and after a couple of days the area bled into turns yellow, as a bruise does. (Biopsy of one of these nodules confirmed an allergic cause.)

]]> By: susie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/comment-page-2/#comment-22443 susie Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:48:27 +0000 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/living-with-a-soy-allergy/#comment-22443 This website sure lifts one's heart to see others fighting the same battle. Soy allergy/sensitivity for almost a year (probably was before but finally went full blown). My reaction is horrible migraines - sometimes within 15 minutes of just eating something that has hidden soy, amazed at all the products that has hidden soy - especially the natural flavors (they are the worst). Another one is thiamine mononitrate that they add to flour - it is made from corn or soy (mostly soy). found that out when I tried to make home made cinnamon rolls. flour is trial and error. Tried to make navy beans and think they are a problem too - related to soy bean family as is the guar gum bean. Our favorite tomato soup - one that is used my millions - just changed their recipe in 2009 and added the dreaded natural flavors (changed the taste as hubby said it tastes yucky - 56 years of a soup that we can no longer eat - sad). I read labels on just about everything (as are others now). toothpaste also has the flavors - I did find one in a vitamin store that I can use. Also by getting soy out my blood pressure returned to normal (unless I accidentally eat hidden soy). thank you all for your stories. If I find more hidden soy - will add it. This website sure lifts one’s heart to see others fighting the same battle. Soy allergy/sensitivity for almost a year (probably was before but finally went full blown). My reaction is horrible migraines – sometimes within 15 minutes of just eating something that has hidden soy, amazed at all the products that has hidden soy – especially the natural flavors (they are the worst). Another one is thiamine mononitrate that they add to flour – it is made from corn or soy (mostly soy). found that out when I tried to make home made cinnamon rolls. flour is trial and error. Tried to make navy beans and think they are a problem too – related to soy bean family as is the guar gum bean. Our favorite tomato soup – one that is used my millions – just changed their recipe in 2009 and added the dreaded natural flavors (changed the taste as hubby said it tastes yucky – 56 years of a soup that we can no longer eat – sad). I read labels on just about everything (as are others now). toothpaste also has the flavors – I did find one in a vitamin store that I can use. Also by getting soy out my blood pressure returned to normal (unless I accidentally eat hidden soy). thank you all for your stories. If I find more hidden soy – will add it.

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