Q & A

What is a Soy Intolerance:





As with other food intolerance issues, soy can manifest physical symptoms of intolerance with many of the same symptoms that indicate an allergic response such as pain in the gut, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, headaches, fatigue and wheezing and other asthma symptoms. In other words, if there are symptoms manifesting in the body that cannot be directly attributed to another cause, then suspect a food intolerance or allergy.


The symptoms of a food intolerance can vary from person to person and from exposure to exposure. The symptoms will most likely vary depending on the quantity of the offending food that has been consumed, and the time of onset can be within minutes or at anytime that the offending food is traveling through the gut as it is processed by digestion. After excretion it is gone, thus allowing symptoms to begin to abate. If there is continual intake of the food, symptoms will most likely continue.


Soy Intolerance Definition


What is the difference between a Soy Intolerance and a Soy Allergy?


I have found conflicting ideas on this, from the varying types of responses the body can make. For us, they are one and the same, I in fact believe that even though C does not have an IgE response, she IS having an IgG reaction, and her "intolerance" is actually an allergy.


Some websites, such as WebMD say that the intolerance is most likely to cause gastrointestinal symptoms only, others say that the reactions are not limited to gastrointestinal, and could go as far as an anaphalaxis type response.


What do you do if you've been diagnosed with a Soy Intolerance or Allergy?


AVOID SOY!!!!!


I have not found any course of treatment available for soy intolerance/allergy, if I hear of one I will for sure update this!!!!


How do we Avoid Soy?


Avoiding soy is really difficult. Soy, is used in just about every commercial ready made, microwaveable, quick to eat food out there. For us, the worst things to find have been bread, mayonnaise, and salad dressings. So much so, that we just make fresh. Be diligent about reading labels Soy hides under many names.