soya allergy

Ive been finding it more than difficult to rid soy from my diet. I certainly am unable to eat at restaurants and in other’s homes. Im finding alot of soya in recipes yet hidden in marj, breads, store bought baked goods. Ive even found that beef is injected and pumped with soya before they are slaughtered, it goes right into the meat to you.
How do other soy allergen people deal with this.

I agree…it is very hard since soy is in almost everything. For eating out…check out Chili’s website and they have a special menu for people with soy allergies. Also, for salad dressings…try just olive oil or go to Central Market or a health food store. With store bought baked goods you are pretty much at a loss as far as I have discovered. Home cooking will be your main relief. O and chocolates all have soy in them but I have found this one company who does not…the brand is Choco-lina and you can look at it at chocolina.com or Central Market stores. There are also soy free chocolate chips sold online if you just type that into google. Let you know what else I can think of. Hang in there.

My daughter was diagnosed with soy allergy (anaphylaxis) over 3 years ago now. Eliminating soy is really hard. It is in everything. The list of terms for soy is long. FAAN has a list of terms to look for when reading labels. But for us, the most frustrating is the fresh fruit at most local grocery stores. It is sprayed with a soy-based oil/gel to make it glossy. Even soaking fruit for 30 minutes in soap and water (or those products they sell to wash fruit) does not eliminate the soy. So we can only feed my daughter fruits we can peel or remove skin (no grapes for her). Another thing to be careful of: what chickens have been fed while alive. Perdue prides itself on feeding soy to its chickens. The soy is in the chicken meat!

The good news is that a lot of products are available now soy-free. Some even in your local supermarket. For example, Enjoy-Life foods has a complete line of products free of soy, and manufactured in a soy-free facility. I highly recommend their product. I am a member of Loudoun Allergy Network, and their website lists foods and restaurants that are soy free. You can visit them at www.loudounallergynetwork.org.

Good Luck!

My son has just been diagnosed with a soy and dairy allergy and I am still breastfeeding- so no soy or dairy for me. As for eating out, I generally take my own dressing that I have made ahead of time and order a salad- boring, but safe.

I eat organic and shop farmers markets, and cook/bake from scratch a lot more now because soy is in nearly everything, and if not soy, dairy!