Soya

[LaurenJoanna]

I've been looking through the threads on this site and have seen a lot of people mentioning becoming intolerant to soya, and a while ago my sister said that i should drink rice milk not soya milk as i could become intolerant.
Can soya intolerance be caused by eating/drinking soya? I dont really understand how it works but i dont want to become intolerant to soya too. :o
Any information on the subject will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks =)

[Copper]

I and my daughter are lactose intolerant. I did not replace all the dairy in my diet with soya, my daughter was not so strict. After about two years of a dairy free diet we both became soya intolerant.

The problem is that soya is in so many foods. I have recently worked out that I am ok if I eat 40g of chocolate which contains soya :lol2:

I use oat milk now as rice milk made my coffee taste of hot rice.

I guess the best plan would be to rotate the milks you use so that you hopefully do not develop an intolerance.

[rebecca c]

I think I had an intolerant reaction to soya in an inhaler, when I stopped using it I got better relatively quickly and it had made me very ill indeed.

As a consequence I avoid soya when in reality I would probably be more sensible to rotate it in once every couple of weeks.

[jill]

Three weeks ago in another effort to loose a bit of weight I started eating more soya deserts instead of other snacks. I have had 3 bad do's where I suddenly need the toilet, like I used to be when I had dairy products. I am wondering if it is down to the increase in soya so am going to try and not have as many this next week and see how I get on. I don't want to give up soya altogether so I will see what quantity I can have without being ill.

[Copper]

It does sound like soya is the problem. Good luck with testing how much you can tolerate.

I manage to over do it now and again. It is hard to work out just how much soya I am eating as soya is in so many things these days.

[jill]

Normally I will have soya milk at breakfast and then a soya desert at lunch, recently I have added another soya desert when I get in from work then some kind of soya desert after tea. A couple of nights i've also had a drink of chocolate soya milk so i'll cut it back to what I was normally having then start introducing it again to see the effect. I had thought it was the lactofree cheese as i was ill one night after having that but I don't think it can be that as I have also been ill when I haven't had it. Feeling ok now but I was certainly washed out and feeling rough on Thursday night and Friday.

[Pjackson]

My DD1 has been having soya milk (she's 4 so we were giving her it am to drink and am on her cereal plus the odd soya yogurt/or dessert). She's had it since August last year in replacement to goats milk (she became intolerant to that after about 9 months). Unfortunately it appears she now too has become intolerant to soya milk too :( I did say I wasn't too keen for her to have soya milk but was talked into it by her Cons - wish I hadn't listened now :(

I'd say, if you are an adult, then look at a different type of milk or use only small amounts or rotate like others have said. The key often seems to be in little and often rather than 'overloading' your system.

[jill]

I've been fine again since going back to my normal daily intake of soya, I am tempted to increase it again to see what effect there is but I really don't want to be ill again.

[Pjackson]

I think that is the key Jill - it's hard as people say though to see how much you can tolerate without making yourself ill. It's so hard trying to work out what my 4 year old can tolerate as even at her age she doesn't really understand or know how to vocalise as well as an adult :(

[Copper]

I am still keeping my soya intake to a minimum. Recently I overdid the chocolate which contained soya and suffered a little bit.

I really should go and try and convince my GP that I have these intolerances. Our records are going to be computerised in a new way. There will be a summary available to anybody who treats us eg hospitals. Wouldn't it be great if I could get lactose and soya intolerance listed.

[Pjackson]

Good luck with getting your GP to take note Copper - as we all know, 'intolerances' don't exist in their worlds lol!

[Copper]

I can bore my GP with my whole history from birth. Lactose intolerance is an inherited family thing for me. I can tell him how many of us in three generations have the problem.

The last time I mentioned it to my GP he said it was a transient thing. I wish, since then it has got worse and I am now totally lactose intolerant. Even the small amount in a tablet is enough to make me sick.