Unfortunately, when you’re dealing with allergies, you’ve got to read labels all the time… and not just once, but every time. We almost learned that the hard way today. We had found an inexpensive pasta sauce from Little Italy Foods that didn’t contain soybean oil. There were 3 or 4 flavors and all of them … Read more
Okay, I must be getting jaded. I think I’m starting to experience twisted pleasure when I destroy a restaurant owner’s perception that they are soy free. A week or so ago, we went to a Greek fast food-ish restaurant. I asked the owner if they had an allergen list as my kids were allergic to soy. He … Read more
Our son is not anaphylactic to soy, but he is anaphylactic to peanuts. So he has to carry an EpiPen with him wherever he goes. It’s time to refill the prescription, and apparently the costs have just been going up and up. Tonight I stumbled across a link that gives a $100 discount for EpiPen in all of … Read more
A reader, Myah, expressed this sentiment and asked this question: Our 6 year old daughter is severely allergic to peanuts and allergic to soy (high). It is especially difficult at birthday parties when they serve food and she can’t eat any of it. I’m just at a loss and don’t know what to do. She says … Read more
This doesn’t fall under the “food” category, but a reader named Susan pointed out problems she’s had with her son with hand/body cream and soaps. Because of eczema issues when our son was 6 months old, we’ve been very conscientious about all-natural soaps and lotions, so I’ve never really had to think about what’s in “ordinary” products. Apparently, soy … Read more
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Fortunately for our kids, we were already avoiding soy, I just saw this slideshow on Mercola.com, that reminded me of some of the reasons that it was already mostly non-existent in our household. Sadly, most of what you have been led to believe by the media about soy is simply untrue. One of the worst … Read more
It’s bad enough that the world can’t even admit that soybean oil is made of soybeans, but there’s also a bunch of other weasel words that can be used to hide soy. According to the Soy Allergy page of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), here are other terms that may also imply … Read more
It is commonly stated that soybean oil doesn’t cause allergic reactions to people who are allergic to soy. I believe it was this study by the National Institute of Health in 1985 that is used as the basis to say that soybean oil doesn’t cause allergic reactions (urticaria, angioedema, wheezing, dyspnea, and/or vomiting) in people … Read more
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Because "most" people do not have a reaction to highly refined soybean oil, most restaurants and food labels will not even list food as containing soy if it "merely" contains soybean oil. [read more]
