Digest Number 1217

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In message <1178620070.676.95252.m37 >,

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> 1. Strange soy intolerance - can you help?

>

> I've been a vegan for 7 years now. I discovered early on that I had

> some sort of intolerance to soy " dairy " products, but not to other

> forms of soy. The intolerance takes the form of a tingling of the

> tongue and back of the throat ranging from barely noticeable to

> almost causing me to choke.

>

> Up to now, this hasn't caused me a major headache as I've just used

> rice milk instead of soy, however I'm currently trying to rebalance

> my diet to decrease carbohydrates and increase protein. Being able

> to drink soy milk instead of rice milk would help with this.

>

> So has anyone else had this problem or have any idea of what's

> causing it? If so, do you have any advice for (UK) brands of soy

> milk that might be OK?

 

I've experienced this just once in about 15 years when I had a kiwi

(soya)milkshake in Spain. Not only did my mouth and throat feel tight

and prickly but my hands swelled up for about an hour afterwards as

well. At the time I attributed it to the kiwi fruit (which had never

bothered me before either, but I thought maybe the skin had been blended

in and the whiskers might be causing it). I was tempted to try chewing

on some kiwi skin to find out, but it didn't seem a very wise idea!

 

Whatever the cause, the tingling etc sounds like a pretty standard

mildly allergic reaction and best not encouraged to get worse. I'm not

sure why you want to rebalance your diet in the way you describe - I

have never heard of any particular benefits to be had from such a

manoeuvre - but it might be advisable not to tempt fate by increasing

your intake of soya milk if it bothers you in that way.

 

Good wishes,

 

Vanessa

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Very sound advice. if you want to increase protein, you could try moving

from Rice Milk to Oat milk which is quite widely available and in organic

versions too.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

 

 

On Behalf Of

vclarke

09 May 2007 09:20

 

Re: Digest Number 1217

 

In message <1178620070.676.95252.m37 >,

writes

 

> 1. Strange soy intolerance - can you help?

>

> I've been a vegan for 7 years now. I discovered early on that I had

> some sort of intolerance to soy " dairy " products, but not to other

> forms of soy. The intolerance takes the form of a tingling of the

> tongue and back of the throat ranging from barely noticeable to

> almost causing me to choke.

>

> Up to now, this hasn't caused me a major headache as I've just used

> rice milk instead of soy, however I'm currently trying to rebalance

> my diet to decrease carbohydrates and increase protein. Being able

> to drink soy milk instead of rice milk would help with this.

>

> So has anyone else had this problem or have any idea of what's

> causing it? If so, do you have any advice for (UK) brands of soy

> milk that might be OK?

 

I've experienced this just once in about 15 years when I had a kiwi

(soya)milkshake in Spain. Not only did my mouth and throat feel tight and

prickly but my hands swelled up for about an hour afterwards as well. At

the time I attributed it to the kiwi fruit (which had never bothered me

before either, but I thought maybe the skin had been blended in and the

whiskers might be causing it). I was tempted to try chewing on some kiwi

skin to find out, but it didn't seem a very wise idea!

 

Whatever the cause, the tingling etc sounds like a pretty standard mildly

allergic reaction and best not encouraged to get worse. I'm not sure why

you want to rebalance your diet in the way you describe - I have never heard

of any particular benefits to be had from such a manoeuvre - but it might be

advisable not to tempt fate by increasing your intake of soya milk if it

bothers you in that way.

 

Good wishes,

 

Vanessa