The Devil's Cousin Soy

[Brogrammer]

Well guys... I've done it again...

I recently mentioned that after realizing I was gluten intolerant (now upgraded to Celiac) and starting to feel better after quitting for awhile... I started to go downhill again (not just withdrawal) and related it to certain foods I was eating that did not have gluten. The culprit turned out to be soy. So I eliminated that, or so I thought...

Today I was using one of the non-dairy butter substitutes I normally use and I just had this bad intuition suddenly, even though I had been using it for many days back to back prior to this one. Sure enough, I checked the fine print to find what I did not previously look hard enough for apparently: CONTAINS SOY.

So basically after discovering I was both a Celiac and soy intolerant... I proceeded to continue consuming plentiful soy for the past two weeks straight. I have been posting all over here and worrying like hell about why this particular gluten episode 10 days or so ago has not gone the usual way and subsided after 3 days. Now I know. Now I know, it's soy that I've been torturing my body and mind with the entire time I've been trying to recover from that last gluten mistake.

 

This is so difficult. I am a young man climbing the career ladder. I just want to get my diet in order so I can focus outside myself on what I want to contribute to society.

[Ennis-TX]

I use Nutiva Butter flavored coconut oil for butter (Find at walmart or thrivemarket online)....cold it spreads melts at a lower temperature and when melted and used with room temperature eggs works in baking. There is also Miyoko which you can find at Trader joes or order from them (Miyoko makes some great mozzarella vegan)

My last gluten episode from a supplement and food from my pet has me with D for the past 3 weeks....I found after my last exposure 4-6 weeks of cow pies is normal for me now .....almost miss how it used to give me constipation.......

[Brogrammer]

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that man. Thanks for the advice on butter substitutes. I feel like such an idiot for not reading the label of that one. It's a brand that makes a bunch of different ones... coconut spread, avocado spread, etc... and a mostly unflavored one. I was using the unflavored one. The coconut one does not have soy apparently, and that's the one I've been using the longest. So I assumed this other one that says on the top that it's dairy free, gluten free, blah blah blah... was also soy free. That's what I get for assuming.

So coconut oil is good for eggs? That was actually a concern flavor wise that led me to looking for other things. I've used coconut oil for a long while in rice, sometimes in my coffee, etc... but not for eggs.

Anyway, here's to hoping you get better from that last glutening... and I continue to get further away from mine and successfully ditch soy too.

[LilyR]

I had a similar situation.  I gave up gluten and after weeks, started feeling improvement.  Then eventually things started getting bad again (although not as bad as when eating gluten).  I apparently can't have soy either, and maybe corn (that one seems iffy, but seems best to avoid it as I figure it all out).  And I had been using a butter sub too, and realized it had soy.  And can't take my fish oil anymore, which I really miss.  It's been a pain.  I hope you start feeling better soon.  This sure can be a long, drawn out process, figuring out what we can and cannot eat. And yes, it sure does interfere with our lives.  My family was eating bagels tonight, making breakfast sandwiches, and I kept moving my plate away from them as they assembled theirs, and they just don't get how miserably sick (downright suffering with pain and discomfort, and all over ill feeling) it can cause us.  It's awful.  Very hard to live your everyday life when feeling like that.  I hope we all feel better soon and can avoid those nasty culprits.