Reintroducing Soy

[Phyllis28]

I have been soy free for about 6 months. I would like to reintroduce soy to determine if I am soy intolerent. What foods should I choose and how is the best way to do this?

[Offthegrid]

I don't know the technical answer to the question, but if it were me, I'd probably try something with a little bit of soy first, but I'm biased because I want to drink Blue Diamond almost milk. Chocolate soy milk?

Good luck! Please let us know how you make out. I want to believe in 6 months I can eat it.

[Phyllis28]

Thank you Offgrid. I will look into starting with a small amount of soy milk.

[lonewolf]

If you want to go slowly, start with a chocolate bar that has soy lecithin in it. If no reaction, try something with soybean oil in it - like a salad dressing. Then maybe move up to Ener-G pretzels or Mi-Del cookies that have soy flour in them. Then try something "pure" like soy milk or tofu. If you go slowly, you might discover that you can tolerate small amounts like the soy lecithin and oil, but just not the larger amounts. Although hopefully you'll be able to tolerate all of it!

[Phyllis28]

Lonewolf, thank you for your reply. I think I will follow your suggestion and start small. I will look at WholeFoods this weekend and look for a gluten free product that has no risk of cross contimination and a very small amount of soy lethicin.