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Soy Leaves Us in the Cold
McDonald's will remain on the boycott list as they are adding even more soy to their foods. They are joined by a lengthy list of other restaurants who hide soy in their foods. Many of these restaurants, surprisingly, are unaware that their food has soy in it - even though soy is among the top 10 allergens and is required to be listed as an ingredient in all foods. It's getting so it's not safe to eat anything we haven't prepared ourselves.
It doesn't have to be listed in non-food products, despite a large number of people with contact soy allergies. So manufacturers are sliding soy into ink (preventing the use of photocopiers and some printer ink cartridges and some pens - and leading to having to cancel some magazine subscriptions because they print with soy), soap, hand lotions, aerosol sprays of various sorts, perfumes, deodorants, mascara, lipsticks and lip balms, nail polish, candles, and they're even making fabric out of soy. The other day, I saw sandals made of soy being advertised.
We may have to abdicate from society altogether to avoid the soy invasion; become Luddites against my desire.
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I am really feeling that lately. I've been doing this elimination diet because I've reacted in testing to a large list of foodstuffs and it has been nearly impossible to even find BREAD that doesn't include soy. I'm reduced to buying organic graham crackers (for $3.49 a bag instead of 99 cents a box) and preparing all of my own food from scratch.
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Perhaps it's time to invest in a bread machine. (I haven't the time to make bread every week myself.)
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I knew about the ingestion allergies to soy, but not the contact ones. Now I have to be careful with soy and well as peanut oil in my homemade soap.
Argggh!
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Life in America truly sucks if you're allergic to soy.
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I drink soy milk and use soy sauce and other Asian soy products. But that's the soy I know about. I rarely eat bread, and will start making my own, because High Fructose Corn Syrup is a worse irritant for me- it gives me hellacious heartburn. I cannot drink sodas, eat candy, or any other foods with high amounts of HFCS in them. And I wonder if this isn't the reason why we're having such an epidemic of heartburn and gastric problems.
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*innocent whistling*
Why yes, I do believe in fighting anaphylaxis with biochemical warfare, why do you ask? ;)
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Because it's cheap! And they don't have to disclose what touches the food, just what's in it!
Bah. Grr. Argh.