Dietary restrictions

[ailbhe]

I have been presented with evidence it would be foolish to ignore. I cannot tolerate soya in any quantity at all. Clearly, the fact that I did not react to one cup of soya milk was no indication of the effect of a few well-spaced portions.

One serving of yoghurt was enough cows' milk to make me vomit copiously and painfully, too.

I really will have to have myself investigated. I mean, it's not a hardship, as when I was consuming neither I didn't miss either, except for icecream and pancakes. And I can get sorbet and oat icecream, and I'll figure something out about the pancakes. But I'd like to know what it is that I am reacting to, and whether Linnea has the same reactions - she doesn't seem unable to tolerate soya, from current evidence, but that's no reason to feed it to her willy nilly.

I feel absolutely awful. I had an earache, and I ate a little icecream to cheer myself up, and now I am wretched and shaking and smelly and in pain. Thank heavens for Fybogel, which doesn't make me ill and may make me feel a little better.

Comments

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Feel better soon!

Have you tried goats' milk, or are you avoiding animal milk altogether? Some people who are intolerant to cows' milk can manage goats' and sheep's and others can't - I think it depends on what exactly you're allergic/intolerant to - so I'd go carefully, but if it works for you it's a good substitute as it's not too difficult to get hold of and works in exactly the same way as cows' milk. Otherwise, the only two non-soya vegan milks I've tried are oat milk and rice milk, both of which you seem to have encountered. I know nut milks are available but I've never tried them.

Where do you get oat icecream? I haven't come across that before and it definitely sounds worth investigating.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

A company called First Glace makes them. Their Supreme bars are like Magnums, only vegan. Our branch of Sainsbury's sell them. Then they also do a range of oat ice creams in tubs, including a vanilla chocolate fudge ripple that's almost like Ben & Jerry's.

artremis can't have soya milk or beancurd, so when I'm cooking for her I have to use something else. I don't get on well with rice milk, as I hate both the flavour and consistency (SO watery!), but oat milk is much thicker and much more like the Alpro I usually use, or semi-skimmed ordinary milk. She really likes almond milk, and it's barely any higher in fat than Alpro (I have gallstones and can't have much fat in my diet At All), but I haven't been able to find one that's calcium-enriched. When I do, I'll try using that instead for some things.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Here. Their website sucks, but if you phone the company they'll add you to their mailing list and send you large photos of the products along with enough information that you can take it into your local independent health food store, and they'll know where to order it from.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I shall look out for their products. I have had oat milk before (thought it was OK, much better than rice milk but not quite as good as my preferred soya brand) but I don't think it was made by that company.