How to Live With an Allergy to Soy

Video Transcript

"My name is Christine Marquette and I am a registered dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic and I'm going to talk to you about how to live with an allergy to soy. Soy has actually become quite a bit more popular in the United States in the last several years so it is starting to show up in more and more products, for example, cereal, a lot of cereal that says it is high protein cereal uses soy as that protein source so you want to make sure that what you are looking into the ingredient to see if you see anything that says soy. A lot of times if you see the word texture vegetable protein, that will contain soy so if there is any product that has TVP or textured vegetable protein you want to be very cautious and avoid that product because it likely has soy in it. Also powders, protein powders, protein shakes that are getting very popular on the market often have soy as a source as well so again you want to check the ingredients and look to see if you see soy protein listed. Another area of concern would be supplements. Often times supplements will have soy in them as well so once again you are going to look at the list of ingredients and see if you see soy in it. Of course other items that are soy based, soy sauce, tamari, tofu, edamame, those are all soy products. Topa is another soy product. A lot of vegetarian products will contain soy products in them. Vegetarian burgers often have soy in them. So anything that is a vegetarian product you definitely want to check the ingredients because the vast majority of times it will have soy as the protein source. If you are unsure about an item and you are looking at the list of ingredients the best thing to do is to locate the number, the 1-800 number to the food manufacturer and call them directly and ask them if they have any soy in that particular product. So those are just some tips about how to live with a soy allergy."