I went for allergy testing today. I totally expected it to be a waste of my time and uniformative. WRONG! Turns out I am allergic to dogs (darn), cockroaches (um, okayyyy) and soy (CRAP!) Doctor told me that since I don't have dogs or cockroaches, the soy could be the cause of my eczema and possibly my headaches. I am to go off soy for the next 6 weeks and report back to the doctor. I came home and looked in my cupboards and the following is a list of things currently in my home that contain evil soy-
Chicken Broth boullion
Campbells Chicken Noodle soup
Refried beans
peanut butter
onion soup mix
fish crackers
granola bars
ramen noodles
tortilla chips
italian and ranch dressing
baking soda (WHAT???!!!)
flour tortillas
french bread (store bought)
Sara Lee wheat bread
Wowzers. I also found it interesting that I am NOT allergic to wheat, which I was totally expecting. (although this doesn't mean that I am not gluten sensitive, thats a whole other test)
All in all, I am glad I went.
Informative!
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When you said Soy, I thought "no problem! That is probably easy to avoid!"
I was so very, very wrong. I know you'll get this all figured out, but I do not envy you the (literal?) headache. Good luck. Sorry about the allergy.
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