Could someone be allergic to soy bean/tofu?

[kap]

N/T

[Doc]

Yes.

[OWC Jamie]

Absolutely. Friends daughter is allergic to anything soy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_allergy

[cbelt3]

Absolutely. One of the boy scouts in my son's patrol is allergic to soy protein. We have to be extra cautious.

[space-time]

I drank once coffee with Soy milk and my pulse went though the roof and I was about to call 911, but then things calmed down and I was back to normal. I am not sure what happened, but the coffee/soy milk combination almost killed me

[kap]

space-time wrote:
I drank once coffee with Soy milk and my pulse went though the roof and I was about to call 911, but then things calmed down and I was back to normal. I am not sure what happened, but the coffee/soy milk combination almost killed me

That could mean the combination was almost fatal but soy itself might not be the culprit. As for me, I'd switch to hyper energy mode if I take a small sip of black coffee. I am all right with soy anything. I am trying to figure out ways to tell if someone is allergic to soy without having his/her dr. says so.

[graylocks]

people can be allergic to anything. i have a friend who is allergic to lettuce.

[AlphaDog]

kap wrote: I am trying to figure out ways to tell if someone is allergic to soy without having his/her dr. says so.

Why? If you suspect someone has an allergy to a specific thing, you'd be doing them a huge favor to encourage them to see a doctor instead of asking vague questions on a forum, especially if the reaction is severe. You itching to get sued?

[Pam]

kap wrote:
[quote=space-time]
I drank once coffee with Soy milk and my pulse went though the roof and I was about to call 911, but then things calmed down and I was back to normal. I am not sure what happened, but the coffee/soy milk combination almost killed me

That could mean the combination was almost fatal but soy itself might not be the culprit. As for me, I'd switch to hyper energy mode if I take a small sip of black coffee. I am all right with soy anything. I am trying to figure out ways to tell if someone is allergic to soy without having his/her dr. says so.
Hives, increased heart rate, headaches, digestive problems, and wheezing are typical food allergy/intolerance symptoms. You can test negative for an allergy, yet have the symptoms of an allergy (intolerance). I get flu like symptoms and increased heart rate after ingesting corn or corn derivatives and wheezing (asthma) from sulfites. Milk protein and gluten increases my heart rate and causes digestive issues.

Soy milk has a lot of ingredients. Tough to blame soy but it'd be high on the list.

[kap]

Alpha,

No one in particular. Most of the time people would tell me if they have specific allergies. Here is the incident, I treated a friend to a meal at a restaurant. In the middle of the meal she was all choked up and shaking. After she recovered she told me that she was allergic to shrimps but there were no shrimps or any type of sea food in her order. It took us all 10 minutes to find out that the cook prepared my friend's dish immediately after handling a seafood meal.