True Stories: Danusia
"I discovered soy as the cause to my migraines after nearly 2 years
of suffering.
Soy has long been revered as a health food but in the research I have
done, I found that near 20% of the population have a reaction to it.
Some are typical reactions like to peanuts and that is why I missed it
at first. I do not swell nor does my throat close up but I first noticed
it when drinking soy milk smoothies. I would have fluid in my lugs and
cough awhile till it worked through my system.
This was the only noticeable indication I had.
When my migraines began in, I blamed them on perimenopause, along with a new sensitivity that I developed to fluorescent lights. With time, I noticed that my headaches were related to when I ate. It was protein bars that woke me up to soy again and so I eliminated known soy foods from my diet and began to have full weeks then months without migraines. I still on occasion would have headaches and knew I was missing something. The first discovery was my favorite condiment, Best Foods Mayo - made with soybean oil! So I eliminated that. Things got better but not completely right.
I began to watch more carefully till I was down to eating just pork
and water,
(sounds weird but it was as best as I could do). I still found that I
became
physically weak and my eyes would ache and if I let it go, I would get
the migraine. So I nearly tossed in the towel to perimenopause until I
found that the garlic salt I was using to season the pork was made with
soy!!!! So I eliminated that and am strong again and headache free.
It seems that soy reacts with your hormones and thyroid and has caused many bizarre symptoms."
Tags: Soy, soya, migraines.