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By coincidence something I just read

"Infants on soya fomula may receive the same amount of oestrogen contained in 5 - 10 birth control pills"

Not saying that it is true but it certainly raises my eyebrows. I think the main concern with soya is that it is in virtually all processed foods, in the form of lecithin predominantly, so the amount of soya that is "hidden" in the average diet is relatively high, therefore the amount of these phytoestogens are also relatively high. Anyhow I didn´t come to argue that you shouldn´t do it, just that I didn´t and this is why.

Is soya high in calcium? I don´t think so, seeing as soya milks etc are often fortified with it. It is high however in protein, though this can be replaced with meat.

I did come to post a recipe for dairy-free flapjacks

5oz oats
2tbsp dessicated coconut
2tbsp pumpkin seeds (chopped or ground)
1tbsp linseeds

3tbsp honey
5tbsp oil

or

2tbsp honey
2tbsp molasses
4tbsp oil

Mix dry ingredients, add wet and mix well.
Transfer to greased tin and press down well.
Bake for 25 - 30 mins at 350F

For crumble topping:

2oz flour
1oz oats
1oz ground almonds
2 - 3tbsp HOT honey

Mix till it forms chunks and proceed as for normal crumble.

And check out this forum http://www.mothering.com/discussions, its huge but has sections for health and healing which has a sub-forum for allergies and a healthy eating section too

Hope that gives you some ideas. Clara x.

Clara wrote: Is soya high in calcium? I don´t think so, seeing as soya milks etc are often fortified with it. It is high however in protein, though this can be replaced with meat.

Soya is pretty mediocre for calcium, but kidney beans, oats and green leafy stuff are always good.

For me the major problem with soya is that it has to be imported from afar - I do not think any is grown in Europe?

I shall try the flapjack recipe: at my age too much butter is never good anyway. And it's not as if the girls will eat them. They just pick them up by the corner and say "'quoi, ça?" and demand brioche instead. I could weep.

I read somewhere - probably here - that there is now no 'non-GM' soya, because there is so much GM soya, that all the plants are pollinated by insects that visit both GM and Non-GM crops...

Does that make sense?

I just avoid soya based products now... freaks me out too much.

I still use it occasionally - soy sauce and tofu - but only organic. Which of course doesn't mean it couldn't be contaminated from GM soya down the road - but at least they should ( in theory) keep to certain distances from the nearest GM field, and so decrease the likelihood of contamination...

Here are some tasty vegan soups that almost anyone would enjoy!

http://www.openhandweb.org/recipes_for_ ... ting_soups

I've just posted a really tasty dairy free version of shepherd's pie here too:

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... 8620#88620

My son has been allergic to milk since birth as well as eggs, tomatoes, almonds . We tried goats milk too - no good. We ended up in casualty when he was 9 months old after he'd had tomatoes it was very scary.
He's lived on soya milk ever since. He has no problems with growth, growing boobs or anything else. Soya does make his breath smell bad though!

Wysoy did a recipe book that I found useful I also just used to replace milk for made up wysoy in recipes.

My son is six now. Still allergic to milk but it is easing off a bit. We havent been to casualty for ages ....

cupcake wrote:My son has been allergic to milk since birth as well as eggs, tomatoes, almonds . We tried goats milk too - no good. We ended up in casualty when he was 9 months old after he'd had tomatoes it was very scary.
He's lived on soya milk ever since. He has no problems with growth, growing boobs or anything else. Soya does make his breath smell bad though!

Wysoy did a recipe book that I found useful I also just used to replace milk for made up wysoy in recipes.

My son is six now. Still allergic to milk but it is easing off a bit. We havent been to casualty for ages ....

A close friends little boy has very similar situation although since christmas (when he turned 6) it does seem to be improving, infact today he had a spoonful of his sisters breakfast by accident. He vomited and suffered the usual adrenaline induced symptoms but that was it.... THisis a huge impovement. The last time he needed his epie (SP) pen twice and then a stay in hospital! So always hope for the future no-mater how severe!

Good luck all!