How can I adopt vegetarian diet with soybean allergy?

Question

I would like to cut down on the meat I eat while increasing the amount of fruit and veggies. Unfortunately my diet is limited by my numerous food allergies. One of my severest allergies is soybeans -- so, this pretty much eliminates the possibility of eating tofu or seitan.

How can I cut out meats, but still get protein in my diet without eating soybean-based foods?

Answer 1

Soybeans are only one of the places vegetarians get protein, and seitan is not from soy, it is wheat protein.

Answer 2

I'm vegetarian and don't eat tofu.  Seitan is not soy..it's wheat gluten..and I don't eat that either LOL

Protein is in tons of foods.  Just like soy, other beans are abundant in protein.  Quinoa, a type of grain, is very high in protein as well.  Don't worry about protein, if you eat enough healthy foods and get enough calories, you'll get enough.  Check out the vegetarian food pyramid.

Answer 3

I am a vegetarian. Soybean allergy? No issue. They make veegie burgers, and other fake meats life tofu that don't have soy in them at all. Also, you don't necessarily need to eat fake meats to be a healthy vegetarian.

  For help with foods to eat, try www.peta.com and www.goveg.com

They'll provide you more help than I can =]

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You do not have to eat soy or tofu to be a veg*an there are plenty of animal free and soy free foods out there! Seitan does not contain any soy, although it has wheat/gluten if you are allergic to wheat.

Soy-free protein for vegs: Spirulina, quinoa, buckwheat, hempseed, amaranth, lentils, seitan (wheat gluten), nuts & seeds (almond, cashew, walnuts, cashews, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, pecans, filberts, peanuts nuts, sesame, sunflower, flax, hemp, pumpkin seeds), beans, (black, lima, pinto, kidney, navy, baked, split peas, chickpeas, fava, mung, pink -soy), grains (barley, cornmeal, brown rice, millet, oatmeal, rye, bulgur, whole wheat bread, wheat germ, wheat, wild rice, spelt, teff, triticale, whole wheat berries, whole wheat couscous), vegtables (raw seaweed, raw spirulina, artichokes, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, green peas, green pepper, kale, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard green, onions, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, turnip greens, watercress, yams, zucchini, potato), fruits (apple, banana, cantaloupe, grape, grapefruit, honeydew melon, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, strawberry, tangerine, watermelon), nutritional yeast, plant milks (rice, oat, hemp, etc, -soy), pulses, couscous, meat substitutes and pre-made foods that contain no soy (such as some of Amys products).

Soy-free foods: Some good foods that are soy and animal free are fruits, vegetables, beans (-soy), seeds (flax, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, hemp, etc), nuts, pulses, nutritional yeast, chickpea, seaweed, lentils, & vegetable and seed oils, plant milks (-soy), meat alternatives that do not contain soy. You can cook food as well just subusite or remove what you are allergic to. Amy’s Kitchen has good vegan soy free entrees. So Delicious and Rice Dream make frozen deserts that use rice and cocnut milk instead of soy. Veganomicon is a great cookbook that includes meals that is soy-free. As you can veganize almost any recipe, you can also make any recipe soy free, just substitute for sf subistutions. (i.e chickpeas, potato or beans instead of tofu, hemp or rice milk instead of soy, etc.) And at the 'Magical Loaf Studio' you can make vegan sf burgers and loafs with your choice of ingredients:

http://www.veganlunchbox.com/loaf_studio...

Some sites to check out:

http://www.vegweb.com/ (many recipes that are soy and wheat free)

http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2008/03/v... (just -the soy foods)

http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/ (-soy products)

http://soyfreevegan.blogspot.com/

http://www.myvegancookbook.com/blog/ (has a lot of soy-free reicpes)

http://www.vegfamily.com/health/vegan-fo...

Recipes: http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2007/08/v... (-the soy recipes)

Nutrition: http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2008/02/v... (just -the soy foods)

Answer 6

I would find it harder without soy but the basic principle

is

beans + grains = complete protein

any bean on top of rice or barley works wonderful

grains + seeds or nuts = complete protein

i make sprinkles and use them like Parmesan cheese alternative and that goes good in or on any tomato dish add beans and tomatoes and put 2 or 3 tab on top and bake it is wonderful.

there are a thousand ways to mix and match the three options but the beans and rice is the easiest.

then there is

nuts or seeds + beans this is the same as the the second option in the fact that if you find ways to mix seeds into your food you will get more protein.

what one has a small amout of in amino acids taht make protien complete the other makes up for and then you get the whole amount.

Answer 7

If you feel it's necessary to omit meat it can be replaced protein-wise with beans and rice;hummus, Spirulina ,

http://www.chlorellafactor.com/

nuts of all kinds such as cashews, almonds, hazel, walnuts etc:

  

Answer 8

You don't need to eat Soy just to be a healthy vegetarian. There are plenty of other options out there.

Answer 9

soybean is not the only source of protein in vegetarian diet, so you need not worry. try out legumes, gram, different types of dal(please wiki this you may find what i mean). the recipes are easy and fast to make. most protein for vegetarians comes through this source. try and find legumes which can be sprout these are rich in minerals, protein, vitamins and fiber. you can make curry or you can include these in your salad. Check out how much protein is a must daily, this is not much therefore your vegetarian diet with other legumes can fulfill your requirement.

I have been a vegetarian all my life and almost never eaten soya or soya products.