Risk of soy

Children with peanut allergies are at risk of severe reactions from soy, including death, and should strictly avoid anything containing this widespread ingredient. That is what the parents of 13-year old Emily Vonder Meulen warned after reading the cover article,”Kids and the Growing Food Allergy Threat” in the current issue of Newsweek.

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"Soy has been significantly underestimated as a cause of food anaphylaxis" Dr. Daniel continues. "As early as 1999 in the journal Allergy, Swedish researchers reported that four children died after eating a minuscule amount of soy 'hidden' in hamburgers.

The Swedish National Food Administration quickly warned parents and pediatricians of the soy-peanut link and stated that children with a combination of peanut allergy and asthma are at highest risk. Additional risk factors include other food allergies, a family history of peanut or soy allergies, a diagnosis of asthma, rhinitis or eczema, or a family history of those diseases.

"Tragically, the Swedish warning has not been publicized here in the U.S. As a result, more children have died," says Dr. Daniel.

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