I became incredibly ill during my stint eating mostly vegetarian. I was eating TVP, those frozen meatless products, soy milk, soy protein shakes, etc. What I didn't realize at the time was that almost all commercial & prepared convenience foods contain soy. I was baffled because the "healthier" I ate, the worse I felt. Fortunately, thanks to a young PA at my urologist's office who asked me if I ate much soy my problem was diagnosed.

I wasn't allergic to soy but the combination of all the soy foods plus all the soy in commercial foods was too much for my body to handle. It's what started me on my whole foods quest & preparing almost everything from scratch.

A few years later now, I can now tolerate a little soy. I use Braggs Liquid Aminos (in the little spray bottle) instead of soy sauce.