Hi Jazi,

My 2 daughters are G6PD positive and I have been spending time surfing the internet for dishes I could prepare for them. My husband and I are giving my oldest daughter (she's a year and 3 mos old) small quantities of chocolate cookies though it says in the package that it has soy lecithin and she's not having any negative reactions though we don't want to assume that she can eat plenty of chocolates because we are still worried that it may have an effect on her. The food that we really don't give her are the following: anything with soy sauce, beans, bittergourd and chips that has soy.

hi there,

thanks for the reply. its been over a year since i asked this question and you're the first to reply so really appreciate it.

i have been doing some research myself as well over the last year on the internet as the doctors here in Pakistan couldn't provide me with a satisfactory answer to my query but to no avail. seems that most sites are concentrating on lisitng medicines and are not sure themselves of how soya affects the g6pd affected.

what i have been doind personally is that i don't give him anything which is purely based on soya. chocolates i don't restrict and he even drinks chocolate flavoured milk. soy milk or soya sauce in chinese food is something that i strictly avoid.

he is 2.5 years old right now and i don't know what i'll do about chinese food once he gets older. i guess i'll have to talk to the chefs around town.

another story that i read on the internet was about a guy in his forties who was g6pd but didn't know and he ate fava beans all the time since childhood but had a reaction late in life and died. the point the expert was trying to make is that a g6pd event seems to be dependent on other factors as well including stress level as this guy didn't experience any problems till his forties even though he was consuming fava beans for ages.

anyhow all i have learned is to be as careful as i can be and let my son enjoy himself and live his life and not bog him down with dis or dat.

hi all,

my son was diagnosed with g6pd and i am breastfeeding. He is now 1 year old. But before knowing this, i used to eat a lot monggo and other beans classified as fava. During this period, i have noticed that my son cries a lot and it scares me because its as if he is in pain or something. When I learned this, i already avoided foods of the fava family, even the soy sauces or any product associated with soy. Thank God he is no longer crying a lot.

However, I would like to share something that may be of help to all of affected with this condition.

Since I learned of his condition, I researched and researched because i was really worried. Until my friend told me to try a product which ingredient is very natural and did not undergo a chemical process which is good for people with G6pd.

Some benefits that can be obtained that is very good for G6pd is: it helps generate red blood cells (which is low for people with g6pd) and it provides a very high amount of antioxidants that you cannot acquire even if you eat all the fruits and vegetables available in the world. It's classified as food so there are no side effects and can be added to juices or to food. The good thing about it is that it is not only good for g6pd affected only but recommended for everybody.

lucille