My son is G6PD defficient and i read that
all soya products are to be avoided.
Now most foods have some sort of soya in
them including chocolates (which have soya
lecithin in it), so i would appreciate if
someone can elaborate on this as to which
soy products are to be avoided and which
are ok.
Thanks.
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blue_devilette
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 1
G6PD Posted: 09-04-08 08:21am
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.
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jazi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 09-04-08 11:18am
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.
