Bad reaction to Soy Sauce

(Rachel) #1

I was just wondering if anyone has had a bad reaction to Soy Sauce while eating Keto?

(Rachel) #2

I have been following Keto for close to a month now. Last night I made a keto recipe I have been making almost every other night. Last night I found same recipe calling for 3 tablespoons of Soy Sauce. Not long after I finished eating I felt really sick. Nauseous, bloated and really hot. The only thing different in the way I have been eating was the soy sauce. I was wondering if anyone else had ever had any problems with soy sauce?

#3

I’ve stayed away from soy sauce since going Keto. I’ve been sparingly using this instead:

(Rachel) #4

Thank you. I will try this product.

(Rachel) #5

My pantry is full of olive oils, cocunut oils, avocado oils…
My husband says it’s the only grocery shopping i do.

I just can’t get past how awful I felt last night.

#6

Have you ever had that reaction to soy sauce before?

(Rachel) #7

No… I have always had a tendency to overeat when earing foods I would put soy sauce on. So bloated yes.

But last night I ate half a chicken thigh which had the sauce with soy sauce on it and I felt awful. My face even got bright red and really hot. And just sick… The rest of the family felt fine.

This morning I felt like I was hung over. I drank a lot of water with salt and started feeling normal around 10am.

It didn’t drop my ketosis level. So I didn’t know if it was the soy sauce or if I caught a bug.

It was just odd because it felt like and allergic reaction to something.

(Carpe salata!) #8

Could be the chicken? Also soy sauces vary - get a good fermented one.

#9

Try tamari instead, soy sauce has wheat in it😵 That may be what you reacted to. I also love coconut aminos as suggested above.
http://www.thekitchn.com/the-difference-between-tamari-and-soy-sauce-ingredient-intelligence-174139

(Warren) #10

Do you have it with bacon as well?
I find that soy sauce and bacon also send my gluco numbers through the roof.
You said that you didn’t get this feeling before Keto, same here. I think that this might be, because our bodies on Keto become so fine tuned into what is more benificial for our body. This is just what I feel because I haven’t felt this good in 20 years :slight_smile:

#11

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I use this. :slight_smile:

(Rachel) #12

Husband and 2 year old ate the same and didn’t get sick. Just me…

(Rachel) #13

No bacon. Same recipe I have been using just small tweak with soy sauce.

I was wondering if it was my body telling me it doesn’t mix well with soy sauce.

(Rachel) #14

Thank you!!!

I didn’t have a clue Soy Sauce had wheat in it.

(Tim ) #15

I agree I am currently sitting here on the couch after a walk trying to un bloat. Yesterday I ate two itilian sausages and started having a headache then feeling sick like the flue was coming on left work and drinking water trying to flush what I think was a MSG reaction. Just for fun I weighed myself and noticed I gained 12 lbs from my morning weigh in. Feeling a lot better this morning down about 9 lbs. I agree that our bodies become more sensitive to the things we used to eat all the time and after being Keto for a while for me any sodium product besides sea salt really hits me and knocks me down.

(Brian) #16

My wife is allergic to soy. But she tolerates the Braggs Liquid Aminos quite well. We haven’t really figured out exactly why, just sharing.