> > I will try now and test it, even though I hate to do that since I
suffer so
> > much.  But I would like to know, so I'll try and eat some eggs for
example
> > that would never bother me, and see what happens if I put some soy
sauce on
> > them.  I have to make sure I'll be home the rest of the day!  :-(
>
> Yea, it's a bum way to test something, but I did the same thing!! I
> forgot to ask you if you've ever been tested for food allergies? I ruled
> out that possibility. I wasn't allergic to soy. I was really
> "lucky"--only allergic to beef, pineapples & mushrooms in the food
> category. I'm very allergic to mold, so maybe the mold factor in the
> above foods is really the culprit (and the antibiotics in the
> beef--probably penicillin). I bought some beef that's drug, pesticide,
> hormone, and steroid free. I'm going to test it the same way you are
> your soy. The only thing I have to remember is that beef has tyramine in
> it too!
>
> Good luck and let me know the results of your experiment!
> Elizabeth

Hi Elizabeth,
No, I have never been tested for food allergies.  As a matter of fact I
don't believe I have any allergies to food, at least none that bothers me.
My big problem is my short bowel and my crohn's disease.  It makes it very
hard to digest a lot of foods that to most people don't cause any problems.
 That is besides the milk intolerance.
I have to be very careful with fruits and vegetables.  I cannot have a lot
of roughage in my diet, and also whatever else is in some fruits that make
for extra intestinal motility.  My gut has all the motility it needs by
itself, without any help from fruits and veggies. :-)
Meats in general don't bother me.  It is one of the things I can usually
eat without having to worry about it.  Especially if nothing is hidden in
the preparation that might be on my no-no list.
I should probably be on a "boiled dinner" diet everyday.  I would probably
have less intestinal problems.  But I'd be bored to death.
When you say you are allergic to beef, what do you mean?  What kind of
allergic reaction do you get?
I would guess that if there is tyramine in beef it must be very, very
little.  I'm just saying this based on my symptoms with soy and beef.  With
beef, like I said, I have no problem, but it could be all due to a
different reason, since we don't know why my gut reacts sometimes to the
soy.  MAYBE it is the tyramine, but who knows!
I hope your testing of the "free of everything" beef works out ok, and you
are not sick from it.  Good luck.
Take care and stay well,
Monica