Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Soy.... and that dizzy thing.

Cara, your picture is great! Glad to see ya!

Soy is the only complete protein source outside of meat... So that's kinda cool. I would say if you haven't eaten soy much before, add it into your diet kind of slowly 'cause you need to get used to digesting it. (Some people can't tolerate it at all...) I use soy milk all the time and that's how I get my protein. I also use a soy-based protein powder that I get at the health food store (HFS) and toss into my smoothie. (You could add that to lots of other stuff, too, I just always have the smoothie so I get into a rut! I've considered adding it to pasta sauce, too, but haven't done so, yet.) Like everyone else mentioned, I eat white chicken meat, fish... I also love seafood (shrimp, scallops, etc...). I eat too much sushi, and get all kinds of variety there!

As for the light-headed dizzy bit... if you often get that from standing after sitting or lying down, you may have neurally mediated hypotension , which just means that your blood pressure drops if you've been sitting and then you get up, or if you're standing for too long. I got it a lot when I was younger, and again recently... I have always had low blood pressure in general, too, though don't know if that's related. It's strongly linked with chronic fatigue syndromem, which is strongly linked with IBS. (Note: not that all IBSers have CFS... many CFSers have IBS!) I also get the woozies after I've eaten a huge meal (the blood rushes to the tummy is MY theory...) Not sure what they treat it with, but I will say take it slow when you're getting up since you know it may happen. And watch with the standing, too... I have been known to almost fall out in lines at stores. (MORTIFYING!)

Now that I think about it, I haven't really had a huge problem with this since factoring in the protein powder.... so you may be on a good track!

Goodluck!

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