Foods to avoid
When diagnosed as MSPI you must avoid anything with milk or soy in them.  This is sometimes easier said than done.  You will have to become good at reading labels.  The first time I went shopping I spent nearly 2 hours in the grocery store and left with two products!!  It does get easier with time and experience.  The organic isle in your local grocery store is a good place along with any local health food stores you may have. 

A good page on reading labels can be found at www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10096779
This gives an example of a label and talks about the Food Allergen Labeling And Consumer Protection Act that took effect January 1, 2006.  It mandates that manufacturers put the “big eight” allergens on their labels.  If you look closely at the label on this page it does not list milk in the ingredients but then does say that the product contains milk.  This is part of the law now.

Hidden names for soy and milk ingredients:
Soy                                                                              Milk
soy or soya anything                                                            casein/caseinate
tofu                                                                              hydrolyzed casein
miso                                                                             hydrolyzed milk protein
tempeh                                                                         lactate/lactose
edamame                                                                      lactoferrin/lactoglobulin
natto                                                                             modified milk ingredients
yuba                                                                             whey
okara/akara                                                                  rennet
TSF-textured soy flour
TSP-textured soy protein
TVP-textured vegetable protein
tamari
shoyo sauce

Also avoid anything with the following in the ingredient list:  lecithin; vegetable, plant, or bean (such as broths, gums and starches); guar; xanthan or zanthan; vitamin E or tocoopherol; MSG (monosodium glutamate); natural or artifical flavor; glycerine.

Beware also of vegetable oil in ingredient lists.  Always assume this is soy based unless it specifically says for example: vegetable oil (canola oil and/or corn oil).  This one would NOT have soy in it.  However one that says vegetable oil (canola oil and/or soybean oil) does.  And always assume that one that just lists vegetable oil IS soy based. 

The other option is to contact the manufacturer and ask if soy is in the product.  Mention the actual ingredient such as “natural flavoring” and ask if it is made with soy as a carrier protein or “vegetable oil” and ask which oil they are referring to. Never assume that just because it doesn’t specifically say soy that it isn’t made of soy.

Be sure also to avoid foods that say that they are processed on the same equipment as products containing milk or soy ingredients.  This can result in cross-contamination and sensitivity to the product even though it doesn’t contain milk or soy itself.

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