National Vegetarian Week
Surprising results from my analysis of the foods vegetarians were intolerant of in 2015/6.
Because vegetarians may eat cheese more than meat and fish eaters, I was expecting to find cow’s milk products would be the most common intolerance for vegetarians. Well blow me down….Far from it!
According to my data from 2015, including testing results from 698 people in 2015 and so far in 2016, 35% of adults reacted adversely to cow’s milk products.
There were only 26 vegetarians in my survey, out of whom only 11.5% were milk intolerant.
BUT 58% of vegetarians reacted to yeast , all cheese and all yogurt, compared with 30% of regular meat and fish eaters.
So if you are veggie and have IBS, headache, migraine, eczema, catarrh, fatigue, read labels carefully to avoid yeast…it is not as simple as just avoiding bread, as yeast is used as a savoury flavour in many crisps, stock cubes and gravies.
Avoiding ALL cheeses and yogurts means cutting out sheep’s goat’s and buffalo mozzarella and even vegan cheeses and yogurts made from soya and coconut.
Get your protein from pulses and nuts meanwhile.