Suspected MSPI (milk and soy protein intolerance)...Vitamin E?

[dot1]

I'm suspecting MSPI in my 5 month old who also has reflux (had very mucousy stools which often appear to have dark brown/red spots, presumably blood, mixed in with it.  Often has dark orange or greenish tinge in stools also) and have a ped referral app't next week.  I've been on a dairy elimination diet and also have tried to eliminate soy after not seeing that much improvement with dairy alone gone.  Have only been off soy a few days and haven't noticed any change yet, other than not as much blood in stool today.  Also had issues I think with oversupply but block feeding seemed to fix that.  I've switched to almond milk...but have noticed that it has d-alpha-tocopherol (vitamin e) and it seems this is soy-derived.

I've done a quick google search and it seems that there doesn't seem to be any research proving a link of Vitamin E to allergic reactions in soy allergic people (ie the medical establishment seems to not consider it a problem???)  However, I would like to know if any soy allergic or soy intolerant people out there have noticed they react to this form of vitamin e?

I'm basically wondering if I need to find another multivitamin and switch to a different brand of milk...or if this little bit of vitamin e wouldn't actually make a difference.  

I think we're dealing with a protein intolerance (as opposed to allergy) and I also wonder if with intolerances, if the amount ingested makes a difference?  e.g. would there be a bigger reaction with a big glass of soy milk (versus a tiny trace amount ingested).

Thanks!

[scsigrl]

Originally Posted by dot1 

I'm basically wondering if I need to find another multivitamin and switch to a different brand of milk.

So you are or are not consuming dairy?

I remove all (traces and everything) till I get the baby to baseline.  

[dot1]

I'm off all dairy and traces.  Also off all soy except for these products that have the Vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopherol).  

[fruitfulmomma]

The manufacturer states that the vitamin E is from soy? Generally it is from wheat/gluten, unless the product is labeled gluten-free.

I don't really know much about soy as it seems to be tolerable in our little girl, but I am with pp in the idea that you should probably remove it completely until he clears up and then you might see about adding it back to test for a reaction.

[jocelyndale]

Most of the time I call about vitamin E, I'm told that it is derived from soybeans and carried in soybean oil.  Sometimes I'm told that it's derived from/carried in wheat germ oil.  Rarely, I get told sunflower or sunflower, and occasionally I'm told that it's synthetic.

I do react to vitamin E derived from soy.  Most folks allergic to soy will not react, but some of us do.