Try adding soy foods to your diet very slowly, on order to give your gastrointestinal system to develop the good bacteria necessary to digest the complex sugars in soybeans. After a while at this level, try eating soy foods in slightly greater amounts or somewhat more often. Eventually, you can gradually add more soy foods to your diet. Be patient this process can take a few months. Individuals react to foods differently, but the forms of soy least likely to cause flatulence appear to be fermented products such as tempeh and miso.
Most people also find tofu, soy milk, and soy protein isolates fairly easy to digest.
If you have persistent intolerance to soy foods, you might consider isoflavone supplements. But please experiment with soy foods before going the supplement route. All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved. The information contained above is intended for general reference purposes only.