Vegan Nutrition with Jill Nussinow, MS, RD

Side Effects of Soy

Jill Nussinow is a Registered Dietitian, culinary educator, cookbook author, speaker and consultant and all around proponent of a plant-based diet. She teaches vegetarian and vegan cooking at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and other places around the US. She has a son who is almost 15. One of her greatest joys is sharing her enthusiasm for vegetables and pressure cooking with anyone who will listen.

I have become a vegan to fight prostate cancer and have had amazing results. I regularly eat "Soy Dream" ice cream as a treat and have been experiencing leg cramps I recently made the connection between the ice cream and the cramps. When I don't eat it for a couple of days the cramps don't ocurr. Have you heard of this before or do you have any input as to why this is ocurring? .

Article continues below

Congratulations for making the switch to a vegan diet to improve your health. It is a step in the best direction.

I have not heard of a direct correlation between the soy ice cream and leg cramps but I would like to point out that if the reason you are following a vegan diet is health, then eating soy ice cream is not treating your body right. You can make a wonderful treat with frozen bananas and fruit blended in your food processor. You can add cocoa powder or vanilla extract to this and wind up with a dish that is actually good for you unlike soy ice cream which is a processed product. Following a whole foods, vegan diet will likely help you maintain and improve your health.

Jill Nussinow is a Registered Dietitian, culinary educator, cookbook author, speaker and consultant and all around proponent of a plant-based diet. She teaches vegetarian and vegan cooking at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and other places around the US. She has a son who is almost 15. One of her greatest joys is sharing her enthusiasm for vegetables and pressure cooking with anyone who will listen. Her cookbook The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment and her new DVD, Pressure Cooking: A Fresh Look, Delicious Dishes in Minutes are both available on her website www.theveggiequeen.com.

Submit your nutrition question here.

Visit Jill's website TheVeggieQueen.com and her blog theveggiequeen.blogspot.com.

Disclaimer: The advice given here is for eductional purposes only. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified health care provider.
See full index of questions

Sponsors: