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Has anyone quit Whole Wheat breads because of hives?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    Anthem76 wrote: »
    Go organic. Wheat is sprayed with roundup (glysophate) post-harvest as a desiccant.

    Source?

    I didn't post that, and am not defending it, but was curious, and found this, which refers to pre-harvest dessication:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    Anthem76 wrote: »
    Go organic. Wheat is sprayed with roundup (glysophate) post-harvest as a desiccant.

    Source?

    I didn't post that, and am not defending it, but was curious, and found this, which refers to pre-harvest dessication:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation

    Yeah, I saw that, but looking into it further, it seems to not be the common practice that the person claimed it to be, which is why I asked her for sources. ;)

    Her "Wheat is sprayed with roundup (glysophate) post-harvest as a desiccant" implies that ALL non-organic wheat is treated this way, which doesn't appear to be at all accurate.
  • MissDenise1952
    MissDenise1952 Posts: 40 Member
    I seem to have lost my hives since I stopped my supplements. Thanks for all your help.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I have a wheat germ allergy so yes absolutely. When exposed to wheat of any kind (grain and grass) I will break out in hives that itch. When I scratch them they turn to blisters than burn. It’s awful.

    My allergy was confirmed with a quick prick test at a doctors office. If you think you have a similar allergy I’d suggest getting tested immediately. It took me 3yr of different blood work and auto immune panels before discovering I had hashimotos and a wheat allergy - both of which went undiagnosed or treated because the incorrect things were tested.

    I can tell you that cutting out wheat if you aren’t allergic is nothing I would ever suggest doing. It is literally in everything! Wheat is in soy sauce, some ketchup, and even salad dressing - all kinds of places you’d never expect. If you have a genuine allergy you can’t have any of those things.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I’d like to add mine look nothing like the images posted above. The allergic hives I get resemble poison oak more than welts.
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