Food allergies make it hard

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kreese3388
kreese3388 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
You have no idea how hard it is to watch what you eat when you are allergic to all that is healthy for you.
I haven’t eaten a decent fruit sense I was about 10-12, vegetables are starting to add to the list the older I get. My diet is literally meat and carbs I just take the normal serving and cut it in half.
Anyone else have major food allergies? How do you find the recipes that cater to your allergy?

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  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
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    Is it a food allergy or intolerance?
  • staraly
    staraly Posts: 54 Member
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    I have birch pollen allergy with a high number of cross reactors and Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome - symptoms are similar to Celiac Disease but unlike Celiac you cannot go nickel free as all food has some amount of nickel. I've just started to react to watermelon which is a cross reactor for ragweed pollen allergy. Because my allergies went undiagnosed and untreated for most of my life, I've developed histamine intolerance.
    It's a very fine balancing act to juggle all of this along with hypothyroidism. I find the best way to manage food and symptoms is to rotate. Don't have the same veges every meal or every day. Everything must be as fresh as possible to reduce its histamine load. Histamine liberators like tomatoes are out for me. Freeze stuff - cook it and freeze it. Have a little fruit but not every day. I take Vit. C with every meal as it supports the enzymes that clean up excess histamine in the gut. For the nickel allergy, I use an app that tracks nickel in food, don't use stainless steel unless it's 18/0 and try to keep my iron in high normal range as iron out-competes nickel in the body. I've been following a leaky gut protocol which has benefited my health tremendously and reduced my histamine intolerance. I've also dealt with some hormonal issues as histamine and estrogen increase and and antagonize each other. Take supplements that you can tell are benefiting you and stop or take a break when they don't.
    It all makes losing weight much harder but it's still possible and helps me to feel better. My big success of the past few weeks has been losing my buffalo hump and the hard fat at the top of my tummy. Felt like getting out of body prison.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    you should be able to eat them cooked. the heat breaks down the allergen
  • staraly
    staraly Posts: 54 Member
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    Thorough cooking helps some people but not others. It reduces the allergen but doesn't eliminate it so someone in the midst of an allergy crisis should avoid the allergen until they get it under control.
    When it's that bad, you should really be seeing an allergy specialist or specialist nutritionist to try a desensitizing/resensitizing protocol.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,108 Member
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    I’m allergic to wheat and shellfish. The shellfish is easy to avoid but wheat is in everything. I also am supposed to avoid soy for thyroid issues. For me what I’ve done is focus on what I can eat.
  • xFreudianSlip
    xFreudianSlip Posts: 45 Member
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    Not an allergy, but i have celiac disease and I'm lactose intolerant. I also have issues with other foods; found out through elimination diet.

    It's more difficult, yes, but you need to make the choices for yourself. How badly do you want to get healthy?

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