Food allergies anyone?

I have food allergies as well.

My biggest one is corn. It's in breads, crackers, yogurt, granola bars, etc, in so many different forms. While I don't have a severe reaction to it, if I eat too many products with corn in it at a time or over the course of a few days I get severely itchy.

It was tough to find a bread that didn't have some form of corn in it, and then they stopped selling it! I'm going to the grocery store again today to read labels. Same for crackers.

I'm also allergic to peanuts, walnuts, pecans, pork, beef (is very iffy...sometimes I can get away with a small serving).

It's a pain reading labels but you do what you've gotta do!

All the best!

I don't have an food allergies, but I have a mild intolerance to citric acid. I can eat a little but too much and I'm up all night with an upset stomach. citric acid is in a lot of diet foods and I can't eat lemons, oranges or drink orange juice or other citrus things.

i'm allergic to something. i have no idea what it is, but sometimes during a meal, my neck gets red, and my ear lobes swell up. i honestly have no idea what it is, and i've seen an allergist.

I would advise trying to eat lots of soups, especially vegetable based ones. Those will help you feel full and hopefully won't have any of those allergens. You could make your own, or maybe buy ones like Progresso that has a line of low cal soups.

I am severely allergic to dairy and have been for the last 20 years of my life. I am not having any difficulty as I substitute non-dairy products for dairy versions. Its not easy as label reading is required and eating out is limited.

Hi, allergies and food intolerances are full on at the best of times but when it is your little one it feels ten times worse, especially when you are the one in charge of their diet. My 19month old is allergic to peanut, dairy, egg, banana, dustmite, cats, garden mould and horses. Praise the Lord his allergies aren't severe enough for an epipen but he can get covered in hives and really bad eczema - he is also asthmatic. My older son (5) and I recently got allergy tested aswell our results were negative for allergy but our food journals suggested to the dietitian/allergy person that we probably have food intolerances and so we are on elimination diets to try and discover what our problem foods are and it is HARD coz some reactions can take 2-3 days to surface and can take 2-3days (or longer) to settle.

the elimination diet you need to be supervised by a dietitian to do but two books that have saved my sanity and given my great strength and hope are:
"Friendly Food; The essential guide to avoiding allergies, additives and problem chemicals" This book is put out by the allergy experts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Allergy Unit and explains allergies v food intolerances has amazing hints and methods for living with both and a great range of recipes absolute gold.

"The Failsafe Cookbook; reducing food chemicals for calm, happy families" by Sue Dengate
includes her and her families experiences through their journey with food intolerances, has great suggestions and again a great range of recipes to help you out - it also has a section in the back of symptoms that could be from food intolerance and the likely culprits.

hang in there and remember even when it feels completely crap and amazing overwhelming, you are doing what you need to for your little one.
reading labels is tough, frustrating and depressing most of my shopping trips have me in tears but bit by bit you start to work it out and you get days of great triumph,
also make sure each day you make time to pause and watch bubby sleeping somehow it just helps.

good luck, and remember bit by bit (sometimes second by second)
you can do it

You should talk to your doctor and your child's doctor for an eating plan to make sure that you are getting proper nutrition for breast feeding while trying to lose weight. This is especially true when dealing with food allergies as that can include problems with nutrient absorption.