Anyone else have food allergies?

[decemberfall]

Okay, so I totally love Alex and Heather, but I have yet to watch an episode (I have all of them), because well i'm allergic to milk and everything that goes with it, cheese, yogurt, etc. and like all their episodes have been about stuff that are high in this stuff... just wondering if i'm alone on this...

[masherscf]

Originally Posted by decemberfall

Okay, so I totally love Alex and Heather, but I have yet to watch an episode (I have all of them), because well i'm allergic to milk and everything that goes with it, cheese, yogurt, etc. and like all their episodes have been about stuff that are high in this stuff... just wondering if i'm alone on this...

One of my wife's young cousins as the same problem. Trace amounts of dairy will put her in the hospital.

[decemberfall]

Originally Posted by masherscf

One of my wife's young cousins as the same problem. Trace amounts of dairy will put her in the hospital.

yeah, if i have more than a spoonful of milk that hasn't been baked into something, it causes an asthma attack, a lot of times if it has been baked into something i'm okay... but yeah it's annoying...

[ariastar]

Originally Posted by decemberfall

yeah, if i have more than a spoonful of milk that hasn't been baked into something, it causes an asthma attack, a lot of times if it has been baked into something i'm okay... but yeah it's annoying...

What happens if you don't know you had milk? Serious question.

There are milk substitutes out there, correct? And is it the dairy as a whole itself or a certain part of the milk?

[masherscf]

Originally Posted by AriaStar

What happens if you don't know you had milk? Serious question.

There are milk substitutes out there, correct? And is it the dairy as a whole itself or a certain part of the milk?

It depends on the allergy.

You can be allergic to the proteins. In that case, soy products are ok.

[decemberfall]

Originally Posted by AriaStar

What happens if you don't know you had milk? Serious question.

There are milk substitutes out there, correct? And is it the dairy as a whole itself or a certain part of the milk?

I can tell you within 20 minutes of accidentally having any milk product, that's why at home we keep liquid benedryl on hand, it great for that... I also have an inhaler I carry just in case...

Yeah, i can have soy milk no problem, they think i might be allergic to some antibiotic or something that they give to cows that stays in their milk, I also tend to not be able to take calcium supplements, as they make me sick as well... so sometime this year I really need to go the allergist...

[ariastar]

Originally Posted by decemberfall

I can tell you within 20 minutes of accidentally having any milk product, that's why at home we keep liquid benedryl on hand, it great for that... I also have an inhaler I carry just in case...

Yeah, i can have soy milk no problem, they think i might be allergic to some antibiotic or something that they give to cows that stays in their milk, I also tend to not be able to take calcium supplements, as they make me sick as well... so sometime this year I really need to go the allergist...

If it may be an antibiotic, what happens with organic milk?

[decemberfall]

Originally Posted by AriaStar

If it may be an antibiotic, what happens with organic milk?

i haven't tried organic milk, i tried organic yogurt once, it still made me sick, up until like a few months ago I could still have Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, it never made me sick, but now it does...

[decemberfall]

Originally Posted by phatlip12

I can't eat tacos from taco bell. I think I am allergic to some sort of seasoning they use in their meat. I ate their once and got a rash but couldn't pin point it to taco bell (was suspicious that it was them though). I ate there again another time and got the rash again. I told my allergist about it and he suggested I try eating their again but to eat it in his office to see if the rash came back. I got no rash that time. I have no clue if I am allergic to it or not, I stay away from taco bell just to be safe (which sucks cus I love Taco Bell).

man that totally sucks... i know what you mean, once you get sick like that, you try to avoid it, I got food poisoning at Olive Garden the first time i ate there, so it's not my favorite place, i've actually only been there one other time...

[suitechic1979]

I think that I am allergic to aspertaime or nutrasweet... anything diet. FIgures that I can't eat something that isn't going to add extra pounds. I end up feeling real sick after I eat anything with it.