Vegetarian Food Allergies?
updated by @amy-lee2: 02/03/18 02:08:06PM
@heather
13 years ago
1,291 posts
omg! that's awful! i think i would die if i couldn't have bananas, watermelon and avocado. i've never heard of allergies to these foods. well, good luck to you. i hope you find something to help you.
My sister can't eat any fruits or veggies unless they were processed and canned we thought she was faking until her doctor said a lot of people are allergic to the pesticides or something like that they spray on the food during the growing process and the chemicals get soaked into the fruit/veggie. She can eat farmers market organic fruits and veggies just fine. Have you tried different sources of the foods?
@heathen-hippie-o
13 years ago
164 posts
Amy it looks like there's a food pollen allergy. Unless I'm totally wrong? You know better than I do lol. Here's a link I found from the Mayo Clinic:
I am sorry your allergic to so many things you like to eat! I have a friend who is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and pears.... it's a pain finding things to bake for her. heh. What have doctors told you? I don't know if it would be, but has anyone mentioned a dose of Benadryl before eating one of those fruits/veggies as an option?
Brittany Rassat said:
Me personally am not allergic to fruits or vegetables but my best friend is, and I'm a vegetarian and make tons of awesome dishes and fruit salads and she always eats my food and suffers the consequences she gets an itchy throat and gets really flush in the face I don't know if her symptoms ever get much worse then that but I know it makes her miserable!
@soaring-eagle
13 years ago
29,640 posts
thats a goood point have u tried organics only maybe even go organic macrobiotic and only eat localy grown organics?
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food pollen allergy is a term i came across while researching it. ive never really talked to a doctor about it. as far as benadryl, we are great friends. but only after the fact when my throat is threatening to close do i start swigging from the bottle. ive mostly learned to avoid the ones that affect me the most. but my mom is swearing i need an eppi-pen (?). @Makyea im not sure i have. but thats an idea! thanks!
Sara M~ )O( said:
Amy it looks like there's a food pollen allergy. Unless I'm totally wrong? You know better than I do lol. Here's a link I found from the Mayo Clinic:
I am sorry your allergic to so many things you like to eat! I have a friend who is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and pears.... it's a pain finding things to bake for her. heh. What have doctors told you? I don't know if it would be, but has anyone mentioned a dose of Benadryl before eating one of those fruits/veggies as an option?
@heathen-hippie-o
13 years ago
164 posts
Ephedrine pen... it's a needle pen you stick into your body, usually your leg, that triggers adrenaline to fight the allergic reaction. [I'm not sure if the (?) is bc you don't know what it is or how to spell it... please don't take the wrong way haha] So Benadryl won't work beforehand?
Even better, maybe you could try what others have suggested and check out locally-grown and organic foods. It very well could be that they won't contain pollens you're allergic to [if indeed it is the pollen], or there could be a pesticide problem. Mostly I've heard of this happening with food pollen allergies.
Amy Lee said:
food pollen allergy is a term i came across while researching it. ive never really talked to a doctor about it. as far as benadryl, we are great friends. but only after the fact when my throat is threatening to close do i start swigging from the bottle. ive mostly learned to avoid the ones that affect me the most. but my mom is swearing i need an eppi-pen (?). @Makyea im not sure i have. but thats an idea! thanks!
Sara M~ )O( said:Amy it looks like there's a food pollen allergy. Unless I'm totally wrong? You know better than I do lol. Here's a link I found from the Mayo Clinic:
I am sorry your allergic to so many things you like to eat! I have a friend who is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and pears.... it's a pain finding things to bake for her. heh. What have doctors told you? I don't know if it would be, but has anyone mentioned a dose of Benadryl before eating one of those fruits/veggies as an option?
updated by @heathen-hippie-o: 02/15/15 11:39:51AM