Food allergies are funny things. I learned all about them when I was struck by food allergies which developed in my 20s. Turns out I’m allergic to eggs, broccoli, and commercially prepared ribs. The main symptom was stomach cramps that felt like a Charley horse in my stomach, except for the time when this progressed to all-over-the-body hives which then went into my throat, which started to close. My blood pressure dropped to about 70 over 50.
All of us have experienced illness after eating at least once in our lives. Whether it is a new creation from Taco Bell or Auntie Nina’s flack seed yum-yum bars, subsequent illness often leads us to ask, “Am I allergic to this?”
What foods are the top 8 allergy foods? The top 8 allergy foods are crustaceans, eggs, fish, gluten (wheat, rye, and barley), milk, peanuts, soybeans, tree nuts. You might think that is a pretty simple list of 8 out of the many foods that you could eat. You might also think that you would just need to avoid those foods?
Buck and I have been married for over 30 years. About 15 years ago, a friend from Seattle invited us over one evening for dinner. He brought in fresh shrimp, crab and salmon and we had a feast.
When you live with food allergies, you have to always be vigilant. We learned this when our daughter was diagnosed with allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and eggs.
She was four months old at the time. Now she is fifteen and we have gone through lots of phases of learning to live carefully when it comes to food. One of the main problems is hidden ingredients in prepared foods. Every time you eat in a restaurant, you have to rely on the honesty of the restaurant in letting you know if a dish has something you are allergic to in it. Our daughter has eaten in all kinds of restaurants, but there is always a degree of worry that a food will make her sick due to her food allergies.