I can’t possibly list all the foods and spices and flavorings I react to, but believe me when I say there are few recipes or restaurant meals I don’t have to modify. Add celiac disease and eosinophilic esophagitis (allergic esophagus) to the mix, and you get one girl who struggles to find something to eat. Unfortunately, my weight doesn’t represent how little I can eat!
Below is the short list. If you want to read the story of my diagnosis, go to PeanutAllergy.com: Diagnosed with Multiple Food Allergies as an Adult: Amy’s Story.
In addition to gluten because I have celiac disease, I react the most to:
- asparagus
- capers
- cashews
- corn (I can tolerate small amounts)
- dairy
- guar flour
- kefir
- nutmeg
- pineapple
- rennet
- soy
- vanilla
- yeast
Adventures of an Allergic Foodie 
Love hearing about someone else with not just the typical nuts allergies. I totally understand what you are going through! I am anaphylactic to cashews, pineapples, coconuts and strawberries. Every day is a challenge of getting people to believe the severity of my not so common allergens! Lovely blog!!
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Thanks for following! 🙂 It’s nice to meet others who understand. I know what you mean about people not taking weird allergies seriously…. they just look at you as if you’re making it all up. Stay in touch!
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I have a laundry list of food allergies as well. I have been fortunate in that some of my treatments have finally allowed food back into my diet.
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Im also allergic to some weird stuff!
Black pepper
Avocado
Melon
Banana
Whole wheat
Shellfish
Vitamin D
The Sun
Onion
Spinach
Garlic
Milk
So far thats what Ive come up with so far.
The Worst one is Vitamin D and the Sun.
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The Sun? Wow. That must be hard.
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I have the Black Pepper as one of my 12 food allergies/intolerances coming from cajun country it was hard to avoid that one.
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Black pepper would be super hard!
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Hi! Firstly thanks for the follow on my blog 🙂 Feel free to visit my FB page for more updates: http://www.facebook.com/seewhatucaneat
You have a really interesting site. Nice to see so many people doing their best to help others living with intolerances. We need to all stick together!
Sophie x
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Nice to meet you Sophie. Yes we all need to reach out and help one another! 🙂
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I just found you and can’t wait to read al your blog entries! I’m allergic/sensitive to gluten, corn, dairy, soy, peanuts, and ginger. Add in a LOT of skin contact allergies (elastic….who is allergic to elastic??). My current challenge is finding corn free medications.
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I’m glad you found my blog, too! Wow, we have a lot of similar allergies. Here’s a helpful link for corn in meds and the website is great, too.
http://www.cornallergens.com/products/corn-free-medicines.php
I am struggling with a lot of skin issues, too –this is a new development. So hard to figure out what is causing it. I write this as I scratch–LOL!
So happy to meet you!
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I don’t have eosinophilic esophagitis, but my diet is similar. I tested positive for intolerances to gluten, dairy, egg, soy, corn, oats, teff, and hemp. At least I’m not allergic to nuts.
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Nice to meet you @asucculentblog and I just found you on twitter, too! We do have a lot in common. I’ve noticed I’m starting to react a little to peanuts and cashews. Drats. A lot of us with soy allergies have trouble with peanuts, so I’m not all that surprised. Thanks for getting in touch and I look forward to connecting with you more.
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My multiple allergies include
wheat
dairy
soy
yeast
peanut
onion
celery
parsley
vanilla
basil
almond
coconut
spinach
broccoli
raspberry
apple
cranberry
cantaloupe
honey dew
green, orange,yellow, red pepper
garlic
and they told me I’m also allergic to 20 others but for now I may eat them so I still have something to eat!
Anybody have a butter/ margarine for those allergic to dairy/soy/coconut/sunflower?
I make clarified butter/ ghee–at least it tastes good!
Also looking for a way to bake a decent bread.
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I use Earth Balance Soy-free Buttery Spread. It does have a tiny bit of corn, but I don’t seem to react. I don’t see corn on your list. Oh wait it has sunflower lecithin. Damn! Sorry.
I found a new mayo at Costco called “Just Mayo” that I don’t think has any of your allergens. For corn-allergic folks, the food starch is derived from corn, but again has a teensy bit according to the company. I plan to research more.
Have you looked through Cybele Pascal’s cooking books for ideas for bread and butter?
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My friend sent me a link to your blog, as she thought of me when she read it.
I’m anaphylactic to peanuts, walnuts, dairy products, beef, cayenne pepper, black pepper and wheat. I am allergic to pumpkin,prawns, tree nuts, peas, kiwi fruit, potato, celery, fragrances, dust mites, pollens, paint, gas, and more!
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So sorry to hear about your extensive allergies, Wendy, I emailed you privately with some support groups I thought you might be interested in. You are not alone!
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Just stumbled upon your site, and so glad I did. I have been visiting an allergist and trying to figure out what im allergic to. My face, neck and back have been getting a rash that won’t go away and we cannot figure out what it is. So far, shellfish and nickel, but nothing that can really explain my rash 😦 I just keep hoping I will figure it out one day. Been to two allergists but they haven’t been able to help much. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Welcome! Sorry to hear about your unexplainable rash. How frustrating. I’m actually doing a lot of research now on skin/cosmetic products to write a post because I’m having a similar problem. Was thinking something I’m putting on my skin is causing me to react. Honestly, allergists haven’t helped me either, nor the dermatologist. Do you think you might be gluten intolerant?
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My son is allergic to:
milk protein
wheat
soy
eggs
fish
shell fish
oats
strawberries
pn tn
corn
all meats
peppers
and that’s our short version. I don’t know what to do anymore. I spend my days trying to find things he’s willing to try as he is only 3. We are searching for a pediatric allergist that deals primarily with children but it’s increasingly difficult. He can have bananas and sweet or regular potatoes but not everyday or his throat gets itchy he starts clicking i whip out the benadryl and he ends up on the nebulizer 2-3Times that day. I’m at my whits end as I have 4 children total and he’s my allergy guy. He had an Ana issue in October and since then it’s been slim and slimmer pickins. I have no oil to use at the moment which sucks we’re lucky he can tolerate the salt. I think whole foods and trader Joe’s should just take my paycheck now and forever. But thx for letting me know he’s not alone!
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I react to wheat/gluten (which I believe to be a true IgE food allergy), vinegar, guar gum, and flaxseed. I noticed guar flour, which I’ve never heard of, in your list and am wondering if you have problems with guar gum as well. It’s aggravating that it’s in so many products, particularly dairy products, but I haven’t had too much trouble finding alternatives without it. I have the most trouble with ice cream and whipped cream. Turkey Hill Natural is the only brand of ice cream I’ve been able to find so far without it, and all the whipped cream brands at the store that I’ve seen contain it. I make my own whipped cream when I need it for recipes.
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