Food Allergies

nikkival · 11-01-2008, 20:47

I was wondering how many other people out there suffer from food allergies/intolerances?

My list seems to be growing every year - it started with salmon as a child, developing to shellfish and over the last 7 years all other fish too, (can't even put my hand in the tropical tank without getting a rash!). More recently I've developed reactions to fresh Pineapple, anything with Aspartame in (artificial sweetener in fizzy drinks, cordials etc) & all anti-inflammatory medications.

The newest one is any product which has E numbers 249-252 in, they are preservatives sodium & potassium nitrate & nitrite used mainly in pork products such as bacon, sausage, pate, cooked meat & even tins of corned beef. After doing some reading I found that these chemicals are also used in fertilisers & explosives, are potentially cancer causing and are banned from being used in baby or infant foods. I know there was a warning not to long ago about bacon & cancer and a thread to match http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...con-34494.html
it seems it may not be the bacon but the additives instead?

Has anyone else experienced anything similar or is it just me

? It's taking me ages now to do the grocery shopping as I have to read every label!

At this rate I'll end up boycotting the supermarkets and only buy fresh stuff!

Yolanda25 · 11-01-2008, 20:48

im allergic to prawns, but just grilled prawns, my favorites

Margaret Pilkington · 11-01-2008, 20:59

I am allergic to salmon....I am intolerant of lamb.....and to anything with cinnamon in it.

panther · 11-01-2008, 21:28

im allergic to nowt....lucky really, must be horrible when ya have episode of it

harwood red · 11-01-2008, 22:05

I'm allergic to anything with sugar or fat in it...it makes my whole body swell

sorry couldn't resist, must be a nightmare Nikki having to check everything you buy... but I suppose over time it has got easier with so called clearer labelling

Bonnyboy · 11-01-2008, 22:10

I have a tendency to “throw up” if I put vinegar on anything these days, it can really spoil fish and chips. Must be my body trying to tell me something

Alvin the chipmunk · 11-01-2008, 22:11

Im allergic to hard work

grego · 11-01-2008, 23:05

I'm allergic to prawns but not all the time, cant eat Iceland but M&S ok, weird, but the palms of my hands go purple and sometimes face and chest too. My little boy (14months) cant have dairy which I found hard at first but I've now found alternatives to most things, hoping he'll grow out of it but who knows?

jackyalex · 11-01-2008, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

I have a tendency to “throw up” if I put vinegar on anything these days, it can really spoil fish and chips. Must be my body trying to tell me something

if you were female i would say your pregnant, sometimes if your always around a pregnant female you can get sickness too, anyway back to topic my 8yr old son has a nut allergy but only to certain nuts it brings his whole body out in a rash and he starts to swell in his face and tounge if he doesnt get his antihystamines (dont know if i spelt it right) but thats all so far

Bonnyboy · 11-01-2008, 23:15

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Originally Posted by jackyalex

if you were female i would say your pregnant, sometimes if your always around a pregnant female you can get sickness too, anyway back to topic my 8yr old son has a nut allergy but only to certain nuts it brings his whole body out in a rash and he starts to swell in his face and tounge if he doesnt get his antihystamines (dont know if i spelt it right) but thats all so far

Hope I'm not pregnant

I assume the problem is in my stomach, perhaps a little ulcer starting to emerge, who knows. Will let it develope.

cashman · 11-01-2008, 23:36

Paris is allergic to cheese, yet fine with other dairy products, that was a new one on me when i found out.

me i'm allergic to Pain

apart from that nowt.

jackyalex · 11-01-2008, 23:39

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Hope I'm not pregnant

I assume the problem is in my stomach, perhaps a little ulcer starting to emerge, who knows. Will let it develope.

are you sure your not pregnant

and how much vineger do you have on yer chips, i get indigestion if i have vineger

grego · 11-01-2008, 23:51

I also have a reaction if I drink red wine that contains a lot of tannins, I go red and blotchy even after one glass.

blazey · 13-01-2008, 19:58

I've been getting stomach cramps from milk recently, I wondered what it was at first but its every time I have a glass of milk. Can you develope an intolerancy to milk like that? I always got the impression you couldnt just develope new allergies but I guess thats silly... I like milk though but I suppose thats not an allergy, as I dont get rashes or swell up or anything like that.

flashy · 13-01-2008, 20:00

i'm allergic to housework, brings me out in an awful rash