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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 9:56 AM I have long wanted to be vegan out of principle, then found I don't digest dairy and eggs well anyway. BUT I also react to gluten, soy, coconut, yeast- think that's it! So My diet is VERY plant based. But I also frequently lose motivation and get myself sick all over again. I am also the wife and mother of omnivores- though I limit their meat for ethical and environmental reasons. I tend to rely on the same old recipes- love veg and bean stews this time of year, but it gets very discouraging reading through recipes. There is a local baker that has made completely allergen free bread, but they are quite expensive and I find myself going to 3 different stores every week. So this is more a statement to let others know if you think vegan is hard, try being allergic to everything- I am also highly chemical sensitive an suffering from fibro, CF and many other conditions. I do feel much better the lat few weeks since giving up dairy again. My weight was also creeping up so I am hoping to see an improvement in that soon since this winter has left me in a lot of pain and having difficulty exercising. |
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cch22
 Location: New York State Posts: 999 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 10:44 AM jroy.. how do you gain weight and have CF? and with CF isn't it good you gain weight? I know when my sister would love to gain a little weight... |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2068 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:02 AM do you do your own baking? something like a rice flour based tortilla would be a nice option for making wraps instead of sandwiches (with the expensive bread you mentioned). We're fortunate to have a local vegetarian co-op market that has TONS of non-soy gluten free baking mixes and such on the shelves. If you're not nut allergic, there are recipes online for making pie crust using crushed pecans instead of flour (it uses pecans, oil/margarine, and a little sugar similar to making a graham crust) - they're a wonderful, gluten free, vegan base for fruit pies/cobblers, etc. --Deb R |
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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM Thanks Deb, yeah between 3 different health food stores I find some mixes, just not much energy for baking lately. I just detoxed from dairy and sugar again and feeling better now in the last week so hoping to get to do more. It's not much cheaper even with the mixes though, I stick to the stew so much trying to eat more local and in season as well- I grow a lot of veggies. the gluten free selections are better than when I started few years ago, but many still have eggs,soy, or less common allergens (I also need to watch citric acid and xantham gum) in them. I figure I can't stay away from all of the allergens all of the time- my reaction isn't life threatening. But that i how I got back on dairy- now I want to live with more conviction to be vegan! |
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| cch22
Location: New York State Posts: 999 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM I found a great looking gluten free dessert.. http://gliving.com/apple-walnut-dried-cherry-quinoa-crumble-bite-this/ |
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| karajake
Joined: 01/04/11 Posts: 14 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:30 AM Jroy, |
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| cch22
Location: New York State Posts: 999 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:40 AM oh kara. that would be a better explaination of cf..chronic fatigue...so smart! |
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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 2:40 PM Karajake- thank you for asking- should have wrote it out because yes, chronic fatigue. So I keep our meals really simple- which goes with my environmental ideas anyway. I personally am quite happy with them, I just feel like I have to liven it up once in awhile for my family. |
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| Bugsmom
Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2068 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 2:48 PM Question: do you react to all yeast or just baking yeast (the kind that causes rising in gluten based products)? Just curious because the not-cheese sauce (over on the nutritional yeast thread) stands up well if you make it then put it in a jar in the fridge and then reheat it - make up a big pot of pasta (rice or whatever works for you and your family) and heat that up and voila mac'n'cheese! We've found that once it's added to the pasta, it doesn't re-liquify as well - the liquid kind of absorbs in and it gets lumpy. Or, you can make your family nachos for a treat (and you can reheat your fav stew) - not-cheese, beans, veggies, good quality corn tortilla chips. Oh, and frozen veg can be cooked along with the pasta (same pot) throw cheese sauce over it when drained and you've got a one pot casserole type meal for the clan with little work or clean up needed. Last night, our dinner was rice, steamed broccoli and the not-cheese sauce. But again, that sauce is contingent on nutritional yeast being an okay thing. --Deb R |
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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM There are couple things I have to check with allergist on- like coconut I have at times. I actually hate the taste and smell of nutritional yeast anyway- I volunteer at our food co-op and get nauseated if anyone i repacking that stuff! My family would never eat it anyway. I have never been crazy about cheesy sauces- I crave just good feta or cheddar. I also love Parmesan and all of the parm subs have stuff I can't have- and they really are not as good- would rather go without! |
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| karajake
Joined: 01/04/11 Posts: 14 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 3:11 PM My sister in law has chronic fatigue, so I feel your pain. You never know what each day has in store, and when you feel good, it is easy to over-indulge and then pay the price....always a balancing act. |
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| kaykay
Joined: 01/04/11 Posts: 12 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM Jroy, I know the feeling. I've got bad intolerance for dairy and eggs and soy. And I love cheese etc. Have to say that for the last few months I managed quite well with no dairy and no soy. Discovered rice milk and oat milk if I really needed some in a recipe. And I just skip the cheese everywhere. No cheese pizza, no cheese on pasta, etc. Got used to it and it isn't all that bad. In addition I cannot eat nuts, no vinegar, none or very little yeast. With the vegetables I have to be careful with eggplant and peppers and no more mushrooms. But the hardest right now is fruit. Apples and bananas have been a problem for years now (and really bad bad reactions with apples) but now I have to leave the pineapple, all citrus, kiwi, mango and strawberries out too. As my breakfast is only fruit I'm limited for the moment to persimmon, grapes (and I cannot find any good ones now as it isn't the season) and pears (where I cannot eat too many either or I have problems). But I did go to a restaurant today and managed to overeat on quinoa and vegetables. It was sooooo yummie I just could not leave it on the plate and be wasted as doggie bags or not heard of here. Desserts were apple pie - no no for me, lemon pie - no no for me and chocolate mousse.... oh I forgot, I'm allergic to cacao. How could I, I LOVE chocolate and I live in chocolate country..... not fair. Anyway, all this to say, that even with all the no no foods I manage to get really good and very tasty meals on the table. Just not as much variation as I sometimes would like. |
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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM I so agree with the little treats ( just ate some carob covered almonds!). I need to be careful of so many things but an occasional treat if not dairy does not impact me so much!I feel quite a bit more energy last couple weeks since off dairy, so I am not going to slide again! I try to make meals my family can adapt- made some stew other night My husband loved, knew my daughter would not be crazy about it but trying to expand her horizons and get more veggies into her- she wasn't crazy about it but ate all veggies except for the sweet peppers. Kay- I feel soooo guilty whining about my dilemma- you have amazing spirit about yours- fruit_ I never heard of so many! I am so sorry but glad you are finding joy in what you can have! |
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| Checochinican
Joined: 01/04/11 Posts: 148 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 12:58 PM Jroy, you weren't whining, merely stating facts. Our meals should be a simple, repeatable joy, not the the cause of misery. I was blessed/cursed with multiple allergies from the first summer of my life. None were life-threatening but were surely a royal nuisance. In my twenties, I struggled with many food allergies, mostly fresh fruit like peaches, cherries, apples. Eventually, I aged out of all the food allergies and can live with the environmental ones. Something I learned from a great doctor - eliminating some allergens can greatly reduce the impact of the rest of them. |
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| jroy
Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 10 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 3:57 PM I have had the same experience with being able to tolerate some allergens more than others. I did make that mistake with dairy though, I slowly introduced it until i was eating it all of the time again. I need to make sure I don't do that again! I am taking time to chart for my doc exactly what I eat and do daily and that really helped me to see how quickly I got better off dairy. They always say to do this with food allergens but, of course I did not! Luckily, I want to be vegan for ethical reasons anyway, so I am happy for this push to be strict! I am so grateful to be able to eat most fruit- the only one I seem to react to is clementines and oranges- but not lemons-go figure. Maybe lemons less acid and less citrus? |
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| jmyers1050
Joined: 12/31/09 Location: Arizona Posts: 43 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Friday, January 7, 2011 at 9:52 PM If anyone is looking for a cookbook with delicious vegan recipes, I highly recommend The Food Allergy Survival Guide by Vesanto Melina, Jo Stepaniak, and Dina Aronson. |
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| BrownSuga
Joined: 12/30/10 Posts: 24 |
RE: dealing with multitude of food allergies Posted Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM jroy I have similar conditions which has prompted me to become a vegan but there are so many vegan recipe books online to discover and try and a substitute for almost everything. Go to amazon.com and explore what's out there. Many books make comments to people who are allergic to some of the same things that you listed to work around it. Afya Ibomu, The Vegan Soulfood Guide to the Galaxy is one book that I can think of right off hand. She was a very sickly child and she explains that in her book. |
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