What foods have to stopped eating for "health reasons"?
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Comments (40)I've been told by my doc that being truly allergic is different than being "sensitive" to some foods. My brother always got mouth sores from eating oranges but the doctor said he wasn't allergic, he was just "sensitive" to that particular item. I can't stand those bath and body shops or candle places because I'll promptly become congested and get a headache. It's not an allergy, it's a "sensitivity" according to the doctor. They aren't life threatening, just inconvenient and uncomfortable. I have developed a sensitivity to bees sometime in the last ten years, and so I carry an epi-pen. It sucks being a farmer and being "allergic" to my pollinators, LOL, although my reactions have not been extremely severe. Again, the doc says it's not a true allergy, but could develop into more severe reactions, thus the epi-pen (which I've never used). He also conjectured that bees have a more potent venom developed from trying to adapt and survive all the chemicals we feed insects to kill them, but that was a personal theory and studies are still being done on that. As for the breastfeeding link to allergies, I don't know but I'm not impressed. I breast fed my first daughter and she has seasonal allergies but not food allergies. I bottle fed my second one and she's healthy as a horse. I know Maggie and I have discussed this too and her breast fed baby is the one with all the allergies. I was fed Carnation milk and karo syrup and have no food allergies at all. As I stated, if a child in Makayla's school had a life threatening allergy to peanut products, I'm sure those products would be banned. I don't have a problem with that, my issue would be that two kids have allergies which are apparently not life threatening (since one of the kids sits at Makayla's table due to their assigned seating for lunch), and I can't see banning an everyday substance if it's not necessary. That's an over-reaction and unnecessary. Maybe it's just here, but all parents got a message from the school that snacks provided for consumption by the class as their "every day" snack cannot contain peanut products. Everyone has complied without complaint as far as I know because that was a reasonable request. Oh, and children are not allowed to "swap" lunch items, which I also think is reasonable in kindergarten, although I would have an issue with that being a rule for older kids who need to learn to think independently. I don't think keeping an allergic child out of school is a good option either, that's another over-reaction. That child will eventually have to function in the outside world and the isolation won't help them do that at all. That person is going to have to find behaviors and adaptations that are acceptable to most of society and live with them thoughout their life, isolating them from the rest of the world won't help them gain that ability. As for the child at the ball game, there are a couple of places in this part of the country where there WILL be peanuts. One is at baseball games and another is that steakhouse chain that encourages you to throw the peanut shells on the floor. I don't think I'd take a peanut allergic child to either of those if I were a parent and had a kid with a deadly allergy. I don't have a problem with not giving an allergic person specific foods. Amanda had a friend in high school, Becky, who had the weirdest food issue I ever heard of. She was PKU intolerant, and so was her younger sister. It's apparently inherited, and the body lacks the enzyme necessary to break down the animo acids in protein (or is it the other way around?). Anyway, this kid couldn't have protein rich foods. At all. She had a special formula that she got from Michigan State University that she lived on, and she couldn't eat meat, beans, peanut butter, cheese, yogurt, eggs. It was amazing. No artificial sweeteners either, no diet pop, no sugar free gum, but she could have all the full sugar stuff she wanted. I was one of the few overnights she was allowed because most other mothers were too afraid that they'd slip and feed the kid something she wasn't supposed to have, or wasn't willing to remember all the dietary don'ts. I figured in high school she was responsible for not eating something she wasn't supposed to have, but she would regularly "sneak" sugar free gum and make herself sick, I have no idea why. At least I didn't feed it to her! Annie...See MoreMom won't stop buying candy and other junk food
Comments (22)This may sound crazy but I just got the book The Mood Cure and it is all about diet and mood disorders. I use it for both my sons. One gets depression and the other gets anger outbursts. Thankfully they both seem to react to the same foods (dairy, sugar and gluten) that when these are kept out of their diet they are balanced kids. It is a very interesting read and you can probably get from your local library. My oldest son (12) won't go back to how he used to eat as he has improved in mindset, athletics, focus and his skin cleared up so he is sticking to it. He had a major junk food addiction - well, as much as I would allow but he would always be asking for sweets, dairy and breads. I also follow this way of eating (with a few more restrictions) for my autoimmune conditions and noticed my irritability also went away. Here is a link to the book if you want to get an idea or check out others reviews. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/The-Mood-Cure-Program-Emotions--Today/dp/0142003646/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364132500&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mood+cure...See MoreWhat is "weird" food you eat as an adult?
Comments (100)I know different people and different cultures eat different things, by choice and by necessity so to put a "weird" term on it, I don't always agree. Different? Sure. Unusual? Yup. I can't really think of what I'd call "weird" that I eat because to me, it's normal. I ate fries and gravy long before it became popular around here. Never got into ketchup that much. Much rather have a bbq sauce than ketchup and I've made my own version of what some places call "fry sauce", which is bbq sauce, ranch dressing and hot sauce. At home I'll mix in some seasoning, in a restaurant, it's usually just salt & pepper available so I generally pass. I think the strawberries & pasta sauce would definitely be something I'd try. I never got into Spam but when I have it, it needs to be fried. I think most people are turned off of it by reputation and not really trying it. For me, it's a bit too salty and I don't like the gelatinous glop that's in there. If it's fried well and served, I can eat it no problem, but I'd prefer bacon or sausage than Spam. And every time I hear the name, I just start thinking of the Monty Python routine. Growing up, the peanut butter cookie dough was a delicacy. Now everyone is afraid that everything is "poison" and the real hysterical call everything "poison", when they don't know what they're talking about. If people actually knew what they were ingesting, they'd run scared. And I realize it's not the eggs that are the concern in cookie dough these days, it's actually the flour. But there are times a person just will take a chance to enjoy something. I was criticized for not eating butter on bread when growing up. For some reason, I just couldn't stomach it. Wasn't until a few years after moving on my own when it sank in. We didn't have BUTTER when I was growing up, it was MARGARINE (or "oleo" as my dad would call it) and everyone called it "butter". Sorry folks, margarine is NOT butter and it annoys me when people call margarine "butter". Eat it if you want, that's fine with me, I don't mind different tastes, but don't tell me it's the same thing. It ain't! I could eat it on toast, melted in, but just not the same flavor as buttered toast. Not the same at all....See MoreUser
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