Recent Posts by lizzieb

Topic: Allergy Support Group / Help

Sheila,

Sorry to hear about your allergies, but you are now able to go in the right direction! Like you I have multiple food allergies. I have found it best to start with a list of the things you can eat and go from there.

Take a trip to a grocery store with a generous selection of food including a natural foods department. I started by going and reading labels with my list in hand. I don’t know if that is possible for you or not? I have numerous food allergies, but none are life threatening. I began by eating whole foods. It saves you from the worry of what is in a box/can or whatever until you learn how to read ingredient lists. I spent most of last summer eating salads made of cole slaw mix, carrots and pea pods with turkey and organic ranch dressing! I am having problems again so I go back to my original plan and write down what I can have and try to be creative from there. You can look at allergy free cookbooks but I have found most of them cover gluten, dairy, corn, eggs, etc.

By the way I can ‘t eat tomatoes, peppers, citrus fruits of any kind, berries, grapes, acid foods like vinegars and wines, or any preservatives or colorants, fish or soy. It’s crummy to be sure but it is doable.

Hope this helps some. Liz