soy-allergy
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How to Talk About Your Food Allergies
It’s back-to-school time and lots of opportunity to talk about your food allergies and derivatives the right way so that you continue to stay safe and healthy! Continue reading
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Allergies, Hormones and Miracles
It happened to me. It took about seven years of allergy shots, but for several years, from the age of fourteen until about age twenty, I was able to eat soy sauce and my favorite cuisine at that time, sesame chicken and shrimp fried rice. But there was a slight catch. Slightly different reactions that I didn’t understand,… Continue reading
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Without The Labels
I’m going to share a journal entry with all of you. An entry from April that very much relates to the topic at hand… Journal entry – 4/12/2018 The missing puzzle piece. These past two weeks brought me back to the very place I was trying to escape. I had already been there.… Continue reading
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Traveling To Europe or Living in Europe With Food Allergies? Well You're In Luck.
I have an obsession with Paris, France. I have no idea why. I’ve never been there. However, when it came time to pick a language in middle school, I got yelled at by everyone (except for my dad) for choosing French. Of course, I had no idea why.The fact that my dad had chosen French… Continue reading
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BEST Soy-Free Gluten-Free Chinese Fried Rice EVER!
Growing up part Asian (Filipino), I think an affinity to Asian cuisine ran through my genes…especially Chinese food. For two decades I was able to eat it without an allergic reaction, until my soy allergy became much worse and I could no longer eat soy sauce or anything made with soy. Because of my experience… Continue reading
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Soy Allergy? Watch Out For Guar Gum and Natural Flavors
I am reminding you all of this fact that guar gum is very closely related to soy. It is a legume so if you or your child has legume allergies (like me to some) you might react to guar gum. I just had a reaction to the Lactaid Eggnog which contains guar gum and I completely forgot… Continue reading