Wow! That is a lot of things to be allergic to. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that many. Did you have them your whole life, or did they develop over time?I am anaphylactic to milk, tree nuts, peanuts, and seafood.
IF a person can handle soy:
MY favourite non-peanut butter is "Wowbutter": http://wowbutter.com/ . "Safe-for-School WOWBUTTER is peanut free, tree nut free, gluten free and dairy free. This product is produced in a dedicated facility that manufactures only soy products." It is also certified non-GMO. Here is their allergy info page: http://wowbutter.com/allergy-info.php
My sister, who can have peanut butter, did a side by side taste test of Wowbutter and Kraft creamy PB; she said they were nearly identical in taste. Wowbutter looks and pretty much smells like PB. I cried the first time I ate it because of how close it tasted
-SW
Wow! That is a lot of things to be allergic to. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that many. Did you have them your whole life, or did they develop over time?
I will definitely try that if she is good with soy! Really crossing my fingers on this one...
Jamba Juice has an all fruit section on their menu. FYI, their sherbet contains dairy, and their "make it light" option that says they remove the sherbet also contains a replacement dairy base.
Jamba Juice has an all fruit section on their menu. FYI, their sherbet contains dairy, and their "make it light" option that says they remove the sherbet also contains a replacement dairy base.
Hey! I have one kid with milk and eggs and one with eggs, peanuts and tree nuts. The regular Mickey pretzels are safe! I just had to ask at every place to see the ingredients list and we found plenty they could eat.
Nope, they developed over time, the first (to a specific type of fish) at age 10, then more seafood through late teens until age 22 when the canned tuna I could still have I suddenly could not (so much fun to find that out the hard way in a university dorm). Peanuts and tree nuts was about age 26; milk a few years ago. The joys of developing them during/post-puberty is apprently there is NO "outgrowing" like somehow little kids appear to manage to do. I hope the list has stopped getting longer.
On top of that I have had non-anaphylactic food allergies on and off since the very first time my mother tried to feed me some real food at age 4 months (on paediatricians advice; that little experiment apparently ended quickly and i was back to exclusively breastfed for the rest of my first year; my mother had to be really really careful about what she ate). The list changed over time and I am quite confident many went undiagnosed for periods of time, even years, in part because my child/teenhood allergist was, as I now know, horribly incompetant. When I was in my late teens my mom and I identified a list of about a dozen foods that would trigger asthma attacks each time I had them, so we cut those from my diet and I didn't try any of those foods again until I was in my twenties -- and found I could tolerate different amounts depending on the food. Milk was one of those, but then a few years ago it suddenly came back as anaphylaxis and I now have zero tolerance for even trace amounts (and yep, even trace amounts in baked goods :-( ).
Basically, my immune system is thoroughly messed up and not at all representative of normal, or even normal allergic people or normal food allergic people.
-SW
Nope, they developed over time, the first (to a specific type of fish) at age 10, then more seafood through late teens until age 22 when the canned tuna I could still have I suddenly could not (so much fun to find that out the hard way in a university dorm). Peanuts and tree nuts was about age 26; milk a few years ago. The joys of developing them during/post-puberty is apprently there is NO "outgrowing" like somehow little kids appear to manage to do. I hope the list has stopped getting longer.
On top of that I have had non-anaphylactic food allergies on and off since the very first time my mother tried to feed me some real food at age 4 months (on paediatricians advice; that little experiment apparently ended quickly and i was back to exclusively breastfed for the rest of my first year; my mother had to be really really careful about what she ate). The list changed over time and I am quite confident many went undiagnosed for periods of time, even years, in part because my child/teenhood allergist was, as I now know, horribly incompetant. When I was in my late teens my mom and I identified a list of about a dozen foods that would trigger asthma attacks each time I had them, so we cut those from my diet and I didn't try any of those foods again until I was in my twenties -- and found I could tolerate different amounts depending on the food. Milk was one of those, but then a few years ago it suddenly came back as anaphylaxis and I now have zero tolerance for even trace amounts (and yep, even trace amounts in baked goods :-( ).
Basically, my immune system is thoroughly messed up and not at all representative of normal, or even normal allergic people or normal food allergic people.
-SW
I have to say I don't often run across adults with FA, usually it is children. I only recently developed a fish allergy (anaphlylactic) even though I've had tuna all my life. And I also assume for now shellfish allergy because the last time I had fish safely, I had shellfish. I've been afraid to try it. I also developed OAS to melons. Not ana, so I feel safe to pick it out and just not eat it. And a few years earlier, I suddenly became lactose intolerant. Hope that's the end of the sudden changes!
I went to WDW last summer and they were awesome with FA. Even though I've been to DLR many times, this summer will be my first with food allergies. Most snacks and desserts are safe for me, my concern is sauces and cooking surfaces and utensils.
I know Enjoy Life is a brand a lot of people like. Is that what you were thinking of?We bring gluten free turkey sticks for our gluten allergic daughter as well as protein bars (you can usually find stuff that is allergy free- I know there is a brand that is completely allergy free but the name is escaping me). I ate a LOT of salads this time around.
We bring gluten free turkey sticks for our gluten allergic daughter as well as protein bars (you can usually find stuff that is allergy free- I know there is a brand that is completely allergy free but the name is escaping me). I ate a LOT of salads this time around.