Food allergies?

[Nebulous]

Are you or anyone you know allergic to any food?

What happens if they eat that food accidentally?

[The Blackangel]

I have a cousin who is allergic to nuts. If she eats any, or something is cooked in peanut oil, her throat closes tightly and she is unable to breathe. She carries an epipen with her everywhere she goes, but still has to be rushed to the emergency room.

As for me personally, I thankfully have no food allergies that I'm aware of. I'm a big time foodie, so if I was allergic to something, it would most likely be hell.

 

One of the things that still has me confused is that on a can of planters there was this warning: "This product may contain nuts."
It was on a Snickers bar as well.

Ummmmmm............... Thanks for the fucking heads up you dumbasses.

[killamch89]

On 11/6/2022 at 6:54 AM, The Blackangel said:

I have a cousin who is allergic to nuts. If she eats any, or something is cooked in peanut oil, her throat closes tightly and she is unable to breathe. She carries an epipen with her everywhere she goes, but still has to be rushed to the emergency room.

As for me personally, I thankfully have no food allergies that I'm aware of. I'm a big time foodie, so if I was allergic to something, it would most likely be hell.

 

One of the things that still has me confused is that on a can of planters there was this warning: "This product may contain nuts."
It was on a Snickers bar as well.

Ummmmmm............... Thanks for the fucking heads up you dumbasses.

Nut allergy is actually a rather common food allergy and there are people out there stupid enough to eat a product containing nuts and they're allergic to it but chose to eat it anyways and claim they didn't know it had nuts in it. I know it sounds stupid but I've actually seen this happen before...more than once...

[Grungie]

I’m allergic to alcohol

[DC]

58 minutes ago, Grungie said:

I’m allergic to alcohol

Same. Common, yet overlooked allergy.

[The Blackangel]

21 hours ago, Grungie said:

I’m allergic to alcohol

That's a new one to me. I've honestly never heard of this. But then again, I've never really looked into it either. I guess anything that exists can be allergic.

What happens to you guys if you drink?

[Grungie]

11 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:

That's a new one to me. I've honestly never heard of this. But then again, I've never really looked into it either. I guess anything that exists can be allergic.

What happens to you guys if you drink?

This is pretty much me in a nutshell

It's technically not an allergy, but since everyone mistakenly calls it one, it's just easier to say it is.

Certain ones affect me more than others, but I haven't really deciphered which ones do better or worse. I can still drink, but I don't do it often because of the body reactions.

Sometimes I get red in the face very quickly, and people think I'm already hammered, and I'm only half a beer in.

[killamch89]

On 11/29/2022 at 7:02 PM, The Blackangel said:

That's a new one to me. I've honestly never heard of this. But then again, I've never really looked into it either. I guess anything that exists can be allergic.

What happens to you guys if you drink?

I mean, I have heard of it before since my mother works in health but I've yet to encounter such a person in real life.

On 11/29/2022 at 7:25 PM, Grungie said:

This is pretty much me in a nutshell

It's technically not an allergy, but since everyone mistakenly calls it one, it's just easier to say it is.

Certain ones affect me more than others, but I haven't really deciphered which ones do better or worse. I can still drink, but I don't do it often because of the body reactions.

Sometimes I get red in the face very quickly, and people think I'm already hammered, and I'm only half a beer in.

You should check if you have yeast overgrowth in the body - that may also be a contributing factor. It's quite a common thing and even though modern medicine tries to downplay it, it's been around since ancient times.