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billw wrote:A genuinely fascinating topic is how peanuts have been around for thousands of years yet it's only in the last couple of decades that allergic reactions have become commonplace.
StevieB wrote:.......My middle son is anaphylactic and carries epipens everywhere.......
Trevanion wrote:I'm not sure if there's actually more people with allergies now or if it's just more widely recognised but since allergies are for the most part hereditary, I wonder if advances in medicine in the last 100 years has saved lives of people who have had severe allergic reactions who would've in the past have died from it which has contributed to the amount of people who have allergies now after having it passed down from previous generations.
Woodbloke wrote:I'm sincerely glad to hear Andy, that your daughter is well. A timely reminder as you rightly say.
Rob
Phil wrote:Woodbloke wrote:I'm sincerely glad to hear Andy, that your daughter is well. A timely reminder as you rightly say.
Rob
Yes, I feel for her.
Eldest son is allergic to peanuts but has to also be careful of other nuts.
billw wrote:Phil wrote:Woodbloke wrote:I'm sincerely glad to hear Andy, that your daughter is well. A timely reminder as you rightly say.
Rob
Yes, I feel for her.
Eldest son is allergic to peanuts but has to also be careful of other nuts.
Peanuts are legumes not nuts though
SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:...restricted to the face and upper airway but both conditions require speedy epipen use...
Sam
Woodbloke wrote:SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:...restricted to the face and upper airway but both conditions require speedy epipen use...
Sam
A few years ago we were on holiday with a group of other folk, one of whom was a young lady from NYC who appeared to be allergic to almost anything and onions of any sort were particularly bad for her. She used to carry an epipen and had to use it regularly and could only eat in one or two NYC restaurants where they knew her exact dietary requirements. I recollect her saying that in NYC she had to pay $2-300 per pen (I can't remember the exact amount, but it was a lot!) I follow her on InstaG and she's now happily married and free of all her allergenic problems - Rob
RogerS wrote:Glad to hear you averted things, Andy.
I'd add a timely reminder for any coeliacs and that is that guar gum and xanthan gum that they stuff in 'gluten-free' cakes can still cause issues for coeliacs. Not that those idiots at Coeliac.org.uk would admit this.
Also disregard anyone or any organisation (like coeliac.org.uk again ) who say that all wheat dextrose is OK for coeliacs. It all depends on the manufacturing process. People will quote the only 'study' carried out to "substantiate" this fact. Run by a Professor in Finland. I contacted him and asked him :
(a) how many subjects in the study ? Answer : 19
(b) was the wheat dextrose randomised and several samples bought from normal retail outlets ? Answer: No. Sample supplied by the industry.
Andyp wrote:RogerS wrote:Glad to hear you averted things, Andy.
I'd add a timely reminder for any coeliacs and that is that guar gum and xanthan gum that they stuff in 'gluten-free' cakes can still cause issues for coeliacs. Not that those idiots at Coeliac.org.uk would admit this.
Also disregard anyone or any organisation (like coeliac.org.uk again ) who say that all wheat dextrose is OK for coeliacs. It all depends on the manufacturing process. People will quote the only 'study' carried out to "substantiate" this fact. Run by a Professor in Finland. I contacted him and asked him :
(a) how many subjects in the study ? Answer : 19
(b) was the wheat dextrose randomised and several samples bought from normal retail outlets ? Answer: No. Sample supplied by the industry.
I hope you passed those answers on to coeliac.org.uk
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