#allergies! the cinnamon one is probably my worst in terms of figuring out if a food has it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tj-crochets · 2 years ago

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hey i just wanna say, its nice to know other people get fucked over by the 'spices' label on shit at the store. it sucks but you aren't alone in being screwed over by corporations keeping secrets. (i'm allergic to capsaicin, the spicy chemical in chili peppers)

hopefully ur safe food will never be out of stock when you go looking

It is very nice to know I'm not the only one with allergies the "spices" label make very hard to handle, and I'm sorry you're also in this unfortunate group I'm not allergic to capsaicin myself but I can't tolerate it well because it's a vasodilator, so if I eat spicy food it tanks my blood pressure. So, like, not the same, but I know I personally have a lot of trouble figuring out the spice levels of foods I buy, and that's with me being able to tolerate some capsaicin. I'm sure it's a lot harder to try to figure out when you're allergic to it. I hope your safe food is always in stock and never changes their ingredients!

#incoherentbee #ask away!#allergy mention #food mention #allergies! the cinnamon one is probably my worst in terms of figuring out if a food has it #but coconut is sometimes listed as 'may contain coconut' on the label even when the ingredients say it doesn't #coconut happens to be my one and only instant food allergy #I am very lucky in that the rest of my food allergies take 4-8 hours to take effect #so I can usually take a benadryl early enough in the process to mitigate the reaction #(as long as I only try new foods when I'll be awake to notice the early symptoms)#but coconut I start wheezing as soon as it's in my mouth #luckily just wheezing not actual throat swelling up but still very unleasant #but like...tempting #if it 'may contain coconut'...I could know instantly #and if it doesn't I could eat the cookies #coconut might be an asthma trigger and not a food allergy? I am not sure #I suspect the line between asthma trigger and food allergy might be a blurry one #vinegar is the worst for me overall #just because acetic acid is in EVERYTHING #I can only use one manufacturer for my heart meds because the inactive ingredient the other one uses #is made using super concentrated acetic acid #and thus the meds that are supposed to raise my blood pressure #lower it. badly. and then I took another dose to help and it made it worse #that was a bad one to figure out

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