Food allergies

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I spent some months researching aspergers, but i always ignored the subject of food allergies because i dont have them, but now i noticed some aspies i know in real life have a lot of issues with foods, so i'm suddenly interested in this.

Is this truly a symptom of Aspergers?

Do you have food allergies? How exactly does it happen?

I had my blood tested for allergens a while back, and apparently I should be allergic to a lot of foods. They're all foods that I eat all the time, and I have no idea what the allergies do. I had tried to cut out all the different foods when I first found out, and only felt worse.

Repeated exposure to anything can develop into an allergy. Aspies have a tendency to eat the same foods a lot, so I can see how food allergies would be very common with us.

I believe I have an allergy to Shellfish, the Doc told me to avoid them when I last mentioned it.
But basically, they have always made me feel strange, my throat would mucus up and feel different,
I know when I have eaten food contaminated by shellfish since my throat will begin to feel funny, maybe get a little tighter. Last time, my grandma placed a fork from her prawn curry into some 'communal' rice and that ended with me throwing up.
There is a possible genetic basis to it though as my grandad feels ill after eating them, and my sister was recently given an epi pen for nearly passing out from them.

Don’t technically have allergies, but I do think I have some mild intolerances. Carbohydrate-rich foods make me gassy, and alcohol often makes my face flush and feel really hot and irritated.

I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome when I was 17, but some of the foods that are supposed to be triggers nearly 100% of the time – like meat and egg yolks – don’t seem to bother me at all. I’m beginning to wonder if what I really have is a gluten intolerance. For some reason that’s supposed to be rather common among aspies/auties, though I can’t imagine why.

My eldest daughter believes she has celiac disease, self DX. When she remains gluton free she feels great. I've seen her get depressed when she isn't maintaing this diet. As difficult as a diet of this nature is, it is important enough for her to maintain it. Celiac DX apparently causes Iron to not be asorbed. The problem is, she doesn't appear Aspie, rather, I am. I gravitate towards high protein foods when I remember to eat.

I have severe shellfish allergy. My issues with food in general, however, are not allergies, but hypersensitivity. The most bland things to most people are filled with flavors for me. I can't eat pasta, because it tastes like dirt, and I can't eat fish because it overwhelms my entire palate. So my issues with food are taste/texture related, not allergy related.

I am alergic to some things but have never been tested to find out if it is topical stuff or food stuff.I have always had out breaks of rashes,usually on my forarms but never knew the 'cause'.I had a really bad reaction to Wellbutrin and now everything seems to trigger a whole body rash,every few days.I plan on getting tested for alergies when I get health insurence but I need to do some research first because I have heard a lot of testing gives false poitives and negatives....not very helpful.

Anyone know the most effective testing for alergies.I really hate to have to give up a favorite food because f a false positive.

I also have read that people seem to crave foods that they are allergic to,that srikes me as counter intuitive.Anyone read this?

well an allergy, I believe, is often caused by an over zealous immune response to that entity. Whereas cravings are most likely a pyschological effect. If you were told you were no longer aloud to eat something, you would constantly think about it (at least subconciously), thus constantly be wanting to eat it.

Poison ivy is all I know about.

In case the subject of milk/wheat comes up I was thinking the other day I do not buy
into the idea that incomplete digested proteins from them can effect the mind. I do not think they can cross the brain blood barrier. So your left with at most a drug like loperamide that also can not cross the blood brain barrier but it acts on the rest of the body as typical opiate drugs do causing constipation hence why its sold over the counter
as an anti-diarrhea medication.

Oh if you do get loperamide in your brain its a potent opiate drug. There is a study where nano-particles of it can be coated with polysorbate 80 and permit it to enter the brain. In theory loperamide could loose a molecule of water and become close in structure to MPTP. Which is highly neurotoxic so I would not suggest trying to get loperamide to your brain.

I have never allergically reacted to anything.

I've outgrown most of my childhood food allergies... but I'm still highly allergic to... Bananas, of all things.

Also somewhat to melons, kiwi... it seems to be basically any fruit that is high in natural potassium. So I may have a natural potassium allergy. Though I'm not allergic to potatoes or spinach, which are also high in potassium... could be the form the potassium takes, I suppose... Then again... potatoes and spinach aren't fruits, either...

All allergies, not just food allergies are very serious business. Thanks for posting the thread, I was about to if you hadn't.

I lost a month of work a couple of years ago during an exceptionally bad seasonal allergy, thank heaven for paid sick time. I'd resisted the idea of having allergies my whole life, who knows why... afraid of admitting some weakness or the idea of somehow not being in control, maybe? You guess. Anyway, with my sick time totally depleted, I decided to get tested. What a revelation!

I, too, considered celiac at one point but didn't have enough of the typical symptoms. Nonetheless, I avoided anything with wheat and within a month felt much better. Feeling awful during the first weeks of an elimination diet is quite common and perfectly normal, by the way, so don't discount allergies just because you don't feel better/different right away.

Re: shellfish, it's the iodine that seems to be the culprit. Try using iodized salt less often also.

Temple Grandin talks about food allergies in 'Thinking in Pictures', btw. She cautions that SOY products must be avoided. I wish I'd read that years ago. When I was tested in the months after losing so much work time it turned out that SOY was a huge, huge trigger for me.... welts rose immediately during the standard pin-prick tests. Soy is in everything!! ! Canola mayonaisse is now available from a major brand... Salad dressings are available with canola or olive oil as a base. Corn and potato chips are also now being made with sunflower oil. Margarines, baking fats like Crisco, and all oils called 'vegetable oil' are almost always soy.

Symptoms of soy allergies include stinky gas.... bloating, and with high overdoses, vomiting and diahrea... symptoms that mimic food poisoning.

Fast food places routinely use soy cheese to save costs. A pseudo-Italian chain here in the US uses almost 100% soy cheese, and I ended up in the emergency room after a lasagna meal there...

Suspected celiac might instead be allergies related to mold and yeast. There are breads made from spelt available now to supplement the only brand I've used for over a decade, something called Ezekial bread made from sprouted grains rather than flours. And mold allergies are made worse by anything that's fermented, including vinegars, pickles, beer and wine. I recently discovred Red Bridge beer, made by the budweiser people without wheat or barley but sorghum instead - can't tell the difference.

If you're someone who sneezes often or becomes nasally congested at times not necessarily connected to seasonal allergies, food allergies may be the culprit. Ignoring the symptoms and continuing to ingest the allergens in normal food portions will only make you MORE susceptible, not less. Allergy shots are 'hair of the dog', that is, the very things one is allergic too, but the doses are miniscule and are increased by small increments. Continuing to eat normal portions of foods one is allergic to can severely backfire. My allergist said I might have needed to begin carrying an epi pen if I'd continued to eat peanuts, for example.

If you suspect allergies, go to an allergist! Call and make an appointment ASAP, it's not worth waiting.

Also, any restaurant that refers to their milkshakes as simply 'shakes' is using soy. That includes McDonalds and Dairy Queen.

About food allergies, I have allergy to strawberries, they're like poison for me. My allergist said, when I was a child, maybe I might had allergy to nuts and chocolate, but I continue eating it and nothing happened .

Some allergy's symptoms are: skin irritation, red eyes, asthma, . . .

Other allergies: dust, pollen and almost all analgesics (mainly those with sodium)

Strangely, I can't name a single food I'm allergic to. Sure, there are a whole bunch of foods I won't eat unless I have to, but it's because of taste, not an allergic reaction.