#allergy awareness

[cinnabuntastic]

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So because we live in a capitalistic hellscape, since the FDA is requiring sesame to be a listed major allergen, companies are - instead of taking steps to avoid cross contamination - just tossing sesame flour into their bread products because it's cheaper.

This, understandably, will make it a lot harder for those with allergies to sesame to find things they can actually eat.

It's a stupid decision and a number of allergy advocate groups, like FARE, are actively protesting this move, and the FDA has come right out and said they don't recommend it.

I'm mostly posting this so people can be aware that this is happening.

#allergy awareness #sesame allergy #important

[healthcaretipsdailyforyou]

#Allergy Awareness #TX Childrens Hospital #Child Care

[myfoodbase]

Eating Safe : Navigating Food Allergies With Ease

Introduction Food allergies also known as food hypersensitivity or food intolerances have become a prevalent and concerning issue in today’s society, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. This article explores food allergies, their prevalence, and the significance of safe eating habits. Food allergies arise from immune system reactions to specific proteins, causing various symptoms and…

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#allergic reactions #allergy awareness #allergy management #food #food allergies #food intolerance #safe eating

[icykalisartblog]

Accommodating People with Food Allergies

It's still disability pride month! Since I've had a host of common food allergies my whole life, this is a post about those. I want to share some simple things that—if everyone knew to try doing—would make my life and others' lives a lot easier. It would spare me a lot of explaining, that's for sure. I thought maybe I could share some advice that is somewhat less well-known than "be able to use an epinephrine pen to help someone who's experiencing anaphylaxis" (especially since in an ideal world, people would never have to constantly experience anaphylactic shock/full-body hives, etc.).

Tips for people without food allergies, from a person with many severe ones:

If you're preparing food for any group, normalize asking if anyone has any allergies or intolerances!

There are tons of recipes that will tell you how to replace common allergens. Vegan recipes are also a good resource if someone is allergic to milk or eggs. Gluten-free recipes are helpful for people allergic to wheat.

Use knowledge gained from one recipe and combine it with knowledge gained from another. For instance, vegan recipes often have nuts in them, another common allergen. You might have to look at a vegan recipe to learn how to replace milk or eggs, and another recipe to learn what to substitute for nuts if someone has a nut allergy.

Be aware of cross-contamination. For example, if you use anything to cook with or contain an allergen, even if you clean the thing well, tiny bits of that allergen can remain. Because of this, you may have to reserve separate implements and cookware for someone with food allergies.

If you're in an enclosed space like a classroom or car, be mindful if someone in there with you has food allergies. Particles can travel through the air or get transferred to surfaces people need to touch! Eat outside of the enclosed space and then wash your hands before coming back and touching things.

It can also help to wipe your mouth as well as wash your hands if you've been eating something somebody's allergic to. It is very important to wipe your mouth first and then wash your hands. Otherwise, it's undoing your work.

Please, please, please don't be weird about somebody having to bring their own food to an event/skip an event centered around food/ask for an accommodation by asking to hold an event at a venue without recycled air. Believe me, I love food and it pains me more than anyone that I can't safely do things like go to restaurants due to the risk of cross-contamination. Severe food allergies are literally life-threatening, and being in a space with allergens is genuinely like walking into a firefight. People with food allergies are trying to stay safe when they do things differently.

Many of the COVID-19 safety measures can help protect people with food allergies, too! So if you're used to things like social distancing, wiping down frequently-used surfaces, and handwashing, you can apply them here.

#disability pride month #disability awareness #food allergies #accommodation #long post

[certifiedceliac]

MAJOR GLUTEN-FREE FOOD RECALL 5/4/23

There has been a massive (literally millions of pounds) recall on Prosante (owned by Cargill) soy flour used in manufacturing gluten free foods due to the potential to contain more than 20ppm of gluten. This recall affects several countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and Guatemela.

This recall is relatively new information, and the FDA hasn't listed a press release for this event yet (for now it only shows up on their weekly enforcement report, probably because it was a firm-initiated recall), but if the figures are accurate, this could have far-reaching effects across gluten free food products. A glance at Cargill's website shows this flour is mostly used in meat alternatives, but be wary of products with soy flour included until we know more.

#gluten free #celiac disease #food allergies #food recall #and in celiac awareness month too yikes #coeliac #celiac #info

[scolop98]

#Yes I am aware that this is an oversimplification #alpha gal #alpha gal allergy #lone star tick #tick #biology memes #arachnids #bugs #biology #entomology #entomology memes #esoteric biology jokes

[dosiadove]

wait PLEASE what!?!?!? its "gluten free". oh you have gluten sensativity/celiac? ya this prooooobably is gluten free.

this does not give me security or reassurance.

#popcorn #gluten intolerance #gluten free #gluten allergy #gluten sensitivity #celiac #food #snacks #funny #confused #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain #ibs awareness month #ibs

[bluesey-182]

the amount of people I've encountered who think that "organic" and "gluten free" are the same thing would almost be funny, if i didn't have celiac and therefore have to worry that someone's good intentions were going to make me violently ill bc they made something with organic but not gluten free ingredients

#text post #if you're trying to make something gluten free for someone with an allergy you gotta be careful and fully read the labels #on all of the meal's components #and if that's too stressful then I'd personally rather just be told 'hey you should probably bring your own food' #also yes im aware celiac isn't the same as a gluten allergy but it's easier for me to just call it an allergy #than explain to everyone that it's actually an autoimmune disease and gluten will cause real damage to my body #especially bc people ALWAYS ask 'well like.... what does eating gluten actually DO to you?' #which is imo deeply personal and also rude to ask

[spoonful116]

My asthma and allergies have been well controlled for a while,; but since I started masking everywhere outside my house it's improved more.

Before masking: using my rescue inhaler 1-2 times a month

After masking: using my rescue inhaler ~4 times a year

Numbers are too good to pass up & plan to permanently mask!

(Plus my immune system is up and down)

#spoonie #disability #chronic disability #disabilities #spoonie life #disability awareness #mask #asthma #allergies

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

If you're hosting a holiday dinner. Be sure to check everyone's dietary restrictions.

Here's how much everyone will like you based on how well you meet everyone's dietary restrictions.

If you didn't even ask. You're lucky if they show up.

If there is nothing they can eat or the only thing they can eat is the salad. You're lucky if they stay.

If there's 2 or 3 things they can eat. Maybe the salad and the turkey for instance. They might see you again, but they'll definitely complain about it.

If there's several options they can eat. Or you at least made sure to include all of their favorite things. They'll visit you again.

If they can eat everything except one very specific thing (like Mac n Cheese for a gluten allergy). They'll be genuinely happy and excited to visit you again.

If they can eat everything no exceptions. They'll hide a body for you if you ever need them to. Just call them up.

(They will be more lenient if they're aware you're catering for several people with dietary restrictions or if they've got a laundry list of allergies.)

Before anyone comes at me like "But I like salad. ☹️" For a lot of people, that's the only thing they can eat when they go out. It gets old. Also like, if the salad is the only thing, that means you didn't even try. It's lazy."

Also be sure to check all of your dressings, sauces, and marinades for allergens. Even your seasonings if you use those pre-mixed seasonings. You'll be suprised how many times I found suprise allergens in this fuckers.

-fae

#disability #disability awareness #disability pride #food allergies #holidays

[his-kiss-the-riot-starts]

HAPPY ECZEMA AWARNESS MONTH!!!

Unfortunately, the community can be filled with so much shame. I’ll try my best to share some much-needed positivity and awareness on different ways eczema can appear! Oh and pls feel free to reblog this with y’all’s own experiences with it!

I’ve had eczema since I was 6 months old! Yep, all the blisters, dryness, discolouration, sleepless nights, constant painful burning and itchiness

This is my inner arm! (First two pics is of my right arm, third pic is my left) Thanks to my eczema medication and scratching, it’s left my arms with permanently discoloured patches. I have smaller patches scattered around my body too. This is one of the many ways eczema can appear!

No matter the “perfect skin” beauty standards or ableist-ingrained modern society, I try to love it anyways. My eczema is unique to me, and that’s pretty cool! My value isnt determined by abilities or by beauty standards. It’s my body, and I chose to love it. Disability pride is so so important, especially now. So I’m alright with my eczema! Because it’s me! And goddammit I love myself.

(Also also, it’s important to note that eczema forms slightly differently on everyone! Some might have blisters/boils of varying sizes, discolour, red and flakey skin, all in different degrees! This post is simply about my personal experience with it)

@‘ting some mutuals to help the post spread around!@burnbrightuni @rainbow-radio @night-dragon937 @m0naca @moinsbienquekaworu @jervis-tetch-my-beloved

#eczema #eczema awarness month #eczema and skin allergies #autoimmune #disability pride #autoimmune disease #im not so good at making posts ik ik #but this is important!

[tj-crochets]

Hey y’all! I have family in town right now, and as a general heads up to people who don’t have food allergies/restrictions/stuff like that*: If you want to go out to dinner with someone you know has food allergies*, PLEASE discuss where you’ll go with them before you finalize plans. This message brought to you by my mom inviting all the local members of my family out for barbecue, a thing I cannot have in restaurants because either it uses sauce, which has vinegar in it (and usually so much sauce is used there’s a high risk of cross contamination) or it smokes meat, in which case I can’t breathe. Smells good! Usually tastes good! Very bad for my asthma.  *idk where food intolerances fall on this scale? but I couldn’t think of a good catchall term for “cannot eat some foods without bad consequences”

#the person behind the yarn #food mention #allergy mention #I am. kinda sad tbh. #I've told her and told her so many times about the vinegar allergy #it's my worst allergy (well. arguably coconut is worse but my coconut allergy is also dramatic and I can't accidentally eat it) #(and I'd rather cough/wheeze for a few minutes than have migraines extreme nausea and bad tachycardia. Vinegar is worse to me) #(I start wheezing as soon as coconut is in my mouth which makes it extremely easy to not eat it) #the basic rule of thumb for eating in restaurants while allergic to vinegar is: if it has a sauce I can't eat it #tomato based sauces for like pizza and pasta are 50/50 I always have to check #but condiment type sauces pretty much 100% have vinegar in them #I probably would not have gone to the dinner anyway because covid #but still! she didn't even consider it! #and it's perfectly okay for her to not have my list of allergies memorized #all she has to remember is that I HAVE allergies #I do not mind her checking my allergy list! I will happily list what things I am allergic to to pretty much anyone I know! #I am aware that the management of my allergies is on me not on her #but still. it would be nice for my allergies to be a consideration when getting food :(

[shepherds-of-haven]

Wait, if Red is Dumbass #4. who are the other ones? 😭

The other three really like to jostle between each other in the rankings, but generally it goes Trouble (#1), Blade (#2), and Chase (#3)....... but again, it's really interchangeable depending on the day and the specific stupidity at hand 😭

#Riel and the girls have their issues but they are NOT tied to dumbassery #they are well aware of their own emotional hangups and obstacles to romance LGJRG #whereas the boys are just like “hrughhgh what are feelings and why have I never experienced them before in my life” #“i feel queasy around MC... must be allergies” #“i'm in love with MC so i'd better not say anything about it ever” 🙄 #disgusting!! #silly #male romance options #Red #Red Antiqua #dumbass #Shepherds of Haven

[nathaniacolver]

you guys i think i just made an original joke:

what's the most scholarly tree nut?

macadamia

#i am AWARE that it only works with one pronunciation but it's MY pronunciation so there #i posted the exact same thing word for word on twitter but IDC bc it's great #nia's original jokes #maybe my stand-up career isn't that far off! #allergy warning: tree nuts #jokes

[kitawolf12]

send me soup thoughts

i have a low-grade fever and i'm being so pitiful about it

#i'm sick #thought it was allergies due to pollen counts #but then it started getting worse #tested thinking i had the flu #nope #covid #it is my fault and i am aware of this and mad at myself #also technically it's only barely low-grade #it's 100.4 F which is on the cusp for whether docs consider it low grade #i think #idk #personal

[zombiesama]

Ah I forgot what month it is! May is food allergy awareness month!

#rice rambles #youre now aware #nah fr though if you have questions abt food allergies feel free to ask me :D