{"id":15204,"date":"2017-10-18T11:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=15204"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:11:30","slug":"food-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/food-allergies\/","title":{"rendered":"I Won&#8217;t Let My Food Allergies Stop Me From Being Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m allergic to a big percentage of the food pyramid\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/search?search=nuts\">nuts<\/a>, soy, seeds, legumes, and most raw fruits and vegetables. It started with nuts about 15 years ago, and the rest revealed themselves since then. I know it sounds like a lot, but it is manageable and I actually don\u2019t know anything different.<\/p>\n<p>How do I manage it? I read ingredients on <em>everything<\/em>. I annoy servers, chefs, and flight attendants with my spiel (which I\u2019ve perfected by now), and rarely eat food from someone else\u2019s kitchen.\u00a0Most people can\u2019t comprehend a life with my allergies, but I don\u2019t have a choice: I need to avoid these foods in order to stay alive.<\/p>\n<p>I found out about my allergies the hard way.\u00a0When I was three, a cookie laced with almond paste nearly killed me. I have no recollection of that particular incident, but I\u2019m told that I turned an alarming shade of blue.<\/p>\n<p>I honestly marvel at the fact that I made it through my childhood. Back then, there were no nut-free classrooms or cafeteria tables, and labels didn\u2019t come with allergy warnings.\u00a0Nut-free bakeries weren\u2019t a \u201cthing\u201d yet, either.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Most people can\u2019t comprehend a life with my allergies, but I don\u2019t have a choice: I need to avoid these foods in order to stay alive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a kid, my baked goodies were either homemade, or purchased at my local bakery, where the owner\u2019s brother also suffered from life-threatening nut allergies. That bakery is still around to this day, and I still ask the owner whether he\u2019d let his brother eat what I\u2019m buying. It\u2019s a strange sort of comfort, but knowing that the severity of my condition is understood on a personal level means the world to me. That just isn\u2019t the way it is everywhere else, though, so my parents trained me to be vigilant about my food choices. Hyper-awareness is what\u2019s kept me alive.<\/p>\n<p>Most days, I\u2019m okay with the hand that I\u2019ve been dealt. At 29, I know how to talk about my dietary restrictions and what to look out for. I\u2019ve even developed my own set of survival rules that, by now, are second nature. I\u2019m used to it. But when all of the recipes I see incorporate something that is my equivalent to kryptonite, I can\u2019t help but feel like I\u2019m missing out on <em>something.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/digestion-super-foods\/N-8h6\">Shop products to help support healthy digestion.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without nuts, seeds, fruits, legumes, or soy, it feels like there\u2019s not much left to work with. Actually, look up any cleanse, diet, food challenge, or meal plan and I <em>guarantee<\/em> that my particular allergens are the centerpiece to the dish. It\u2019s usually easy enough for me to just leave out the offending item, but it can get super-discouraging because I want to eat healthier than my body allows. Most people eat fruits, nuts, and soy to stay healthy!<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to eat healthier, I added one more item to my list of forbidden foods, by choice: meat. I wanted to become vegetarian. I know you\u2019re thinking that I\u2019m nuts (pun intended), but eating healthy felt impossible with all of my allergies, so I wanted to figure out different ways to incorporate more veggies into my diet. I wanted to focus on eating healthfully.<\/p>\n<p>I used to eat a lot of meat. It&#8217;s fair to say six out of seven dinners were meat-based meals, with a small portion of cooked veggies and grains on the side. Looking back, it wasn&#8217;t exactly the image of a well-balanced plate. At restaurants I&#8217;d switch it up between burgers, wings, chicken dishes, and the occasional pastrami sandwich. If I wasn&#8217;t brown-bagging it for lunch, I&#8217;d pick up a turkey sandwich and a bag of chips at the deli by my office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/02\/how-to-read-a-nutrition-label\/\">7 Things You Should Always Check On A Nutrition Label\u2014Other Than Calories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I started paying attention to my body&#8217;s reaction to the food I was eating, I realized that those sandwiches were giving me headaches and heartburn. The meaty dinners left me bloated and uncomfortable. For dessert? Well, I&#8217;m no stranger to sugar. I ate small dishes of ice cream (Haagen-Dazs vanilla bean, thank you) far more often than I&#8217;d like to admit. It was how I unwound after a long day.\u00a0I baked a lot, too. It was how I made up for the fact that I couldn&#8217;t safely eat dessert anywhere but my own home.<\/p>\n<p>My switch to a vegetarian lifestyle inspired a complete revision of all of my eating habits. Not only did I cut out meat, but I also decided to completely cut processed foods, and cut back on refined flour and sugar. I gave up almost all of my comfort foods in one fell swoop: fried chicken, pastrami, burgers, and wings. Even ice cream and cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing a vegetarian diet has shown me that healthy eating<em> is<\/em> possible, despite my challenges. I used to lament over how much healthier I\u2019d be if only I didn\u2019t have any allergies, but loading up on even more whole foods and plants has turned my life around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/search?search=protein%20plant\">Shop plant protein, perfect for vegetarians.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel lighter, less bloated, more focused, and have more energy.\u00a0I fuel my body with plenty of cooked, vitamin-rich veggies, which I balance out with whole grains or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/p\/living-now-quinoa-whole-grain-organic\/n8-2024\">quinoa<\/a>. My protein comes from Greek yogurt, eggs, and vegetables like mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts\u2014all chosen for their high protein content. And as I learn the benefits of each vegetable, I am able to tailor my meals to make sure I\u2019m getting what I need.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I used to lament over how much healthier I\u2019d be if only I didn\u2019t have any allergies, but loading up on even more whole foods and plants has turned my life around.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I work full-time in an office and spend two hours each day commuting, so making sure I\u2019m well fed is essential. On Sundays I spend hours digging through cookbooks and blogs in search of healthy, allergy-friendly, vegetarian meals. I make almost everything from scratch\u2014it\u2019s a comforting process that gives me complete control over what goes into my food.<\/p>\n<p>Most mornings, I start my day with homemade whole wheat toast drizzled with honey and feta cheese. Cucumber is one of the few raw veggies I can manage in small amounts, so sometimes I\u2019ll skip the cheese, shmear on a nice Greek yogurt sauce, and throw on a few slices of cucumber for an extra crunch.<\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered that I can tolerate uncooked apples if I wash and peel the skin off of them, so I try to eat at least one per day. For lunch, I\u2019m either having leftovers from the previous night, or a vegetable sandwich. Dinners vary\u2014I\u2019ll have veggie-packed pastas, stir-fries, flatbreads, cauliflower steaks, veggie stews, and salads. Eating vegetarian is a new way for me to be creative. The meals are (almost) never boring, and there are actually so many more options than I ever dreamed possible. (Thanks, Internet.)<\/p>\n<p>I may never get to try roasted sunflower seeds, eat a salad with almond slivers, dig into some lentil soup, or feast on homemade hummus, but every day I\u2019m expanding my horizons by finding new ways to prepare allergy-friendly, veggie meals. My only regret is that I didn\u2019t figure it out sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m allergic to a big percentage of the food pyramid\u2014nuts, soy, seeds, legumes, and most raw fruits and vegetables. It started with nuts about 15 years ago, and the rest revealed themselves since then. I know it sounds like a lot, but it is manageable and I actually don\u2019t know anything different. 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