Trialling soy

[Buntybear]

A very quick google search shows there is a link to latex!

One quote from myfitnesspal forum says...


"Banana's, latex, kiwi, passion fruit, avocado, chestnut, melon, tomato and celery all have similar cross reactive proteins "

[my3girlsjde]

I've heard that too and oddly enough my mother has a latex allergy. Not sure if it's a proper allergy or intolerance but massive hives and eczema when she touches it.

Thanks for peeking for me

[Buntybear]

Do any of those other food ring any bells? There are some tropicals in there that you refered to before?

[my3girlsjde]

Now that's interesting. Kiwifruit have been an issue and when ketchup or spaghetti sauce (I assume the tomatoes) touches her hands she has eczema to the point her skin peels right off.

We weren't sure if the corn starch in the icing sugar of my avacado fudge or the avacado or the cocoa was causing an issue. Now I'm wondering if it had been the avacado all along.

Passion fruit have been a problem but we've not tried chestnuts. Now I think I'll wait on those. Not sure about celery but I use celery seed or celery salt when I cook a lot. I wonder if that might be one of our mysterious missing links.

Interesting

[Buntybear]

Wow, maybe we have hit on somehting huh?

[my3girlsjde]

I think we might have

[my3girlsjde]

So just an update:

Soy, strawberries and peanuts have all passed with flying colours!!!! Bananas, citrus and raisins have failed in their usual amount of time. The reaction seems less but if could be because we were doing a proper trial and being very careful.

Thinking of what to try next.....she's been having the odd stone fruit with no issues. Might tackle that one so we know for sure.

[Buntybear]

Yeah - go for the stone fruits - that is a group of food stuffs all on their own! We are careful with them as they are moderate fructose.