Does anyone else out there have an allergy to tree nuts?!
Question: I am allergic to tree nuts, not peanuts, but almonds, pistachios, brazil nuts, etc. They make me very ill. I get a rash if they are ground up on something around me. I have to be very careful with what I eat because I have to make sure there are no nut products in them (very common). Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do for quick healthy snacks? Have you found any good food products out there? Thanks.
Answers: I am allergic to tree nuts, not peanuts, but almonds, pistachios, brazil nuts, etc. They make me very ill. I get a rash if they are ground up on something around me. I have to be very careful with what I eat because I have to make sure there are no nut products in them (very common). Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do for quick healthy snacks? Have you found any good food products out there? Thanks.
I am not allergic, but popcorn, doritos, potato chips, apples and other fruits and veggies are good snacks.
Plant families and allergies
Tomato, pepper, potatoes, eggplant and Jimson weed and nightshade family-
Tomatoes , peppers and potatoes are all in the family with nightshade and jimsonweeds..
http://www.bridgewater.edu/~lhill/Solana...
http://www.cybermacro.com/Macrobiotic_Ar...
Cherry and almonds family-
Plants in the rose family include roses, cinquefoils, mountain ash, hawthorn, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples, pears, peaches, cherries, apricots, almonds, quinces, chokecherry and plums.
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep14r...
Cashew, mango, pistachio and poison ivy family-
The type genus is Anacardium, the cashew. Other species included in this family are mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and pistachio. The latter is sometimes placed in its own family, the Pistaciaceae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacardiace...
why you eatin tree nuts then
My son is allergic to all nuts except macadamias. He is also allergic to mustard seeds, sesame seeds, poppy seeds etc! He gets an extreme reaction, immediate swelling of the lips, tongue and throat and so carries an Epipen. I'm allergic only to hazelnuts, peanuts, pistachios and walnuts, but can eat almonds, brazils, cashews and macadamias. Lots of foods seem to use nut oils (like aracas oils) in products you'd never expect to contain nuts, so the labelling is lifesaving! I stick to fruits and raw veg for healthy snacks, including raisins and dried cranberries.
I am not allergic to anything that I know of so far.