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Archived - Life [with a side of allergies]
January 2012
01/16/12You can’t POSSIBLY be allergic to THAT: GrapesJuices are the hardest. I have to really check every label. Grapes are a cheap filler, so even 100 percent juices might not be all apple or all cranberry. Vitamins are difficult too. I can't just pick up a bottle of chewables. I have to read really, really carefully. Grapes are such a kid-friendly flavor, so sometimes it's even in fruit juice-sweetened candies... |
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01/10/12You Can’t POSSIBLY be allergic to THAT: TomatoesBeing allergic to tomatoes was so far out there for me growing up, that I still remember the first time I met someone with whom I shared that in common. I was 14, and I was in Chicago for a summer music program. Since then, I've met a few other people who share this trait with me, but I can count that number on one hand and have fingers left over! But, imagine being a teenager and not being able to enjoy that staple of the teenage diet: pizza... |
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01/04/12What’s Up, Doc?Carrots? How could you possibly be allergic to carrots? I’ve never heard of a carrot allergy!” I hear that one all the time. It’s my most severe allergy, and yet it’s the least understood or believed of all my allergies. Carrots are the first “weird allergy” that I’m going to profile this month in my series, “You can’t POSSIBLY be allergic to THAT!”... |
