When I was born, I was allergic to all food and survived on rice and milk until I was about two. Then I grew out of everything except all nuts and peanuts. Then around eight, due to my intense pollen allergy, I developed an allergy to raw fruits which progressed until I was allergic to all raw fruits and vegetables. Not kidding, it's a real thing.
Then I started to develop a lot of health issues. For over a year and a half I had extreme nausea every day. I would get random sharp stabbing pains all through my stomach. I was really slovenly and had zero energy. Plus a whole bunch of other symptoms that go on and on and on. Finally my mom took me to an integrated medicine specialist. This was one of the best things that has happened to me. They look at the body as a whole and go over your entire medical history from birth to yesterday.
Eventually what it came down to was that I am allergic to gluten and soy. So I got completely off gluten on November 5th, 2014. I became an entirely different person. Everything became so much better, but there was still some lingering affects. So I had to face the fact that I had to also eliminate soy. That was hard. Soy is in everything. From mayonnaise, to chocolate, to grilled chicken nuggets. But it was so worth it. I got my life back. I have energy. I am not in pain constantly. I don't get nauseous. It's been amazing.
So all of this inspired me to start cooking. And I decided to have a blog where I can record my recipes - the good and the not so good. To share this journey.
Just because you have an allergy, doesn't mean you can't eat whatever you want. You've just got to work to figure out a way how.
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