How to conquer food allergies?

[Anonymous]

I'm TERRIFIED to eat anything. I don't know what is triggering my allergies. I cut out dairy and bread. I have been cutting so many food groups. And now I'm scared to eat foods. What do I do? I'm trying not to starve myself but only a handful of foods don't cause a reaction. I don't have money to get an allergy test done so I just go by what my body is telling me. I've had swelling and inflammation and I can't deal. I would rather just stick to fruit and protein shakes then venture out and try anything else. I'm afraid I may be getting an eating disorder.

[xHoneyxBeex]

Ultimately, an allergy test is going to have to be done. If you don't know the exact foods causing it, it's going to make your diet and eating habits very difficult. There's also the issue of cross-contamination so you may only be allergic to one specific food but if other foods are being contaminated, that could cause a reaction and then you don't really know for sure what caused it. So, you might be unnecessarily cutting out foods that you aren't even allergic to. I know you said you don't have the money right now but you should really try to save some to get that done. Otherwise, just keep eating what you KNOW has not caused any problems for you.

[Asker]

Yeah but for now I will have to do it the free way until I can get there.

[Anonymous]

Try cutting out things that are present in different foods. You may be allergic to something common like wheat or egg

[Asker]

I didn't eat any bread yesterday and I haven't had a breakout today. And I switched to soy protein and I have been breaking out around my mouth. So I'm not drinking any soy and no more wheat bread for a week just to see what's up.

[lebcrayz]

what happens when you eat them? id say try eating very very small quantities of it to get your body used to them. or take an anti histamin before eating the foods

[Sexualchrist]

You can reverse allergies if you build a tolerance to those things you're allergic to.

[Hippieswithchains]

Well make sure your taking vitamen amd protein supplements and are eating plenty of the foods that you can eat