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When I was a baby I was deathly allergic to peanuts all peanuts. Later I developed a peach and egg allergy and milk. Now in adulthood I’m still allergic to eggs, I’m afraid to eat any sort of shellfish. I’m milk intolerant and allergic to bananas and now the last few years bread and wheat products have been making me sick. It’s frustrating and I’m kind of afraid to get food allergy tested because then I’ll find I can’t eat anything! And I love food lol 😂
or even worse, when a bar of milk chocolate says "made on equipment that processes milk" but not "contains milk" even though milk is.in the ingredients
I've been allergic to peanuts my whole life and I find it comically ridiculous that my body's reaction to peanuts is basically, "Hey this might be harmful, let me kill you before it get the chance to".
It's a funny thing. I'm the same and it really is crazy to think that my body's response to peanuts is, "If you put this in me, I will NOT hesitate to self destruct."
When I was a kid I wasn’t allergic to nuts at all and ate them regularly, but one day at the age of, I think 9 I ate a hazelnut (which I had eaten before) and got an intense reaction for no reason. I then got tested for nut allergy and it ended up showing not only hazelnut but a pretty strong allergy to most nuts excluding almonds. I’m now 23 and about 2 years ago after having avoided all nuts but almonds since I got tested I tried just a tiny bit of peanut butter (which might have been stupid but that’s what I did) and waited for a while without any reaction, so I tried it again and still nothing. Eventually I tried a whole peanut butter sandwich and I had no reaction what so ever. I then tried nutella which has hazelnut in it which is what I was the most allergic to and I had absolutely no reaction. I can now eat every kind of nut that I had become allergic to even if it isn’t processed into any food product without any reaction. So I went from having no allergy to being strongly allergic to all nuts back to not being allergic to them at all.
Peanuts aren't tree nuts at all, so it's normal that there was no reaction (same for almonds) But the allergy disappearing is sure wierd. We also can't have a reaction for something we have never been in contact with as the first time it enters our bodies, out immune system only flags the proteins as dangerous, they only react at the second exposure. (the wikipedia page is more precise about it if you want to know more)
aha wow, thats incredible. the closest i know of a similar situation is my brother, super allergic to dairy. he had some cocoa pebbles which apparently didn't have dairy before, but my mom rechecked the box after he ate a bowl, but he never had a reaction, and we never told him in case it would bring on the reaction late ahah
I’ve been allergic to eggs, dairy, and tree nuts since a child and I’ve never really thought about it, I’ve just always instinctively looked at the ingredients of foods
I recently got myself into being a prediabetic, and now I have to check labels for carbs and fiber content. As someone who never had to think of ingredients for 50 years, it's *really* annoying.
When I told my friends I have peanut allergies and I have to read food labels they were shocked, like I find it no problem to look at ingredients but since they never do it’s a shocker to them
I grew up with a friend who had a nut allergy (This was back in the 80's before allergies were even accepted as a thing) but he didn't just react to nuts but would react to other people who had touched or eaten nuts, so if we had nuts we had to warn him to avoid skin contact for the rest of the day, he called it 'Essence of Nut'. He was the only person I knew with a food allergy first the first 21 years of my life.
It's not that they weren't accepted as a thing, they weren't a thing. Far fewer people had allergies and nobody died from allergies. You blew your nose, took an antihistamine and that was it. Nowdays people die from peanuts and nobody questions why? We ate gobs of peanuts in the 70s and 80s and nobody was allergic to them.
@@DaveMiller2 its also not big in other parts of the world like china. I think it has something to do with our diet and the toxins in the food eaten during pregnancy. your diet also effects which bacteria we have in our gut which may be the reason for the overreaction to the allergens.
"Almond milk" is often made of lots of things besides almonds. It's been falsely marketed in some cases. It's a processed invented product. Might have soy, various plant gums, etc. added.
*Good point. I try to eat food as single items only, to have a better chance of knowing what I'm might be allergic too.* I had an allergic reaction to almonds, and they were made out of almonds.
exactly. very little actual almond in almond milk--same with oat, cashew, all the milks unless you make them yourself (what I do to avoid all those gross gums and such).
Almonds are expensive and it takes lots of them to make almond milk. So yeah they're most likely adding cheaper ingredientes. But to be fair almond milk allergy is no big deal, since it tastes f*kn horrible and shouldn't be drinked by anyone. I had to drink vegetable milk for 15 days as part of a surgery recovery diet and I tried some of them until settling for oat milk, which was the least terrible one.
Growing up, I was severely allergic to lots of things. I was allergic to peanuts, treenuts, seafood, peas, beans, and probably a few others I can't remember. It was bad enough to the point that just the smell of some of these things, especially peanuts, could trigger anaphylaxis. Now things are better, but growing up knowing they eating ant of these things could potentially kill me has really affected me. I still refuse to eat any of these foods, although now I am only allergic to peanuts, and maybe nuts. I have been doing the microdosing he was talking about for peanuts for a few years now, so that has greatly helped me with that allergy. Now I can truly eat anywhere, and almost anything. Before it, I had to bring my own food to restaurants, and that really sucked. Sorry for the whole essay here
@@abirajNYC please talk to a doctor first before just trying exposure therapy with your daughter. you may not give her the correct amount for it to be safe or in the appropriate intervals, or that type of therapy may not be right for her.
I took a blood test... Results: “congratulations, you have the possibility of developing over 10 different allergies” Thank you, I’ll just eat air then.
The POSSIBILITY of developing 😂 don’t start getting all sassy until you actually HAVE the allergies. I have two kids with 15 allergens I have to cook for. THATS a pain in the butt.
Not being taken seriously is frustrating. I was at the pharmacy to pick up my epipen renewal, and the pharmacy tech asked, just out of curiosity, why I needed it. Me, “I’m allergic to ant bites. Deathly allergic.” Him, “That’s just formic acid. You can’t be allergic to that.” Me, after a very long pause, “You’re an idiot.”
Most Pharmacists I've met are pretentious assholes like that, thinking they know it all. They are bitter because they couldn't go to medical school and had to settle for pharmacy school. Lol.
Donnie Badfish fair enough. That’s too bad you’ve come across such negative professionals. I’m a pharmacist, but I have respect and compassion for my patients, so I would hope they’d say something different! Lol 😜
@@steeldragonjovi cool. Maybe I shouldn't have made such a blanket statement. I've actually had good pharmacists. They were all at small mom-and-pop pharmacies though. The ones that have been jerks were all at big box stores like Walgreens or Wal-Mart.
The term food allergy was one of my biggest culture shock when I moved to North America. It was unheard of back in my home country China. We have people allergic to certain antibiotics or intolerant to milk but that's nothing like food allergy. It's strange that food allergy affects American born Chinese but not Chinese grown up in China. Allergic asthma is also extremely rare in China but can be developed among people who migrate out of China over time. I guess allergy is purely caused environmental factors, it's not something passed down in the genes.
it has a lot to do with things the parents eat before and during the pregnancy. also after birth. food in murica has at least twice the amount of sugar and fat and other "toxins" in, and those are a big factor
Same, I'm a Malaysian and our national food nasi lemak contains peanuts and eggs, there is no way you can survive there when nobody ever mentioned peanut allergy. In Asia, there is rarely any food allergy just an intolerance to alcohol and milk.. maybe that's why we eat anything ahahhaha
@@aelius9907 i think it's the processed food. They eat too much of it. And American junk food has double the junk of the same product in Europe. Twice the sugar, twice the fat, twice the amount and size! And they eat a lot of that junk! My father is allergic or intolerant to a specific sweet. He sometimes eat it because he loves it but all he gets is some skin itching and temperature and stomachache. But that's a rarely consumed food. But he isn't allergic to the ingredients of that sweet! He can eat them all day and nothing happens.
I don't think he was a doctor. He would probably be on the team trying to figure out how to genetically engineer peanuts to be hypoallergenic though. Damn...now I'm craving boiled peanuts!
It's strange, my brother was deathly allergic to shellfish and seafood and an intolerance to dairy when he was younger, he ate shellfish on accident ( I think it was seafood salad in a conch noodle) and nothing happened when before we had to rush him to a hospital from a restaurant (before we knew) and he no longer has problems with dairy, but now I have problems with dairy around the same time he was fine with dairy.
I'm thinking sometimes allergies may be related to or be an indicator of the strength of a person's immune system at any given point in time. So, take for example your brother...maybe @ one time his immune system was compromised @ the time he ate seafood that he had the allergic reaction to. Fast forward a period of time, he accidentally eats something he's supposed to be allergic to & nothing happens. Honestly, I can't prove it, but since allergies are so intertwined with the immune system & responses...I would almost put money on this hypothesis. Maybe in the future you won't have problems with dairy if your immune system improves? I'm not saying go drink milk or anything, but maybe speak w/your doctor about the possibility.
I have a milk allergy and I can't count the amount of people who I've had to tell that it's different and a lot more severe than being lactose intolerant
Noah Inkrot Yeah I know the feeling, nobody I have ever met who has lactose intolerance is never serious about their lactose intolerance. They don’t seem to get that an allergy is much worse.
I completely understand. Most people who don't have allergies can't comprehend what is it like. I'm lactose intolerant and allergic. I would much rather just be lactose intolerant. I was allergic since I was little, but for a short period of time (from puberty to first pregnancy at 24) my allergy calmed down enough that I could eat milk. The only milk based food I miss is sharp cheddar. My allergy is back up to the range of annoying to scary depending upon the exposure.
Milk allergy too, so frustrating and scary how people don’t understand it at all. I honestly think it’s the most misunderstood allergy. I constantly have people saying things like oh but this is margin you’ll be fine, when it has cream in it. Or people with absolutely no allergies trying to tell me how my allergy works, like BYE! I completely stopped eating at peoples house and only eat at vegan restaurants since no milk in the building. Hang in there!
I had this joke in my mind: You're making me allergic to milk What does milk allergy mean? It means he's afraid of cashew No, it doesn't. HO HO HO Im gonna give you alot of cashew Stop it, Patrick. You're scaring him
So I'm in the Air Force and when I was in tech school I started having really bad GI distress (aka diarrhea) after eating the yogurt or drinking the milk from the cafeteria in the morning. I thought I had just become lactose intolerant, so i started trying to live like that. One night i went out to a movie with my friends and we got ice cream (I wasnt thinking at the time) but I was fine. Long story short turns out the cafeteria just had some nasty-ass rancid dairy they were serving.
My fiancé isn’t lactose intolerant but if he eats or drinks milk proteins the skin in his mouth, nose, throat, stomach and intestines literally BURN. Like snorting a ghost pepper burn! Oddly enough tho if he boils or freezes them (think ice cream or boiling milk before using it in food) and it breaks the proteins down enough that they don’t hurt (as much). Maybe you have that?
I learned about food allergy in the United States. It's soooo common there and not in my country, Mexico. Further than that, in 1993, it was shocking for me to know about dogs (also in the U. S.) being allergic to certain kind of food!
Oh my god I finally get to flex on you I’m allergic to: Shellfish All nuts Coconuts Dairy Eggs Squid and octopi Passion fruit As my friend said: “God hates you.” Edit 1: This comment did gain some traction so i might as well add to it. I used to have allergies to fish and gluten when I was younger that I eventually grew out of. my current allergies are getting better although most still result in anaphylaxis. I do have non food allergies I.E. pollen, and animals such as Dogs cats [maybe hamsters?] (currently i own birds as pets). If you have any questions I will try and answer them in the comments below.
In our grandparents' day (great grandparents' day if you're a millennial) some children were routinely dismissed as "sickly", and often no further explanation of their persistent poor health was sought―or wasn't available if it _was_ sought. It is now believed that many of these "sickly" children, whose siblings typically enjoyed healthy normality, were likely sufferers from one or other undiagnosed specific food allergy. A lot of them would "grow out of" their condition in mid to late childhood, but not all were so fortunate.
Or a food intolerance, like beans and all legumes. I'm not "allergic" to peanuts but I can't tolerate anything in the legume family, not even green beans.
In the Victorian times (into the late 1800s even) they used to mix borax into milk because it made the smell of spoiled milk go away but the bacteria of the milk going bad was making children very sick. Having diarrhea was deadly back then. Bread had alum in it to make it whiter. Adults could metabolize this stuff a bit better than a small child. They grew out of it because the food industry slowly put a stop to adultering food.
I will disagree with your dating system about great-grandparents.... Back to the 60's and 70's these deadly food allergies were rare. Peanut butter sandwiches, cookies and candy was served in school caffeterias. I am of that generation -- am no one's great-grandmother -- and deadly food allergies were known but extremely rare. We did not have worms, most of us had clean homes and indoor plumbing. We did play outside and get dirty. Maybe an interesting search would be to see a geographical distribution of deadly food allergies. Might kids growing up outdoors in rural areas have fewer deadly allergies than city kids?
I believe the answer lies in pesticides and herbicides - glyphosate in particular. I'm a gardener and remember well when glyphosate was introduced, my boss showing off that 'It's so safe, you can practically drink it!' (Yes, he actually said that). Up to its introduction, I didn't know a single person with an allergy - then suddenly kids were getting strawberry and then nut allergies. I'm not saying such allergies didn't exist before, there's always going to be some with weaker systems who develop allergies to something, but this was on an escalating scale. By the very fact that it's already been proved glyphosate has a very negative influence on the complex bioflora in your gut (killing it, in short), then those parasites you mention may come in when your bioflora is particularly 'low' and do some 'damage' then. Look how the number of people with allergies has increased over the years. Look at the number of those who have developed intolerances. Can it be any 'mere' coincidence that the increase in allergy/intolerance cases happens at the same time the farming industry has in fact 'increased' its usage of glyphosate (from merely clearing fields of weeds to 'deliberately' spraying grain crops to desiccate all the plants for harvest at the optimum time)? My family never had one instance of an allergy or even an intolerance - and now several of us have them: gluten, milk, food colouring, meat, eggs, bananas. Meal times for us are more like a chemistry lesson now!
Nobel Laureate Charles Richet demonstrated over a hundred years ago that injecting a protein into animals or humans causes immune system sensitization to that protein. Subsequent exposure to the protein can result in allergic reactions or anaphylaxis. This fact has since been demonstrated over and over again in humans and animal models. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) confirmed that food proteins in vaccines cause food allergy, in its 2011 report on vaccine adverse events. The IOM’s confirmation is the latest and most authoritative since Dr. Richet’s discovery. Many vaccines and injections contain food proteins.
In 22 years of my life, I've never got a food allergies. I ate everything I wanted to I hope I'll never have food allergies. I love foods so much, it suck when I cant eat something bcs allergies. I'll edit it if I got some troubles.
@@uzuhany7412 LMAO YES food allergy. I was sent to the hospital and I have to carry an epipen now. I am allergic to fresh fruits and most nuts. I ate very healthy as a child. And now I cant even eat jelly with strawberry pieces. As a kid the only thing that happened was melons made me throw up that started maybe high school. Then once I turned 23 slowly it became all fruits. like no joke... severe reactions. Just recently I was at work and ate fresh broccoli, I left work to go to the nearest drug store to get benedryl. I left my keys in the ignition and left my car running. I was not thinking clearly and I didn't have my epipen. So,slowly its now becoming fresh vegetables including carrots, cilantro, onions, and garlic. IDK I doubt that would happen to you. But out of nowhere I became allergic to darn near everything!!! I have 10 brothers and sisters and I am the only 1 with this issue.
I'm deathly allergic to eggs and yeah, I really have developed trust issues with the food industry and I really don't trust people to give me food that is not contaminated. To this day I only trust my father with food (not even mum) and I don't think trust issues are going anywhere soon. I think the psychological impact of allergies on your diet is often overlooked, and I think that allergy management systems should also include psychological training to be sceptical of food just the optimal amount so that you are not extremely paranoid about enjoying food in a safe environment. :)
@@williamnjagi3291 it doesn't help when the commercial kitchen or factory you're getting it from isn't following the allergy safety protocol you need. Also some people might not take someone seriously or be on a roll in the kitchen and forget to do the clean and change process. In addition, menu/recipe options as well as grocery items are slowly growing but when you find options that won't kill you you seriously want to throw a party. You don't know how many times I've gotten sick because of the last two and was out of commission a couple days. It happened a couple days ago to me and I'm still getting over it. There are several other reasons but I'm sure someone else has said it elsewhere.
I've literally always been allergic to peanuts, yet when i was younger my family had no idea that peanuts was causing my eczema and now hives. but the worst thing was that when i was younger is that peanuts were my favourite thing, i used to eat them in almost every single meal- but slowly as the years have gone by my allergies to peanuts have gotten worse, i never got a epipen from a doctor bc my allergies have never been serious enough and my reaction to peanuts is usually onset, but last week i ate a candy bar with peanuts in it that didnt say it had on in the front of the package (i dont usually check labels if im being honest) so i ate it but after tasting the peanuts i spit it right out, i probably swallowed now even half a peanut bc i took a small bite, but regardless of that how 5 days later im covered in hives and my face has been swollen for the past two days
@@sdfkjgh yes, daddy being another person, not your throat. i'd say this person has some type of sexual gratification from allergic reactions of the body, which can simulate the act of a strong daddy dominating his sexual partner with excessive kink. i.e., yeah I get it.
The immune system is planning an overthrow of the existing government system by ambushing at the emergence of the means of sustenance, which is then followed by direct assaults of the incumbent government
I've been reading alot about "leaky gut syndrome" and how things like excessive growth of candida (due to antibiotics killing good bacteria in your body which normally keeps this under control) can cause your intestinal wall to weaken, allowing small food particles to escape into your body, which then your body starts attacking. Also plenty of other things can cause this "leaky gut syndrome". Perhaps this is a cause of this? Perhaps pestisides or overly processed foods can also attribute to this.
Leaky gut can cause food sensitivity and allergys as food particles that should be stopped leak into your body and your immune system attacks it. The new allergies increase your immune response and the problem grows and so does the list of foods you must avoid
Are we really asking this question? We as humans have essentially ruined the natural cycles and biochemistry in animals plants water air. Medications and synthetic chemicals along with greedy big pharma has all played a roll in causing a dominoe effect of disasters. You are naive and really need to study cause effect of our human history.
@@mikebradshaw8530 you strike me as a very prickish person coming to a comment section to leak your liquid excrement out of your mouth. Science doesn't value your opinion.
Haha! I ate dirt as a kid, I'd drop food on the ground and just brush it off (God made dirt and dirt don't hurt) and my mom would defrost meats in manners not recommended by the FDA and no food allergies for me!
@@JohnDoe-zw8vx your body still had to protect you... dirt is not equal to health... Allergy is not the same as poison... it the why body react to certain type of thing... It more a a DNA's memory... it know this thing is relative to this thing that will kill you so it react....
Eating dirt is actually extremely beneficial, as it provides bacteria and enzymes that benefit digestion. It's what you're eating from the grocery store that causes the problems! "Why are so many people allergic to food?" DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW? Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap. Want to know more? "It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
I just want to mention that for some people their allergies are severe enough that sitting next to a bowl of what they are allergic to or contact with someone who recently ate or handled the thing could be enough to be dangerous. Obviously he had checked it wasn’t going to cause harm in this particular situation but to everyone else, not only please don’t trick people into eating something they are allergic to but also don’t bring the thing into their presence at all unless you have checked how extreme their allergy is. I have heard of people who have got sick or even died because they were kissed by someone who had eaten something they are allergic to! How scary must it be being that allergic! I’m so thankful that my allergies are not that severe!
Thanks for this message! If there's anything more horrifying than waking up on a plane while going into anaphylaxis because the people around you had been eating peanuts, I'm not sure what it is. All I know is that there was a very kind nurse on board who helped me with my Epipen, Benedryl, and got me strapped to an oxygen tank so I could breathe for the rest of the flight, instead of choking to death on my own throat from the amount of recirculated peanut oil on the air. On another occasion, my niece, (who has many of the same allergies as I do, but is much smaller), briefly stopped breathing because she had sat in a chair where the previous occupant had been eating peanuts. Her parents saved her with fast Epipen action, but it was way too close a call! Never underestimate how bad someone's allergies might be. That lack of concern could cost their life.
My former classmate couldn't even be in the same room with nuts or she'd have a bad reaction. It happened one time because another classmate opened a pack of nuts without thinking.
@@morbidmacaroni Yikes! I hope your mum's okay, and that it doesn't happen again! (How weird is it that I can actually eat Nutella, among all my other awful food allergies? :| )
I remember 4 years ago when I was still in high school, there was this very ordinary Friday morning, when I started getting itchy "mosquito bites" on my arm in class. Mosquitos do tend to have a particular affinity towards me and I get bitten very often so I wasn't that surprised or concerned. But then those "bites" started appearing on my other arm, legs, chest, groin, back and my face. I never had any allergies before in my life so I didn't know they were actually hives, instead I thought it must be some tiny mysterious bug that's biting me all over. It eventually got so bad I had to go to the school clinic, who immediately had a teacher accompany me to a nearby hospital to get allergy suppression drugs. The symptoms all cleared quickly after I took the drugs, and I was fine that afternoon. 4 years later I'm attending university 8000km from home and still haven't figured out what was the cause of that allergic reaction, nor has anything similar reappeared afterwards. I've read recently that more than half of allergy cases were in fact not traceable back to a specific source, so that kind of reassures me a bit.
I had a similar experience at home in my early teens, now an adult I have no idea what happened but I haven't really thought about it and this video made it even worse since it can happen to anyone at any age.
This happens to me a couple of times a year. The problem is that I have so many severe environmental and food allergies that even if I don't *think* I've come in contact with anything unusual that I might be reacting to, it could be a reaction to virtually anything else I've come in contact with that wouldn't even cross my mind. Meanwhile I'm seeing an allergist regularly and undergoing long-term immunotherapy to attempt to make everything I've tested positive for a little bit less potentially fatal, and still having these mystery reactions. I've come to the conclusion that sometimes, immune systems are just sadistic bastards.
Hives are actually very common. I get them in cold weather. I also get them when I put my body through extreme workout after a very long time and produce too much heat for my body to handle. I also get pressure induced hives. Also, I am allergic to shellfish and have asthma. All of this sounds too much but I enjoy a normal life 😅
I used to never react to anything, but my daughter has been sensitive to dairy from the time she was a little baby. If I ate dairy, then nursed her, she got pinprick rashes on her body and she would cry all the time. She stopped having the issue when I stopped eating dairy, so for about a year I went off dairy. Then, when I had finished weaning her, I started to have serious, instant reactions to something in liquid coffee creamer, and in certain sugar free foods. The first time, i thought I had a stomach bug. Normally I drink my coffee with milk and at that time was using almond milk as a replacement. Well I was at a Ladies retreat, and I hadn't had regular coffee creamer in so long, so I decided to try it. I had a cup of decaf with some international brand liquid creamer, and about ten minutes later I was so sick I became dehydrated. It was awful. I had never reacted to creamer that way before, and didn't even consider that it had been the cause. I thought it was something I had eaten, since it was a group get together and there were lots of different potluck foods. Honestly, the cramps felt so horrible. It was just like food poisoning, or if you've had a baby, just like labor. It was gone within a few hours but it felt like all day, haha. When I had another cup of coffee with liquid creamer at my parents' house about a week later, I figured it out. The third time I was sick like that, a relative had given me a coffee from a local coffee shop chain. I drank a fair amount of it and then got sick again. Turns out it was sugar free (not something I usually eat), and for my mother in law, but our drinks had been swapped by mistake. Also was bad for her as she's a diabetic, and mine was a regular mocha. I think the artificial sweetener that's in liquid coffee creamer might be the culprit. I now react the same way to Arizona Arnold Palmer, which nowadays is only sold in "lite" where I live. It has artificial sweetener too Now I don't use coffee creamer unless it's the simple ingredients kind made with just real sugar and half and half. Usually I just take it with milk. I am definitely not a doctor or pathologist or whatever expert handles allergies, so this is all a guess. I suspect the hormonal change of stopping nursing, paired with beginning to drink and eat dairy products again, may have set my body off. I notice a lot of people here mentioning not being allergic to things until they reach puberty age or early adulthood, when our bodies are going through hormonal changes. While I was pregnant with her, I was stung by bees and reacted more strongly than usual. Normally I'd just get a little raised bump from a bee sting but both times I was stung on my hand and both times my forearm and fingers swelled up. I have been stung since then and react normally. Food reactions are weird man EDIT: I realize my issue is probably an intolerance not an allergy.
I grew up on a farm, played in the mud... like... literally... that one mud puddle in my parents garden was heavenly and smearing that mud all over myself was so therapeutic 🤣 we had all kinds of animals and I'm still allergic to life itself. I'm not sure if that theory is right.
Im glad I am not the only person who caught this. This is a huge slip up from a science-minded channel, because there is a huge disconnect between the science and layperson definition of "theory" ... I don't know why he wouldn't have said hypothosis?
My kid is allergic to Tree Nuts and that’s definitely a full time job! It’s so hard to teach them not to accept food from any kid, not even friends or family. And also teaching everyone around him!
For my entire life, I have been allergic to all tree nuts to some degree. Growing up as a kid if I ate some nut by mistake it would make me a bit nauseous and maybe some hives. As a high school student I was on a trip and had baklava for the first time. I became a bit nauseous but my face started to swell. I went to the emergency room. I was treated with Benadryl in one arm and adrenaline in the other. One side was ready to pass out and the other side was ready to dance all night. The sleepy side won. The next morning I was fine. Fast forward to a few years ago after a heart attack and the heart medicine Lysinopril. I ate a quarter of a cookie that was oatmeal, cranberry, and walnut. For some reason I missed the word walnut on the label. I knew in about 20 seconds that there was a problem. I went and got some Benadryl. Normally that would have been all I need to do. But because I was on Lysinopril my reaction went off the rails. My face started to swell and a coworker called 911. I remember the EMTs bringing the gurney in to the store. I remember getting on the gurney. I remember waking up in ICU with a tracheotomy in my throat and a feeding tube up my nose about 2 weeks later. I was in the hospital for a month because of one quarter of a cookie.
Interesting. My middle sister was *born* with nasty allergies - the only fabric that could touch her skin for a couple of years was cotton washed in Ivory Snow, otherwise she'd go bright red all over and her skin would start cracking. Unsurprisingly, she also developed a very sensitive peanut allergy (the kind that can be fatal with just the smallest amount of peanut oil in the air nearby). It's gotten better, thankfully - the whole fabric issue was gone by the time she was about 2 years old, and her peanut allergy faded (though didn't disappear) in late adolescence/early adulthood. Interestingly, my high school biology teacher actually did her doctorate in immunology on allergic reactions. Apparently (now, this is admittedly from almost 30 years ago), our immune "memory" cells (the ones that identify harmful intruders into our systems) have long chains recording pretty much every substance we ingest/interact with. If those chains get cut somewhere, an allergy will develop - the degree of the allergy dependent on where the chain for that particular protein/substance is cut. As we age, they can get cut again, which is why allergies can change intensities or disappear. At least, that's how she explained it to us. My mother had a shellfish allergy for about 3-5 years; it gave her migraines and made her sick. But then it vanished as quickly as it had shown up.
To think that all the mud pies I made as a kid has spared me all these allergies.... On the other hand, I did catch worms, which wasn't fun, but was easily cured.
Just letting people know if you suddenly have a reaction involving whole body swelling/rash and you don't know what caused it, check to see If you have changed your washing powder. Some washing powders contain methisothiazolinone or benzisothiazolinone that can cause allergies in some people myself included. You may be allergic to one or both of these.
My suspicion lies in 1) preservatives, additives, emulsifiers, antibiotics etc in packaged & processed foods or medicines. Also chlorinated water. I suspect it affects gut flora, possibly leading to rise of allergies 2) EDCs from plastic, due to their effects on the endocrine system. What d’you think Dr Joe Hanson?
*This* is plausibly true in her case. Just knowing that some people have bad reactions to pesticides directly put on food, or as you suggest in a foreign substance that gets into the food can make someone develop food anxiety. I know two people with allergies to specific pesticides. They learned of their allergy the hard way, by consuming fruit sprayed with pesticide which resulted in an allergy. I don't remember the details, but yes, what you're saying is true.
I live the allergy life of alliums - mainly onions and garlic. It sucks ‘cause it’s not one of the main allergies. If someone says, “I have a deadly allergy to peanuts”, people injure themselves removing them from the world. If I say, “I have a deadly allergy to onions,” people are like, “Mmm hmm... good luck not dying.”
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 I can confirm this, because I spent a night in the hospital over my allergy to boric acid, a pesticide used to kill roaches. I had to endure the decontamination showers, which felt like standing under a dump truck dumping gravel on my naked body, while 2 men in protective clothing and gas masks hosed me down. Even my car had to be decontaminated by my wife. They tried to throw away my clothes including my wallet and keys! I don't recommend the experience.
I was going to say...he was making a big deal about stressing it's "just a theory" but I recall an episode, and I think it was Joe, talking about how strong a Theory is. You know, like gravity
Well, here's the truth; not just a hypothesis or theory: Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap. Want to know more? "It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
The parasite theory is interesting... My grandmother always said that she got allergic to milk and dairy products because of a parasite (or bacteria) in a home made cheese she ate when she was around 30/40 years old. That actually cause her to be allergic to other foods, like fish, pepper, soy and so on...
I agree with your grandma. I accidentally digested an uncooked piece of turkey burger in my mid 20s. I can't drink milk or have large quantities of cheese without developing a rash. Up until that incident, I had no issues with dairy at all.
Having a chronic infection can cause your immune system to get confused and starts attacking foods. If you start developing allergies and sensitivitys to foods or smells/substances then you know you have and underlying health issue to fix
@@ladyruler9585 ya i feel bad for you, as cook, that person was clearly not trained well on how to cook a turkey burger. in most restos a turkey burger is usually cooked from frozen or its semi frozen still. purely because its not a menu item that sells. get the veggie or skip the burger and get a pasta.
My body has only had a food allergic reaction when in used in combination with something else. In my case if I am taking the antibiotic bactrim, and then eat my favorite Chinese food: House Speical Fried Rice, I will then have a reaction where I must regurgitate the food or blackout pass out. I can normally take bactrim on its own or House Speical Fried Rice on its own, but not the two together! I no longer get prescribed bactrim when I need an antibiotic just a precaution now.| The other allergic reaction I have had is when using fabric softener. I went 6 months when I first entered college and didn't use fabric softener in my laundry due to my lack of funds. I then purchased fabric softener and washed my laundry only to break out in hives (a condition my Grandfather on my father's side also had). I thought at first I had lost some kind of built of tolerance I had acquired over the years of by not using fabric softener, but later was able to wear fabric softener washed clothes if I did my laundry at home. My home has well water, in college I lived in an apartment and used city water. While fabric softener will now make me a little ichy regardless, I will get full blown hives if I wash my laundry only when using fabric softener + a city water source. I am no doctor, but I have to wonder if in Emily's case it is a combination of things: That particular cereal she was consuming, plus the almond milk. We as humans are a complicated set of chemicals ourselves, why is it hard to imagine that mixing compounds together then adding to our own chemical makeups would always go smoothly, even if alone those two things are okay?
Thanks for this video. We've been living with food allergies for about 16 years with our son. It's utterly life-altering. And you do a good job or capturing that with your guests.
US puts peanut oil in the vaxxines as a base. Israel doesn't use peanut oil in their vaxxines. Nut oil is not supposed to be injected and would cause immune reactions! These "vaxxine scientists" are INSANE.
@@pcpt The problem with people who "trust the gov't" and "TV watchers" is that they are so disconnected from reality that what is real and factual is considered trolling.
I used to love 4 fruits/vegetables before I randomly started reacting to them. Now I am allergic to Watermelon, Carrots, Grapes, and Bananas. It's like my body doesn't want me to eat healthily.
In my case, i have developed an intolerance to chocolate and processed cakes and sweets. If i eat any of this, i will have all my body covered with hives for days. My body wants me to eat healthily
Me too - I used to be able to *live* on fresh fruit! My grandparents had an orchard, and fruit was just what I ate. Then I had a weird allergic reaction to a nectarine about 20 yrs. ago. Cherries were next. And a couple more the next year. Now I'm allergic to more fruits and vegetables than I can actually eat, unless they're thoroughly cooked or processed. Since I'm also allergic to a whole load of nuts and legumes, these days I live on a lot of grains, dairy, and processed fruits & veggies; ie. canned fruits, or stewed tomatoes. And croissants from the Farmers' Market. :9 I discussed this oddity with my allergist, and her explanation was amazing: I've been cross-reacting to certain proteins in these foods that are similar to those in certain tree pollens that I'm severely allergic to, and so my body is reacting to these foods raw as if I'd just taken a great big mouthful of (for example) birch pollen. My immune system is a complete assh*le. But thoroughly cooking the foods I react to raw breaks down the offending proteins enough that they can slip past my haywire immune system, though it still kind of sucks, as I still can't handle them enough to do the cooking myself. XP
4:19 The soundclip you guys snuck in here (not spoiling it for those of you who read comments ahead of the video) caught me completely off-guard and left me wheeze-laughing so hard I had to pause the video for a moment.
I used to have a very bad allergy to Shrimps, crabs and shellfish but living in the Philippines, the seafood here is so good, that I just kept eating it...and I somewhat got over it. The worst I get these days are a mildly itchy throat or tongue if it's REALLY NOT FRESH, otherwise, I enjoy my shellfish/seafood. (Edit: Dust mites and certain smells trigger my asthma though.) I do think that folks living in Western countries are particularly allergic due to a predominantly antiseptic lifestyle. Here in the tropics and most Eastern/South East Asian countries, many sectors of society are fishermen, agricultural, rural, not as sanitary...so in a way, most people from developing nations are.more exposed to germs, bacteria, viruses, and such, build stronger immune systems...
@@gurugurumawaru7869yes...like the narrator in video said, 'the exposure method.' I do believe there's something to that...& also definitely to parents exposing their young children to a wide variety of foods, because I did hear about the studies about correlation between keeping away certain foods increased allergies, but early exposure hopefully resulting in decreased food allergies.
I have an allergy to cantaloupe. I remember my grandma offering me some when i was around 5 or 6 years old. I came back home itchy on my back, but since I have diagnosed eczema, I thought it was no big deal. about an hour later i told my mom to finally reveal the hives all over my back, neck, and arms. I also used to be allergic to something in marshmallows when I was younger for a short time. I can't use soaps or shampoos with lots of scents or fragrance in them or I will develop hives. Every year when the season changes my face erupts into a rash for about a week. I am literally the only person in my entire family that has an allergy, eczema, and skin sensitivity.
I had a peanut allergy since I was a kid however I started to notice reactions to grasses and got an allergy test only to learn that I was no longer allergic to peanuts.
My niece is severely allergic to eggs and shellfish. Her reaction is projectile vomiting. Ahe is also allergic to some skin care products. My dog has sensitivities to several foods (digestive problems). Chicken, beef, lamb, pork, duck, salmon. She can have bison and venison. No data to back this up, but I think a century ago when child mortality rates were higher, probably a good number of unexplained deaths were food allergy related.
6:28 "just a theory" come on man it's ok to be smart, then at least don't get theories and hypotheses mixed up. It's frustrating enough when people dismiss theories because they don't understand the definition. Except for that, I love the content you produce
I'm surprised but I didn't hear him mention the toxins a lot of nuts naturally have in them. Some species and people have more or less sensitivity and tolerance to the toxins. Mcaws have to eat clay everyday to help deal with the toxins from all the nuts they eat. I was half expecting him to mention it as a likely cause or to rule it out.
Watching this and reading the comments make me grateful that even until now in my 20s, I've never encountered any allergies problem. Maybe I should try the "food challenges" for the most common food that cause allergies?
I discovered when taking Organic chem that I was allergic to bananas, I asked a stupid question about the acidity of bananas, as they burn my mouth like eating a large amount of Pineapple, the professor just looked at me like I was talking nonsense. It's sad, I like bananas, they are such a convenient food! and they make my mouth break out in sores if I eat more than one at a time, and I was told to avoid latex plants. I'm lucky it's a mild reaction, not full blown anaphylaxis, phew
My sister had a similar comment about chocolate (which we already knew she was allergic to), she said it was spicy like hot peppers. And I'm still not sure if kiwi is supposed to make your mouth and throat itchy.
I'm allergic to citrus. The reaction goes up and down - at times I will break out in blood blisters from touching them. Previously before I had that severe of a reaction, when I'd have orange juice I tasted it as SOUR. It was worse to me than drinking white vinegar. I wouldn't call breaking out in your mouth - or further down your digestive tract, to be a mild reaction. I figure if I get blood blisters on my hands, it could be deadly if the entire esophagus, stomach, and intestines were covered in them.
Lillian Swaim lol I had a similar thing with garlic, like I’d ask my friends if garlic bread is supposed to itch and burn your mouth and throat and they all turned to stare at my like whaattt
Bananas have always made me nauseous, sick, dizzy, hot, give me stomach pain, severe indigestion and affects my eyes. Really weird. I can't even tolerate the smell of bananas now. If my hubby eats one, I have to leave the room. My son has an allergy to pink food colouring. We discovered it the hard way when he was about 2-3 years old. He wanted a slush puppy-type drink. A couple of gulps and he turned red, screamed in pain, fell off his chair in a dead faint, and started to swell up. Worst experience ever. Fortunately, it is only pink colouring and not a major food group - I would hate to be KuchikiShiru's sister and have an allergy to chocolate. I practically live on it.
I find it weird that in the womb, moms crave something and that introduces the proteins to the fetus....but my mom craved peanuts and pb&j all the time and she ate it a lot....but I'm still deathly allergic to peanuts?
Peanut butter and jelly on bread is an entirely allergy-inducing non-food, because it is HIGHLY PROCESSED. "Why are so many people allergic to food?" DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW? Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap. Want to know more? "It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
@@tomrhodes1629 I hope you realize that you are simply not right. Hypoglycemia has nothing to do with allergies, especially Allergies that were developed in the womb. Food allergies CAN cause Hypoglycemia. Have you ever heard of the phrase "Correlation doesn't imply Causation"? What I'm saying is that even though the two things are linked (outside of the womb may I add), doesn't mean Hypoglycemia causes food allergies. even if what you stated is true, I'd like to see your sources. Mild Hypoglycemia has little to no effect on pregnancy, in fact it has more effect on the mother rather than the baby. Severe cases CAN result in the development of type 2 diabetes in the mother and possibly type 1 diabetes in the Baby. I would also like to know about this wisdom you speak about because I hate to burst your bubble but the bible never gave us the cure for cancer, it never gave us the cure for colds. and if it did, How come it hasn't given us the cure for Covid?
I have no known allergies, but once woke up with a swollen face and intense body itching. Dermatology couldn't track down the cause and I've never had it since. I put it down to coming into contact with a nasty and my body did its thing to protect me. But that one experience has made me realise how terrifying having life threatening allergies must be
I always ate kiwi growing up and would notice my mouth/throat feeling a little tingly after a while (it was never anything serious just felt weird). As a kid I thought it was the little seeds scraping my throat as I ate and as an adult I for some reason never questioned it. Until last summer I was eating kiwi and mentioned it “making my throat scratchy” to my sister and that was the day I learned that I’m probably allergic to kiwi lol
I have this issue with grapes. Also, I remember having intense stomach pain the last time I ate half a kiwi. Same happened with banana, almonds and USED TO happen for many years with lentils (Now I eat them with NO issues at all). I can eat all kinds of nuts in small quantities with no issues at least. And, for a weird reason and even though I don't seem to face issues digesting dairy products, I get minor pain on the upper side of my throat when swallowing after I consume a bit of Feta (a greek cheese)
I'm supposedly allergic to almost every food imaginable, and have never had a noticeable reaction to any food. So... either food allergies can be super mild, or some people are allergic to the allergy test or something...
@@AsjJohnson127 I have many food allergies that are real, but my tests also blink allergic for foods I eat all the time that I never had a reaction to. You can have a very mild allergy thats reacts on a skin patch test but doesn't react while consuming the products, so you're right!
I use to eat Nutella as a kid all the time and would feel itchy afterwards, but I kept eating it because I liked it. My parents didn’t believe in allergies 😒 I thought everybody felt that way after eating Nutella. As an adult, I stopped but occasionally eat it and suffer the consequences
Wow, he walks up to a guy he knows has a nut allergy, sets down a bowl of cashews and asks "Is this a bowl of death to you?" I mean I know it's staged, but...... damn.
Here's the Bowl of Death: Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap. Want to know more? "It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
I developed an allergy to mustard, which I discovered by asking for honey mustard to be added to a sandwich at the deli. I hadn't had mustard for many years. I treated the symptoms with Benadryl - I got a nasty migrating full body skin rash. After it was finally gone after a couple days, my body then started to have a reaction to Benadryl - but not while the Benadryl is in my system, only after it wears off.
They are working on a potential cure for allergies at least on a conceptual basis. The concept is you dose what you're allergic to on a nano scale maybe slightly bigger but small enough to not trigger a bad immunity response, over time the body develops a tolerance to said toxin/food stuffs/chemical. The down side is if you stop dosing your body will slowly loose it's tolerance Interesting side note my wife's allergic to latex and there's a naturally occurring form in bananas and some other fruits
There's already a treatment that consists on periodical injections of alergens that you administer to "allergy-prone" kids. You do this for about 1 year. It even helps people with allergic asthma. I did that when I was a kid and I still have less severe allergic reactions, so what you said about having to keep doing it is not entirely true. But of course it won't last forever and you may need to do it again, but we're talking 10+ years...
The rise in Food Allergies seems to be mostly an American problem. People in the U.S. get more food allergies than in other countries. So the rise in Allergies must have a cultural aspect to it...some way people in North America behave that is different than people in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe the solution won't be medicinal, it would be a cultural change in lifestyle.
@@DaglasVegas The lifestyle change you describe amounts to "respect what you know you're allergic to, and don't jump to false conclusions just because you just ate something" XD I feel like people just assume it was from the last thing they ate and then avoid it forever when it might have been a one off thing or a minor reaction that wouldn't recur
@@DaglasVegas Haha I wish it were that simple. In my family, none of my uncles, aunts, or grandparents have food allergies, but I and many of my cousins do, and we all grew up in different places: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany, Australia, Panama, United States. It doesn't seem to be genetic or cultural :/
I’m mildly allergic to shellfish, but love eating them, yummy, it just gets a little itchy when it comes in contact with my skin. Also dust mites, always carrying allergy eye drops and being aware of everything i touch.
Personally, I STRONGLY agree with the parasite theory. Might I suggest another theory? Maybe it's a chemical or pesticide that was used while producing certain food products? Or it could even be a chemical compound, like potassium. I recently found out that I'm allergic to loads of nuts (except peanut and cashew, which I find odd), certain fruits such as coconut and cantaloupe, vegetables, and shellfish. It's just a possibility.
THE REASON: US puts peanut oil in the vaxxines as a base. Israel doesn't use peanut oil in their vaxxines. Nut oil is not supposed to be injected and would cause immune reactions! These "vaxxine scientists" are INSANE.
I hope that one day, we come to some sort of cure for this problem. I nearly lost my life to a nut allergy at age 23 and I was so lucky that the restaurant I was at - had an epipen. This was a fluke. I was taken away from my beautiful girlfriend into the resuss theatre and I thought I'd never see her again. The most trauma and fight I'd ever been through and three hours later, my family were let in. I've been allergic to nuts my whole life, although even though I was so aware of it and very good at managing small reactions - I was so stupid to not carry my medication. Please carry your epipen & antihistamines. 9/10 Times, a restaurant or even the most closest people around you - will not be able to help.
People don't realise how difficult allergies are to deal with. I've found a bottle of orange juice with a "may contain traces of nuts" label. It's getting increasingly difficult to stay safe
This is very informative, I like to mention while an intolerance cannot kill you it can make feel terrible both physically and mentally, it depends on the person.
Haha exposure therapy is real though. It’s called allergy shots and it has really helped my dad who couldn’t sleep properly because he was so badly allergic to dust mites.
@@balaynganiyebe That's essentially what allergists are doing these days with some peanut allergic kids just to put them at less risk of dying if they accidentally get trace amounts of peanut accidentally, not so they can knock back a bowl of planter's one day for fun. labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/successful-clinical-trial-for-peanut-allergy-treatment-spreads-hope But this should NEVER BE A DIY TREATMENT BECAUSE YOU COULD DIE. It has to be done under a doctor's supervision. :) Luckily your aunts and uncles did not die!
I'm allergic to dogs (especially puppies), I know, it's the worst. I do better with exposure and can be around dogs (but still have to be mindful of hand washing). I highly support this. For the one weirdo out there - no, it's not a food allergy.
sueycoo it is actually the opposite. It means your immune system has a hyper sense of awareness. Since those proteins don’t break down completely they shouldn’t be in your body thus triggering your immune system and causing and immune response.
lactose intolerance doesn't only apply to cow milk, it's anything with lactose (it's a sugar present in all breast milk) in it. ((I have two intolerances and two food allergies and it's such a pain. One of my allergies is garlic, I feel kind of unsafe eating if I can't interrogate* the chef first. I don't own an epi-pen, so there's no room for error. ))
Allergies aren't just potentially dangerous, they're extremely weird. The part about not knowing what hit you is really the most unpleasant thing about an allergic response. So I know that I'm allergic to some cleaning products, but I often have no idea which ones. Once I took a ferry and leaned against the seat to nap, and when I woke up the half of my face which touched the seat was swollen, the whole of me was itchy and uncomfortable. The told me they'd used pinesol to wipe down the seat, and while I am allergic to pine I've never had *that* kind of reaction to pine or pinesol before or since, it's usually just a runny nose. IDK what happened? Also, being allergic to some pollens, one day walking down the street my lips suddenly started itching then swelling, and my whole mouth was itchy. I power-walked home and took a benadryl, and from then on always carry one on me in my backpack (Yes, I just take a backpack everywhere) but I've never had it happen again, even walking in the exact same area at the same time of year. Again, IDK what the heck happened, and why that particular day my body was extra keen to destroy me in the name of hating pollen
I grew up without any allergies, developed full-blown celiac disease at about 40. This was followed by an allergy to milk, tomatoes, green chile, and corn. I have had NAET allergy elimination treatments (a type of acupuncture), this eliminated the milk allergy, but I am still allergic to gluten, and the corn allergy developed in the last few years. I have not eaten in a restaurant in about ten years. The celiac disease runs in my mother's family. I think too much sugar is one cause for the increase in allergies, but also stress on the adrenal glands due to all the chemicals in the environment. For those who are becoming more allergic to things, I suggest taking adrenal cortex every day.
A big thanks to Craig and Emily for sharing their allergy stories. Do you know anyone with a food allergy? Share this video with them! I'm on Twitter and Instagram at @DrJoeHanson
It's Okay To Be Smart I’m allergic to peanuts I hate it
When I was a baby I was deathly allergic to peanuts all peanuts. Later I developed a peach and egg allergy and milk. Now in adulthood I’m still allergic to eggs, I’m afraid to eat any sort of shellfish. I’m milk intolerant and allergic to bananas and now the last few years bread and wheat products have been making me sick. It’s frustrating and I’m kind of afraid to get food allergy tested because then I’ll find I can’t eat anything! And I love food lol 😂
Hey Joe Hansen. You should go vegan for a month and make a video about it. It would be great.
@@lakrids-pibe It's been done.
Great video i like the part when mat pat (from game theory) is there
I love how my package of almonds has a warning label on the back that says 'CONTAINS ALMOND'😋
You gotta protect yourself from idiots
This is a very very US thing. In most countries, stupidity is not protected by law
Package clearly labeled as "walnuts"
INGREDIENTS: SHELLED WALNUTS
WARNING: CONTAINS WALNUTS
or even worse, when a bar of milk chocolate says "made on equipment that processes milk" but not "contains milk" even though milk is.in the ingredients
Retards will sue
I've been allergic to peanuts my whole life and I find it comically ridiculous that my body's reaction to peanuts is basically, "Hey this might be harmful, let me kill you before it get the chance to".
It's a funny thing. I'm the same and it really is crazy to think that my body's response to peanuts is, "If you put this in me, I will NOT hesitate to self destruct."
Dude I can't even smell peanuts or I can go into antifliatic shock :/
It is a real bad joke.
@@papertowels9162 *I will initiate self destruct* the body is weird sometimes.
There is the venom theory of peanut butter allergies. There was a TH-cam clip on seeker.
When I was a kid I wasn’t allergic to nuts at all and ate them regularly, but one day at the age of, I think 9 I ate a hazelnut (which I had eaten before) and got an intense reaction for no reason. I then got tested for nut allergy and it ended up showing not only hazelnut but a pretty strong allergy to most nuts excluding almonds.
I’m now 23 and about 2 years ago after having avoided all nuts but almonds since I got tested I tried just a tiny bit of peanut butter (which might have been stupid but that’s what I did) and waited for a while without any reaction, so I tried it again and still nothing. Eventually I tried a whole peanut butter sandwich and I had no reaction what so ever. I then tried nutella which has hazelnut in it which is what I was the most allergic to and I had absolutely no reaction.
I can now eat every kind of nut that I had become allergic to even if it isn’t processed into any food product without any reaction. So I went from having no allergy to being strongly allergic to all nuts back to not being allergic to them at all.
waddafq
Allergies have bipolar disorder confirmed
Peanuts aren't tree nuts at all, so it's normal that there was no reaction (same for almonds) But the allergy disappearing is sure wierd. We also can't have a reaction for something we have never been in contact with as the first time it enters our bodies, out immune system only flags the proteins as dangerous, they only react at the second exposure. (the wikipedia page is more precise about it if you want to know more)
aha wow, thats incredible. the closest i know of a similar situation is my brother, super allergic to dairy. he had some cocoa pebbles which apparently didn't have dairy before, but my mom rechecked the box after he ate a bowl, but he never had a reaction, and we never told him in case it would bring on the reaction late ahah
YOUR INTERNAL BODY SYSTEMS ARE DRUNK WTH
I’ve been allergic to eggs, dairy, and tree nuts since a child and I’ve never really thought about it, I’ve just always instinctively looked at the ingredients of foods
Same I have the same allergies.
Same same same but all nuts
@@suryadamemer9405 yeah me too forgot to list that, that’s weird it looks like these allergies are common
I recently got myself into being a prediabetic, and now I have to check labels for carbs and fiber content.
As someone who never had to think of ingredients for 50 years, it's *really* annoying.
When I told my friends I have peanut allergies and I have to read food labels they were shocked, like I find it no problem to look at ingredients but since they never do it’s a shocker to them
Allergies is basically a guy shooting at a spider with a bazooka inside his house
More like a ant lol
@@lukesmeby a ghost
Im allergic to cold so in the winter i have to go fast or i start to itch
@@tubularfantasy defuq, allergic to cold? And I though that Renaud's syndrome was a problem.
@@AramatiPaz yea i know its weird
The immune system is like the abusive older brother who protects you when the school bully comes but also beats you up in front of your friends.
@Agent 32 Aww :(
@Agent 32 your brother cant see
More like the older brother that beats up your new boyfriend/girlfriend when they try to take you out for dinner
@Agent 32 if you need help, I don't think the youtube comments are the place dude.
Big boy bullie..
Brain: Eat food or we die
Me: Ok
Brain: Oh and also don't eat food or we die
Me: Oh o.....wtf?
Sad thing is this is very true for Oxygen. Need it to live, but it's also highly corrosive and slowly killing you.
Dammit. :(
@@TheDrexxus how? is that why we age
@@Saedris That explains why "antioxidants" are good!
I-....I give up
To be honest as soon as we are born into this world, everything is actively and slowly aging and killing you 😂😂
I grew up with a friend who had a nut allergy (This was back in the 80's before allergies were even accepted as a thing) but he didn't just react to nuts but would react to other people who had touched or eaten nuts, so if we had nuts we had to warn him to avoid skin contact for the rest of the day, he called it 'Essence of Nut'. He was the only person I knew with a food allergy first the first 21 years of my life.
It's not that they weren't accepted as a thing, they weren't a thing. Far fewer people had allergies and nobody died from allergies. You blew your nose, took an antihistamine and that was it. Nowdays people die from peanuts and nobody questions why? We ate gobs of peanuts in the 70s and 80s and nobody was allergic to them.
@@DaveMiller2 its also not big in other parts of the world like china. I think it has something to do with our diet and the toxins in the food eaten during pregnancy. your diet also effects which bacteria we have in our gut which may be the reason for the overreaction to the allergens.
@@DaveMiller2 nut allergy is non existant in indonesia. and i guess other 3rd world country too.
@@duxdog I'm pretty sure it's the glyphosate and GMO foods.
@@PenguinCrayon269 I'm pretty sure it's the glyphosate and GMO foods.
Nobody can die, if nobody is there to kill.
-Immune System on how to stop sickness
lmaoo yesss
Self-destruct
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My uncle is extremely allergic to garlic, he might be a vampire.
Try a black light just in case
Do you see his reflection 😅😈
Have you ever observed him going to the beach?
BLAH , BLAH BLAH
Wish he is not Korean.. Yeah we put Garlic everywhere..
"Almond milk" is often made of lots of things besides almonds. It's been falsely marketed in some cases. It's a processed invented product. Might have soy, various plant gums, etc. added.
That's what I'm thinking. She could be allergic to carrageenan or quar gum or something like that .
Yes, the ingredients in the almond milk need to be known and tested
*Good point. I try to eat food as single items only, to have a better chance of knowing what I'm might be allergic too.*
I had an allergic reaction to almonds, and they were made out of almonds.
exactly. very little actual almond in almond milk--same with oat, cashew, all the milks unless you make them yourself (what I do to avoid all those gross gums and such).
Almonds are expensive and it takes lots of them to make almond milk. So yeah they're most likely adding cheaper ingredientes. But to be fair almond milk allergy is no big deal, since it tastes f*kn horrible and shouldn't be drinked by anyone. I had to drink vegetable milk for 15 days as part of a surgery recovery diet and I tried some of them until settling for oat milk, which was the least terrible one.
Growing up, I was severely allergic to lots of things. I was allergic to peanuts, treenuts, seafood, peas, beans, and probably a few others I can't remember. It was bad enough to the point that just the smell of some of these things, especially peanuts, could trigger anaphylaxis. Now things are better, but growing up knowing they eating ant of these things could potentially kill me has really affected me. I still refuse to eat any of these foods, although now I am only allergic to peanuts, and maybe nuts. I have been doing the microdosing he was talking about for peanuts for a few years now, so that has greatly helped me with that allergy. Now I can truly eat anywhere, and almost anything. Before it, I had to bring my own food to restaurants, and that really sucked.
Sorry for the whole essay here
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That's wonderful. I'm going to try this with my daughter.
@@abirajNYC please talk to a doctor first before just trying exposure therapy with your daughter. you may not give her the correct amount for it to be safe or in the appropriate intervals, or that type of therapy may not be right for her.
@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat yes her allergist is who I was referring.
@@abirajNYC A lot of city kids have food allergies. I think it's the pollution in cities causing the food allergies
I took a blood test...
Results: “congratulations, you have the possibility of developing over 10 different allergies”
Thank you, I’ll just eat air then.
@Adam Czerniewski no, then he will eat everything, and not eat air
Wanna know the worst allergy I’ve ever seen? Someone allergic to the sun
I’m allergic to Every type of nut, egg, milk, peas, bananas and oranges. God I hate my life.
The POSSIBILITY of developing 😂 don’t start getting all sassy until you actually HAVE the allergies. I have two kids with 15 allergens I have to cook for. THATS a pain in the butt.
Tara 907 I’m sure my mom feels your pain too. Lol. Oh well though, not my fault I have allergies!
"Is this like a bowl full of death to you?"
"Well... Yes."
😂😭
Not being taken seriously is frustrating. I was at the pharmacy to pick up my epipen renewal, and the pharmacy tech asked, just out of curiosity, why I needed it.
Me, “I’m allergic to ant bites. Deathly allergic.”
Him, “That’s just formic acid. You can’t be allergic to that.”
Me, after a very long pause, “You’re an idiot.”
Most Pharmacists I've met are pretentious assholes like that, thinking they know it all. They are bitter because they couldn't go to medical school and had to settle for pharmacy school. Lol.
Donnie Badfish now that’s just rude to people who worked hard to become a pharmacist and truly care for their patients.
@@steeldragonjovi hey, I'm just calling it like I see it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Donnie Badfish fair enough. That’s too bad you’ve come across such negative professionals. I’m a pharmacist, but I have respect and compassion for my patients, so I would hope they’d say something different! Lol 😜
@@steeldragonjovi cool. Maybe I shouldn't have made such a blanket statement. I've actually had good pharmacists. They were all at small mom-and-pop pharmacies though. The ones that have been jerks were all at big box stores like Walgreens or Wal-Mart.
Oh hey, you can see me in the background! Loved the collab
Yeah
The good old distorted MatPat picture, how you haunt me.
oof, The great has fallen, to the sad truth of passing 8 mil subs, and making crappy content.
@@zhianxu7992 he is doing the same crap since the begining, and i like it
@@TheZenytram well...
@@TheZenytram his ideas sound like the ones I get at 3am. Is that great content to you?
chun yan gong people can grow out of his videos
I still like it tho xD
The term food allergy was one of my biggest culture shock when I moved to North America. It was unheard of back in my home country China. We have people allergic to certain antibiotics or intolerant to milk but that's nothing like food allergy.
It's strange that food allergy affects American born Chinese but not Chinese grown up in China. Allergic asthma is also extremely rare in China but can be developed among people who migrate out of China over time. I guess allergy is purely caused environmental factors, it's not something passed down in the genes.
it has a lot to do with things the parents eat before and during the pregnancy. also after birth. food in murica has at least twice the amount of sugar and fat and other "toxins" in, and those are a big factor
Same, I'm a Malaysian and our national food nasi lemak contains peanuts and eggs, there is no way you can survive there when nobody ever mentioned peanut allergy. In Asia, there is rarely any food allergy just an intolerance to alcohol and milk.. maybe that's why we eat anything ahahhaha
Right? In Mexico for example, allergies are uncommon. I've never met anyone that was allergic to certain foods until I've moved to USA.
agreed in india allergies are rare
@@aelius9907 i think it's the processed food. They eat too much of it. And American junk food has double the junk of the same product in Europe. Twice the sugar, twice the fat, twice the amount and size! And they eat a lot of that junk!
My father is allergic or intolerant to a specific sweet. He sometimes eat it because he loves it but all he gets is some skin itching and temperature and stomachache. But that's a rarely consumed food. But he isn't allergic to the ingredients of that sweet! He can eat them all day and nothing happens.
If George Washington Carver was alive today he'd study peanut allergies..... And probably cure them.
The original nutty professor
I strongly disagree! He would be too busy trying to figure out how to get out of that box in the ground.
He's the guy who carved up George Washington
I don't think he was a doctor. He would probably be on the team trying to figure out how to genetically engineer peanuts to be hypoallergenic though. Damn...now I'm craving boiled peanuts!
SmarterEveryDay he’s the black guy that made peanut butter and like 10000 different things to do with peanuts
It's strange, my brother was deathly allergic to shellfish and seafood and an intolerance to dairy when he was younger, he ate shellfish on accident ( I think it was seafood salad in a conch noodle) and nothing happened when before we had to rush him to a hospital from a restaurant (before we knew) and he no longer has problems with dairy, but now I have problems with dairy around the same time he was fine with dairy.
Proves it's contagious😂
I'm thinking sometimes allergies may be related to or be an indicator of the strength of a person's immune system at any given point in time. So, take for example your brother...maybe @ one time his immune system was compromised @ the time he ate seafood that he had the allergic reaction to. Fast forward a period of time, he accidentally eats something he's supposed to be allergic to & nothing happens. Honestly, I can't prove it, but since allergies are so intertwined with the immune system & responses...I would almost put money on this hypothesis. Maybe in the future you won't have problems with dairy if your immune system improves? I'm not saying go drink milk or anything, but maybe speak w/your doctor about the possibility.
Your body updates its "blacklist" of allergens, food allergy specially every few year
I have a milk allergy and I can't count the amount of people who I've had to tell that it's different and a lot more severe than being lactose intolerant
Noah Inkrot Yeah I know the feeling, nobody I have ever met who has lactose intolerance is never serious about their lactose intolerance. They don’t seem to get that an allergy is much worse.
I completely understand. Most people who don't have allergies can't comprehend what is it like. I'm lactose intolerant and allergic. I would much rather just be lactose intolerant. I was allergic since I was little, but for a short period of time (from puberty to first pregnancy at 24) my allergy calmed down enough that I could eat milk. The only milk based food I miss is sharp cheddar. My allergy is back up to the range of annoying to scary depending upon the exposure.
Milk allergy too, so frustrating and scary how people don’t understand it at all. I honestly think it’s the most misunderstood allergy. I constantly have people saying things like oh but this is margin you’ll be fine, when it has cream in it. Or people with absolutely no allergies trying to tell me how my allergy works, like BYE! I completely stopped eating at peoples house and only eat at vegan restaurants since no milk in the building. Hang in there!
Literally two very different things, one gives you mud butt the other can kill you
I had this joke in my mind:
You're making me allergic to milk
What does milk allergy mean?
It means he's afraid of cashew
No, it doesn't.
HO HO HO Im gonna give you alot of cashew
Stop it, Patrick. You're scaring him
So I'm in the Air Force and when I was in tech school I started having really bad GI distress (aka diarrhea) after eating the yogurt or drinking the milk from the cafeteria in the morning. I thought I had just become lactose intolerant, so i started trying to live like that. One night i went out to a movie with my friends and we got ice cream (I wasnt thinking at the time) but I was fine. Long story short turns out the cafeteria just had some nasty-ass rancid dairy they were serving.
Alathlind Cratoran I too am allergic to nasty and contaminated food
High quality ice cream doesn't have a lot of lactose. Cream doesn't have much lactose.
I thought I was becoming lactose intolerant too. Then after a while I was like why is my mouth burning.
@@origamiandcats6873 neither does yogurt
My fiancé isn’t lactose intolerant but if he eats or drinks milk proteins the skin in his mouth, nose, throat, stomach and intestines literally BURN. Like snorting a ghost pepper burn! Oddly enough tho if he boils or freezes them (think ice cream or boiling milk before using it in food) and it breaks the proteins down enough that they don’t hurt (as much). Maybe you have that?
The editor went nuts in the editing hahahah Nice job, hahahahaha
Reminds me of Pewdipie's editors (Brad 1 and 2) style of editing.
I love it. best edit yet
@@andrikh4982 U mean Brad 1 and Sive 1
I learned about food allergy in the United States. It's soooo common there and not in my country, Mexico. Further than that, in 1993, it was shocking for me to know about dogs (also in the U. S.) being allergic to certain kind of food!
i like the use of the patrick alarm at 4:17
Woahh good catch!
They started to use more whacky references lately, which is great
The MANIAC is IN THE MAILBOX
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that.
When I heard that, I immediately checked the comments lol
Oh my god I finally get to flex on you
I’m allergic to:
Shellfish
All nuts
Coconuts
Dairy
Eggs
Squid and octopi
Passion fruit
As my friend said: “God hates you.”
Edit 1:
This comment did gain some traction so i might as well add to it. I used to have allergies to fish and gluten when I was younger that I eventually grew out of. my current allergies are getting better although most still result in anaphylaxis. I do have non food allergies I.E. pollen, and animals such as Dogs cats [maybe hamsters?] (currently i own birds as pets). If you have any questions I will try and answer them in the comments below.
What do you eat?
@random friends *AIR*
Lucky I am allergic to the same things, but add dogs, cats and pollen. Include asthma and you got my life.
Ronan the Ronin yea i have the same things too I just only mentioned food allergies ps are you allergic to horses because I’m not
@@mikeoxlong8474 no thankfully I am not allergic to horses.
In our grandparents' day (great grandparents' day if you're a millennial) some children were routinely dismissed as "sickly", and often no further explanation of their persistent poor health was sought―or wasn't available if it _was_ sought. It is now believed that many of these "sickly" children, whose siblings typically enjoyed healthy normality, were likely sufferers from one or other undiagnosed specific food allergy. A lot of them would "grow out of" their condition in mid to late childhood, but not all were so fortunate.
You know millennials are going into their 30's right? I think you meant gen z
That makes a lot of sense.
Or a food intolerance, like beans and all legumes. I'm not "allergic" to peanuts but I can't tolerate anything in the legume family, not even green beans.
In the Victorian times (into the late 1800s even) they used to mix borax into milk because it made the smell of spoiled milk go away but the bacteria of the milk going bad was making children very sick. Having diarrhea was deadly back then. Bread had alum in it to make it whiter. Adults could metabolize this stuff a bit better than a small child. They grew out of it because the food industry slowly put a stop to adultering food.
I will disagree with your dating system about great-grandparents.... Back to the 60's and 70's these deadly food allergies were rare. Peanut butter sandwiches, cookies and candy was served in school caffeterias. I am of that generation -- am no one's great-grandmother -- and deadly food allergies were known but extremely rare. We did not have worms, most of us had clean homes and indoor plumbing. We did play outside and get dirty. Maybe an interesting search would be to see a geographical distribution of deadly food allergies. Might kids growing up outdoors in rural areas have fewer deadly allergies than city kids?
I believe the answer lies in pesticides and herbicides - glyphosate in particular.
I'm a gardener and remember well when glyphosate was introduced, my boss showing off that 'It's so safe, you can practically drink it!'
(Yes, he actually said that).
Up to its introduction, I didn't know a single person with an allergy - then suddenly kids were getting strawberry and then nut allergies. I'm not saying such allergies didn't exist before, there's always going to be some with weaker systems who develop allergies to something, but this was on an escalating scale.
By the very fact that it's already been proved glyphosate has a very negative influence on the complex bioflora in your gut (killing it, in short), then those parasites you mention may come in when your bioflora is particularly 'low' and do some 'damage' then.
Look how the number of people with allergies has increased over the years. Look at the number of those who have developed intolerances.
Can it be any 'mere' coincidence that the increase in allergy/intolerance cases happens at the same time the farming industry has in fact 'increased' its usage of glyphosate (from merely clearing fields of weeds to 'deliberately' spraying grain crops to desiccate all the plants for harvest at the optimum time)?
My family never had one instance of an allergy or even an intolerance - and now several of us have them: gluten, milk, food colouring, meat, eggs, bananas.
Meal times for us are more like a chemistry lesson now!
Nobel Laureate Charles Richet demonstrated over a hundred years ago that injecting a protein into animals or
humans causes immune system sensitization to that protein. Subsequent exposure to the protein can result in allergic
reactions or anaphylaxis. This fact has since been demonstrated over and over again in humans and animal models.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) confirmed that food proteins in vaccines cause food allergy, in its 2011 report on vaccine
adverse events. The IOM’s confirmation is the latest and most authoritative since Dr. Richet’s discovery. Many vaccines
and injections contain food proteins.
In 22 years of my life, I've never got a food allergies. I ate everything I wanted to
I hope I'll never have food allergies. I love foods so much, it suck when I cant eat something bcs allergies.
I'll edit it if I got some troubles.
Mine didn’t occur till I was 23👀
@@mackal1sc1ous is it food allergy? Have you eat the food before you got your allergy?
I became allergic to shellfish at 19 :c
@@uzuhany7412 LMAO YES food allergy. I was sent to the hospital and I have to carry an epipen now. I am allergic to fresh fruits and most nuts. I ate very healthy as a child. And now I cant even eat jelly with strawberry pieces. As a kid the only thing that happened was melons made me throw up that started maybe high school. Then once I turned 23 slowly it became all fruits. like no joke... severe reactions. Just recently I was at work and ate fresh broccoli, I left work to go to the nearest drug store to get benedryl. I left my keys in the ignition and left my car running. I was not thinking clearly and I didn't have my epipen. So,slowly its now becoming fresh vegetables including carrots, cilantro, onions, and garlic. IDK I doubt that would happen to you. But out of nowhere I became allergic to darn near everything!!! I have 10 brothers and sisters and I am the only 1 with this issue.
Damn you’re lucky, i cant eat 8 types of food and 2 of those are fish n chicken
Will Smith, irobot movie:
"sorry, i'm allergic to Bull*hit"
Doctor: "let me introduce it to you in small amounts everyday"😂
Lmao
Have you heard about poop pills maybe treat allergies
I like this one
Lmfao i havent heard about this movie in years!
This is the origin of food allergies...
I'm deathly allergic to eggs and yeah, I really have developed trust issues with the food industry and I really don't trust people to give me food that is not contaminated. To this day I only trust my father with food (not even mum) and I don't think trust issues are going anywhere soon. I think the psychological impact of allergies on your diet is often overlooked, and I think that allergy management systems should also include psychological training to be sceptical of food just the optimal amount so that you are not extremely paranoid about enjoying food in a safe environment. :)
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do you ever say I'm vegan to avoid eggs or is that not an option?
william njagi the problem with doing that is it’s not a preference. Lol it’s literally life or death.
@@williamnjagi3291 it doesn't help when the commercial kitchen or factory you're getting it from isn't following the allergy safety protocol you need. Also some people might not take someone seriously or be on a roll in the kitchen and forget to do the clean and change process. In addition, menu/recipe options as well as grocery items are slowly growing but when you find options that won't kill you you seriously want to throw a party. You don't know how many times I've gotten sick because of the last two and was out of commission a couple days. It happened a couple days ago to me and I'm still getting over it.
There are several other reasons but I'm sure someone else has said it elsewhere.
I've literally always been allergic to peanuts, yet when i was younger my family had no idea that peanuts was causing my eczema and now hives. but the worst thing was that when i was younger is that peanuts were my favourite thing, i used to eat them in almost every single meal- but slowly as the years have gone by my allergies to peanuts have gotten worse, i never got a epipen from a doctor bc my allergies have never been serious enough and my reaction to peanuts is usually onset, but last week i ate a candy bar with peanuts in it that didnt say it had on in the front of the package (i dont usually check labels if im being honest) so i ate it but after tasting the peanuts i spit it right out, i probably swallowed now even half a peanut bc i took a small bite, but regardless of that how 5 days later im covered in hives and my face has been swollen for the past two days
Bold of you to assume I don't want to have my throat swell during dinner.
?
So you like the choking sensations from your expanding throat wall? Never know anyone who'd be into that sort of thing
Minh Long: That's some people's fetish. Haven't you heard the phrase "Choke me, daddy!" before?
@@sdfkjgh yes, daddy being another person, not your throat. i'd say this person has some type of sexual gratification from allergic reactions of the body, which can simulate the act of a strong daddy dominating his sexual partner with excessive kink.
i.e., yeah I get it.
Minh Long really? I’d assume they were being pretty blatantly sarcastic.
"THAT'S JUST A THEORY-"
Matpat in the background: *don't you dare steal my catch phrase I will not hesitate to do a theory on you-*
XD
*That's just a theory*
@@SonOfAFridge_ A game(food) theory-
THAT'S JUST A THEORY
@@ooahsjak8811 film theory
"The peanuts are emitting toxins as an evolutionary defense mechanism. They're tired of being eaten, and now they're fighting back." ..... "Yup".🚬 👓
M. Night Shyamalan: Write that down, write that down.
The immune system is planning an overthrow of the existing government system by ambushing at the emergence of the means of sustenance, which is then followed by direct assaults of the incumbent government
No, people with allergies are just kinda
Inferior
David Gonzalez ...........no.......
Many plant life does release something when it detects damage or performs another response.
I've been reading alot about "leaky gut syndrome" and how things like excessive growth of candida (due to antibiotics killing good bacteria in your body which normally keeps this under control) can cause your intestinal wall to weaken, allowing small food particles to escape into your body, which then your body starts attacking. Also plenty of other things can cause this "leaky gut syndrome". Perhaps this is a cause of this? Perhaps pestisides or overly processed foods can also attribute to this.
Leaky gut can cause food sensitivity and allergys as food particles that should be stopped leak into your body and your immune system attacks it. The new allergies increase your immune response and the problem grows and so does the list of foods you must avoid
Are we really asking this question? We as humans have essentially ruined the natural cycles and biochemistry in animals plants water air. Medications and synthetic chemicals along with greedy big pharma has all played a roll in causing a dominoe effect of disasters. You are naive and really need to study cause effect of our human history.
@@mikebradshaw8530 no need to be condescending.
@@mikebradshaw8530 you strike me as a very prickish person coming to a comment section to leak your liquid excrement out of your mouth. Science doesn't value your opinion.
@@mikebradshaw8530 Bruh
I'm gonna go out and eat some dirt now. Thanks Doctor (But not that kinda doctor) Joe!
Happy to help. Where do I send my bill?
Haha! I ate dirt as a kid, I'd drop food on the ground and just brush it off (God made dirt and dirt don't hurt) and my mom would defrost meats in manners not recommended by the FDA and no food allergies for me!
@@JohnDoe-zw8vx your body still had to protect you... dirt is not equal to health...
Allergy is not the same as poison... it the why body react to certain type of thing... It more a a DNA's memory... it know this thing is relative to this thing that will kill you so it react....
I let my baby eat dirt after watching a TED talk that recommended it to prevent allergies. (Also an excuse not too clean! Save my baby's life! 😏)
Eating dirt is actually extremely beneficial, as it provides bacteria and enzymes that benefit digestion. It's what you're eating from the grocery store that causes the problems!
"Why are so many people allergic to food?" DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW? Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap.
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"It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
I just want to mention that for some people their allergies are severe enough that sitting next to a bowl of what they are allergic to or contact with someone who recently ate or handled the thing could be enough to be dangerous. Obviously he had checked it wasn’t going to cause harm in this particular situation but to everyone else, not only please don’t trick people into eating something they are allergic to but also don’t bring the thing into their presence at all unless you have checked how extreme their allergy is.
I have heard of people who have got sick or even died because they were kissed by someone who had eaten something they are allergic to! How scary must it be being that allergic! I’m so thankful that my allergies are not that severe!
Thanks for this message! If there's anything more horrifying than waking up on a plane while going into anaphylaxis because the people around you had been eating peanuts, I'm not sure what it is. All I know is that there was a very kind nurse on board who helped me with my Epipen, Benedryl, and got me strapped to an oxygen tank so I could breathe for the rest of the flight, instead of choking to death on my own throat from the amount of recirculated peanut oil on the air. On another occasion, my niece, (who has many of the same allergies as I do, but is much smaller), briefly stopped breathing because she had sat in a chair where the previous occupant had been eating peanuts. Her parents saved her with fast Epipen action, but it was way too close a call!
Never underestimate how bad someone's allergies might be. That lack of concern could cost their life.
My former classmate couldn't even be in the same room with nuts or she'd have a bad reaction. It happened one time because another classmate opened a pack of nuts without thinking.
Yep. My mum just went into anaphylaxis today from getting Nutella on her skin.
@@morbidmacaroni Yikes! I hope your mum's okay, and that it doesn't happen again!
(How weird is it that I can actually eat Nutella, among all my other awful food allergies? :| )
Imagine kissing a loved one and killing them. Terrible.
I remember 4 years ago when I was still in high school, there was this very ordinary Friday morning, when I started getting itchy "mosquito bites" on my arm in class. Mosquitos do tend to have a particular affinity towards me and I get bitten very often so I wasn't that surprised or concerned. But then those "bites" started appearing on my other arm, legs, chest, groin, back and my face.
I never had any allergies before in my life so I didn't know they were actually hives, instead I thought it must be some tiny mysterious bug that's biting me all over. It eventually got so bad I had to go to the school clinic, who immediately had a teacher accompany me to a nearby hospital to get allergy suppression drugs. The symptoms all cleared quickly after I took the drugs, and I was fine that afternoon.
4 years later I'm attending university 8000km from home and still haven't figured out what was the cause of that allergic reaction, nor has anything similar reappeared afterwards. I've read recently that more than half of allergy cases were in fact not traceable back to a specific source, so that kind of reassures me a bit.
I had a similar experience at home in my early teens, now an adult I have no idea what happened but I haven't really thought about it and this video made it even worse since it can happen to anyone at any age.
This happens to me a couple of times a year. The problem is that I have so many severe environmental and food allergies that even if I don't *think* I've come in contact with anything unusual that I might be reacting to, it could be a reaction to virtually anything else I've come in contact with that wouldn't even cross my mind. Meanwhile I'm seeing an allergist regularly and undergoing long-term immunotherapy to attempt to make everything I've tested positive for a little bit less potentially fatal, and still having these mystery reactions. I've come to the conclusion that sometimes, immune systems are just sadistic bastards.
It took me 3 years to realize that heat was causing me to get hives but only during the dry winter season
This has happened to me a lot
Hives are actually very common. I get them in cold weather. I also get them when I put my body through extreme workout after a very long time and produce too much heat for my body to handle. I also get pressure induced hives. Also, I am allergic to shellfish and have asthma.
All of this sounds too much but I enjoy a normal life 😅
I used to never react to anything, but my daughter has been sensitive to dairy from the time she was a little baby. If I ate dairy, then nursed her, she got pinprick rashes on her body and she would cry all the time. She stopped having the issue when I stopped eating dairy, so for about a year I went off dairy. Then, when I had finished weaning her, I started to have serious, instant reactions to something in liquid coffee creamer, and in certain sugar free foods. The first time, i thought I had a stomach bug. Normally I drink my coffee with milk and at that time was using almond milk as a replacement.
Well I was at a Ladies retreat, and I hadn't had regular coffee creamer in so long, so I decided to try it. I had a cup of decaf with some international brand liquid creamer, and about ten minutes later I was so sick I became dehydrated. It was awful. I had never reacted to creamer that way before, and didn't even consider that it had been the cause.
I thought it was something I had eaten, since it was a group get together and there were lots of different potluck foods. Honestly, the cramps felt so horrible. It was just like food poisoning, or if you've had a baby, just like labor. It was gone within a few hours but it felt like all day, haha.
When I had another cup of coffee with liquid creamer at my parents' house about a week later, I figured it out.
The third time I was sick like that, a relative had given me a coffee from a local coffee shop chain. I drank a fair amount of it and then got sick again. Turns out it was sugar free (not something I usually eat), and for my mother in law, but our drinks had been swapped by mistake. Also was bad for her as she's a diabetic, and mine was a regular mocha. I think the artificial sweetener that's in liquid coffee creamer might be the culprit. I now react the same way to Arizona Arnold Palmer, which nowadays is only sold in "lite" where I live. It has artificial sweetener too
Now I don't use coffee creamer unless it's the simple ingredients kind made with just real sugar and half and half. Usually I just take it with milk.
I am definitely not a doctor or pathologist or whatever expert handles allergies, so this is all a guess. I suspect the hormonal change of stopping nursing, paired with beginning to drink and eat dairy products again, may have set my body off. I notice a lot of people here mentioning not being allergic to things until they reach puberty age or early adulthood, when our bodies are going through hormonal changes. While I was pregnant with her, I was stung by bees and reacted more strongly than usual. Normally I'd just get a little raised bump from a bee sting but both times I was stung on my hand and both times my forearm and fingers swelled up. I have been stung since then and react normally.
Food reactions are weird man
EDIT: I realize my issue is probably an intolerance not an allergy.
me: i have an allergy
theory: no ur immune system is just being dramatic coz it’s bored
oh ok ill go snort some pollen 🥴
If its pollen you're allergic to, sometimes eating local honey can help
I am lactose intolerance and I love milk soo
I grew up on a farm, played in the mud... like... literally... that one mud puddle in my parents garden was heavenly and smearing that mud all over myself was so therapeutic 🤣 we had all kinds of animals and I'm still allergic to life itself. I'm not sure if that theory is right.
4:18 you can hear Patrick ever so slightly say-
WeE woO wEe WoO wEE wOo
bruh
Lmao I caught it
Omg THANK YOU
Nice ears u got there
I think its Patrick from Spongebob
People who are allergic to peanuts also suffer from extreme jealousy of those who aren't. It's a condition called peanuts envy.....
I am allergic. I hate peanuts. They are overrated
For someone who's allergic to crabs, as much as possible, I don't want to see people eating crabs cause it makes me envy them. 😅
They sound crunchy and probably dry so I don't really care much about peanut butter
@@nuggetthehamster7072 Same, they are so gross. I'm not allergic.
Or, y'know the food has parasites in them and are not as sterile as we think.
Whoa, what kind of creator did I just find??
This guy is amazing!
The production value is insane too!
Saying "theory" when you mean "hypothesis"😟😬 you yourself taught me that Joe!
r/wooosh
a theory and a hypothesis are different
@@victherocker he said theory as if he meant hypothesis
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it's just a theory when there is no possibility to prove it and it's a hypothesis when there is a chance to prove it. that's the different
“This is a Leading Theory, Just a Theory”
6:18
I feel like you’ve betrayed me.
Im glad I am not the only person who caught this. This is a huge slip up from a science-minded channel, because there is a huge disconnect between the science and layperson definition of "theory" ... I don't know why he wouldn't have said hypothosis?
Brandon Kelley dude he was joking when he said that. He was making an allusion to the “Game Theory” youtube channel.
he was close to getting sued lol
And thats just a theory a GAME THEORY (Earrape)
He really should've said "hypothesis" but I guess that implies that it hasn't been tested yet which isn't true
My kid is allergic to Tree Nuts and that’s definitely a full time job! It’s so hard to teach them not to accept food from any kid, not even friends or family. And also teaching everyone around him!
I like how he says it’s a bowl of death instead of just calling it poison. Much stronger message
No copyright here
We only use Gif Peanut Butter
More like free advertising for Jif. Anyone can take a photo of peanut butter and use it.
Hahahahahajhahahaa🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣jajajajajajajjaaa
Gif or gif
Madeline Loyd thanks my brother
MetroInferious Gif
For my entire life, I have been allergic to all tree nuts to some degree. Growing up as a kid if I ate some nut by mistake it would make me a bit nauseous and maybe some hives. As a high school student I was on a trip and had baklava for the first time. I became a bit nauseous but my face started to swell. I went to the emergency room. I was treated with Benadryl in one arm and adrenaline in the other. One side was ready to pass out and the other side was ready to dance all night. The sleepy side won. The next morning I was fine. Fast forward to a few years ago after a heart attack and the heart medicine Lysinopril. I ate a quarter of a cookie that was oatmeal, cranberry, and walnut. For some reason I missed the word walnut on the label. I knew in about 20 seconds that there was a problem. I went and got some Benadryl. Normally that would have been all I need to do. But because I was on Lysinopril my reaction went off the rails. My face started to swell and a coworker called 911. I remember the EMTs bringing the gurney in to the store. I remember getting on the gurney. I remember waking up in ICU with a tracheotomy in my throat and a feeding tube up my nose about 2 weeks later. I was in the hospital for a month because of one quarter of a cookie.
OMG!
😢
Bloody hell! You better be reading those labels carefully.
Peanut: I’m gonna end this man’s whole career.
Human:Self destructing in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1........💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Interesting. My middle sister was *born* with nasty allergies - the only fabric that could touch her skin for a couple of years was cotton washed in Ivory Snow, otherwise she'd go bright red all over and her skin would start cracking. Unsurprisingly, she also developed a very sensitive peanut allergy (the kind that can be fatal with just the smallest amount of peanut oil in the air nearby). It's gotten better, thankfully - the whole fabric issue was gone by the time she was about 2 years old, and her peanut allergy faded (though didn't disappear) in late adolescence/early adulthood.
Interestingly, my high school biology teacher actually did her doctorate in immunology on allergic reactions. Apparently (now, this is admittedly from almost 30 years ago), our immune "memory" cells (the ones that identify harmful intruders into our systems) have long chains recording pretty much every substance we ingest/interact with. If those chains get cut somewhere, an allergy will develop - the degree of the allergy dependent on where the chain for that particular protein/substance is cut. As we age, they can get cut again, which is why allergies can change intensities or disappear. At least, that's how she explained it to us.
My mother had a shellfish allergy for about 3-5 years; it gave her migraines and made her sick. But then it vanished as quickly as it had shown up.
"just a theory" wow, I didn't expect that.
*with game theory music repeat the just a theory line* me "somehow, I did expect that though."
To think that all the mud pies I made as a kid has spared me all these allergies....
On the other hand, I did catch worms, which wasn't fun, but was easily cured.
I rather have worms than being unable to eat eggs, milk, cheese, nuts, etc. Worms can be cured, allergies not so much
Just letting people know if you suddenly have a reaction involving whole body swelling/rash and you don't know what caused it, check to see If you have changed your washing powder. Some washing powders contain methisothiazolinone or benzisothiazolinone that can cause allergies in some people myself included. You may be allergic to one or both of these.
I'm guessing Tide has one or both of those in it because even smelling Tide on other people's clothes makes me ill. :P
Only swelling I get are from insect bites 😂
@@johndripper Same thing bro, specifically for the bee stings 🤣
God, who named those powders I had a stroke trying to read it
@@Crafty_Breeze Yeah those words aren't good for people with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia either 😂
My suspicion lies in 1) preservatives, additives, emulsifiers, antibiotics etc in packaged & processed foods or medicines. Also chlorinated water. I suspect it affects gut flora, possibly leading to rise of allergies 2) EDCs from plastic, due to their effects on the endocrine system.
What d’you think Dr Joe Hanson?
she could also be allergic to:
pesticide(s)
bits of insect that get into almost everything, and certain amounts are allowed in our processed foods
*This* is plausibly true in her case. Just knowing that some people have bad reactions to pesticides directly put on food, or as you suggest in a foreign substance that gets into the food can make someone develop food anxiety.
I know two people with allergies to specific pesticides. They learned of their allergy the hard way, by consuming fruit sprayed with pesticide which resulted in an allergy. I don't remember the details, but yes, what you're saying is true.
There's also no way to know what other kind of food the milk could've been contaminated with from the facility where it was made/packaged.
I live the allergy life of alliums - mainly onions and garlic. It sucks ‘cause it’s not one of the main allergies. If someone says, “I have a deadly allergy to peanuts”, people injure themselves removing them from the world. If I say, “I have a deadly allergy to onions,” people are like, “Mmm hmm... good luck not dying.”
Or one of the other ingredients.
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 I can confirm this, because I spent a night in the hospital over my allergy to boric acid, a pesticide used to kill roaches. I had to endure the decontamination showers, which felt like standing under a dump truck dumping gravel on my naked body, while 2 men in protective clothing and gas masks hosed me down. Even my car had to be decontaminated by my wife. They tried to throw away my clothes including my wallet and keys! I don't recommend the experience.
Was almost expecting "Hey!! Vsauce! Micheal here.."
Yess
I came here just to read a comment like this
Oh God. I saw someone thinking the same thing at the beginning of the show.
At 4:17 the Patrick "wee woo wee woo" was a good touch 😂
It's just a hypothesis! Maybe it will be a theory someday
It's just a joke! Maybe you and other 43 people will get it someday...
Search for MatPat. Might help.
Felipe Lins No search for Game Theory and Film Theory
I was going to say...he was making a big deal about stressing it's "just a theory" but I recall an episode, and I think it was Joe, talking about how strong a Theory is. You know, like gravity
Well, here's the truth; not just a hypothesis or theory: Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap.
Want to know more?
"It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
If I grow allergic to mangoes, I'm going to freak out and be really sad-
My mom lovedd mangoes and then one day she became allergic to them😭
yeah it's sad
I can eat mango everyday if it's available all year long
Yeah me too
I love them
The parasite theory is interesting...
My grandmother always said that she got allergic to milk and dairy products because of a parasite (or bacteria) in a home made cheese she ate when she was around 30/40 years old. That actually cause her to be allergic to other foods, like fish, pepper, soy and so on...
I agree with your grandma. I accidentally digested an uncooked piece of turkey burger in my mid 20s. I can't drink milk or have large quantities of cheese without developing a rash. Up until that incident, I had no issues with dairy at all.
Having a chronic infection can cause your immune system to get confused and starts attacking foods. If you start developing allergies and sensitivitys to foods or smells/substances then you know you have and underlying health issue to fix
@@ladyruler9585 ya i feel bad for you, as cook, that person was clearly not trained well on how to cook a turkey burger. in most restos a turkey burger is usually cooked from frozen or its semi frozen still. purely because its not a menu item that sells. get the veggie or skip the burger and get a pasta.
@@pinerock9668 yep, as can other immune disorders like MCAS where mild allergies that come and go are common
There's something called hygiene hypothesis.
Title:"why people allergic foods?"
6:21 *"we don't really know"*
My body has only had a food allergic reaction when in used in combination with something else. In my case if I am taking the antibiotic bactrim, and then eat my favorite Chinese food: House Speical Fried Rice, I will then have a reaction where I must regurgitate the food or blackout pass out. I can normally take bactrim on its own or House Speical Fried Rice on its own, but not the two together! I no longer get prescribed bactrim when I need an antibiotic just a precaution now.|
The other allergic reaction I have had is when using fabric softener. I went 6 months when I first entered college and didn't use fabric softener in my laundry due to my lack of funds. I then purchased fabric softener and washed my laundry only to break out in hives (a condition my Grandfather on my father's side also had). I thought at first I had lost some kind of built of tolerance I had acquired over the years of by not using fabric softener, but later was able to wear fabric softener washed clothes if I did my laundry at home. My home has well water, in college I lived in an apartment and used city water. While fabric softener will now make me a little ichy regardless, I will get full blown hives if I wash my laundry only when using fabric softener + a city water source.
I am no doctor, but I have to wonder if in Emily's case it is a combination of things: That particular cereal she was consuming, plus the almond milk. We as humans are a complicated set of chemicals ourselves, why is it hard to imagine that mixing compounds together then adding to our own chemical makeups would always go smoothly, even if alone those two things are okay?
Thanks for this video. We've been living with food allergies for about 16 years with our son. It's utterly life-altering. And you do a good job or capturing that with your guests.
why don't you just feed him his natural diet of meat
US puts peanut oil in the vaxxines as a base. Israel doesn't use peanut oil in their vaxxines. Nut oil is not supposed to be injected and would cause immune reactions! These "vaxxine scientists" are INSANE.
@@govcorpwatch this has to be a troll
@@pcpt The problem with people who "trust the gov't" and "TV watchers" is that they are so disconnected from reality that what is real and factual is considered trolling.
I used to love 4 fruits/vegetables before I randomly started reacting to them. Now I am allergic to Watermelon, Carrots, Grapes, and Bananas.
It's like my body doesn't want me to eat healthily.
In my case, i have developed an intolerance to chocolate and processed cakes and sweets. If i eat any of this, i will have all my body covered with hives for days. My body wants me to eat healthily
Maybe they are gmo
oh my dad is allergic to carrots.
Me too - I used to be able to *live* on fresh fruit! My grandparents had an orchard, and fruit was just what I ate. Then I had a weird allergic reaction to a nectarine about 20 yrs. ago. Cherries were next. And a couple more the next year. Now I'm allergic to more fruits and vegetables than I can actually eat, unless they're thoroughly cooked or processed. Since I'm also allergic to a whole load of nuts and legumes, these days I live on a lot of grains, dairy, and processed fruits & veggies; ie. canned fruits, or stewed tomatoes. And croissants from the Farmers' Market. :9
I discussed this oddity with my allergist, and her explanation was amazing: I've been cross-reacting to certain proteins in these foods that are similar to those in certain tree pollens that I'm severely allergic to, and so my body is reacting to these foods raw as if I'd just taken a great big mouthful of (for example) birch pollen. My immune system is a complete assh*le. But thoroughly cooking the foods I react to raw breaks down the offending proteins enough that they can slip past my haywire immune system, though it still kind of sucks, as I still can't handle them enough to do the cooking myself. XP
Those aren’t healthy
4:19 The soundclip you guys snuck in here (not spoiling it for those of you who read comments ahead of the video) caught me completely off-guard and left me wheeze-laughing so hard I had to pause the video for a moment.
I used to have a very bad allergy to Shrimps, crabs and shellfish but living in the Philippines, the seafood here is so good, that I just kept eating it...and I somewhat got over it. The worst I get these days are a mildly itchy throat or tongue if it's REALLY NOT FRESH, otherwise, I enjoy my shellfish/seafood.
(Edit: Dust mites and certain smells trigger my asthma though.)
I do think that folks living in Western countries are particularly allergic due to a predominantly antiseptic lifestyle. Here in the tropics and most Eastern/South East Asian countries, many sectors of society are fishermen, agricultural, rural, not as sanitary...so in a way, most people from developing nations are.more exposed to germs, bacteria, viruses, and such, build stronger immune systems...
Good for you.. at age 40 I just developed allergy with shellfish recently... pero nung nasa Pinas ako, dami ko nakain na shellfish bakit wala naman
Controlled and prolonged exposure to allergens is one treatment against food allergies, you’re not totally off the mark.
@@gurugurumawaru7869yes...like the narrator in video said, 'the exposure method.' I do believe there's something to that...& also definitely to parents exposing their young children to a wide variety of foods, because I did hear about the studies about correlation between keeping away certain foods increased allergies, but early exposure hopefully resulting in decreased food allergies.
That sounds more like a histamine issue than being solely allergic to seafood
I had a similar "mystery" allergic reaction to an apple one time. I suspect something on the apple, because it has never happened again.
Sunrae McDonald probably pesticides
Pesticide definitely
I am allergic to apples and some people still don't believe it after having this allergy for 3 years. I also am allergic to other things.
It happens to me everytime i eat an apple, without fail. My mouth swells and has a tingly sense
I'm only allergic to Fuji apples. The skin has microscopic hairs that cause a reaction. Other apples are okay.
I have an allergy to cantaloupe. I remember my grandma offering me some when i was around 5 or 6 years old. I came back home itchy on my back, but since I have diagnosed eczema, I thought it was no big deal. about an hour later i told my mom to finally reveal the hives all over my back, neck, and arms. I also used to be allergic to something in marshmallows when I was younger for a short time. I can't use soaps or shampoos with lots of scents or fragrance in them or I will develop hives. Every year when the season changes my face erupts into a rash for about a week. I am literally the only person in my entire family that has an allergy, eczema, and skin sensitivity.
I had a peanut allergy since I was a kid however I started to notice reactions to grasses and got an allergy test only to learn that I was no longer allergic to peanuts.
Eh, who needs food, u only need that to survive, not a big deal
Yeah, who needs food to survive?
I'm not hungry anyway
I need it to feel good though
who needs to survive?
@sharron needles
Hey your profile sucks
I like that the editing is getting better by the video! Great job editor(s)!
Did anybody spot the tiny "touchy about that?" comment that appears over the globe in the background at 9:21 ?? Made me laugh xD
I saw it, but it was impossible to read on a phone. Thanks for letting me know what it said, since I misplaced my jeweler's lupe.
Hahaha i didn’t notice that. That’s awesome. lol
I was trying to read it! Thank you!
no
My niece is severely allergic to eggs and shellfish. Her reaction is projectile vomiting. Ahe is also allergic to some skin care products.
My dog has sensitivities to several foods (digestive problems). Chicken, beef, lamb, pork, duck, salmon. She can have bison and venison.
No data to back this up, but I think a century ago when child mortality rates were higher, probably a good number of unexplained deaths were food allergy related.
6:28 "just a theory" come on man it's ok to be smart, then at least don't get theories and hypotheses mixed up.
It's frustrating enough when people dismiss theories because they don't understand the definition.
Except for that, I love the content you produce
ikr he said theory instead of a hypothesis
People often confuse between theory and scientific theory
THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT
He just said it because of the film/game theory TH-cam channel
I was scrolling down for a comment on this. Thanks.
@@ahmedaladraj YES THANK YOU. I found it extremely aggravating that this wasn't a top comment on such a nerdy channel.
I'm surprised but I didn't hear him mention the toxins a lot of nuts naturally have in them. Some species and people have more or less sensitivity and tolerance to the toxins.
Mcaws have to eat clay everyday to help deal with the toxins from all the nuts they eat. I was half expecting him to mention it as a likely cause or to rule it out.
I love the GIF visual pun!
I had the same reaction! :D
Watching this and reading the comments make me grateful that even until now in my 20s, I've never encountered any allergies problem.
Maybe I should try the "food challenges" for the most common food that cause allergies?
please make a ideo about ECZEMA !!!
Stella Dalina Aveeno
Yes please!
@@bigtutubi6731 what the heck dude? Why would you comment something so rude and inconsiderate.
@@bebos3001 kids playing ut...
eczema pops up after I had vaccines throughout my life..real bad eczema sometimes
I discovered when taking Organic chem that I was allergic to bananas, I asked a stupid question about the acidity of bananas, as they burn my mouth like eating a large amount of Pineapple, the professor just looked at me like I was talking nonsense.
It's sad, I like bananas, they are such a convenient food! and they make my mouth break out in sores if I eat more than one at a time, and I was told to avoid latex plants.
I'm lucky it's a mild reaction, not full blown anaphylaxis, phew
My sister had a similar comment about chocolate (which we already knew she was allergic to), she said it was spicy like hot peppers. And I'm still not sure if kiwi is supposed to make your mouth and throat itchy.
I'm allergic to citrus. The reaction goes up and down - at times I will break out in blood blisters from touching them. Previously before I had that severe of a reaction, when I'd have orange juice I tasted it as SOUR. It was worse to me than drinking white vinegar.
I wouldn't call breaking out in your mouth - or further down your digestive tract, to be a mild reaction. I figure if I get blood blisters on my hands, it could be deadly if the entire esophagus, stomach, and intestines were covered in them.
Lillian Swaim lol I had a similar thing with garlic, like I’d ask my friends if garlic bread is supposed to itch and burn your mouth and throat and they all turned to stare at my like whaattt
Bananas have always made me nauseous, sick, dizzy, hot, give me stomach pain, severe indigestion and affects my eyes. Really weird. I can't even tolerate the smell of bananas now. If my hubby eats one, I have to leave the room.
My son has an allergy to pink food colouring. We discovered it the hard way when he was about 2-3 years old. He wanted a slush puppy-type drink. A couple of gulps and he turned red, screamed in pain, fell off his chair in a dead faint, and started to swell up. Worst experience ever. Fortunately, it is only pink colouring and not a major food group - I would hate to be KuchikiShiru's sister and have an allergy to chocolate. I practically live on it.
Can we exchange bodies? I absolutely hate the taste of bananas, but I'm not allergic at all.
I find it weird that in the womb, moms crave something and that introduces the proteins to the fetus....but my mom craved peanuts and pb&j all the time and she ate it a lot....but I'm still deathly allergic to peanuts?
Maybe your mom's body was gonna kill you, if not in womb then later in life when u eat peanut 🙂🙂🙂
sAmE
I craved tomatoes and oranges when I was pregnant. And spicy food and green olives.
Peanut butter and jelly on bread is an entirely allergy-inducing non-food, because it is HIGHLY PROCESSED.
"Why are so many people allergic to food?" DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW? Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap.
Want to know more?
"It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
@@tomrhodes1629 I hope you realize that you are simply not right. Hypoglycemia has nothing to do with allergies, especially Allergies that were developed in the womb. Food allergies CAN cause Hypoglycemia. Have you ever heard of the phrase "Correlation doesn't imply Causation"? What I'm saying is that even though the two things are linked (outside of the womb may I add), doesn't mean Hypoglycemia causes food allergies.
even if what you stated is true, I'd like to see your sources. Mild Hypoglycemia has little to no effect on pregnancy, in fact it has more effect on the mother rather than the baby. Severe cases CAN result in the development of type 2 diabetes in the mother and possibly type 1 diabetes in the Baby.
I would also like to know about this wisdom you speak about because I hate to burst your bubble but the bible never gave us the cure for cancer, it never gave us the cure for colds. and if it did, How come it hasn't given us the cure for Covid?
I have no known allergies, but once woke up with a swollen face and intense body itching. Dermatology couldn't track down the cause and I've never had it since. I put it down to coming into contact with a nasty and my body did its thing to protect me. But that one experience has made me realise how terrifying having life threatening allergies must be
I always ate kiwi growing up and would notice my mouth/throat feeling a little tingly after a while (it was never anything serious just felt weird). As a kid I thought it was the little seeds scraping my throat as I ate and as an adult I for some reason never questioned it. Until last summer I was eating kiwi and mentioned it “making my throat scratchy” to my sister and that was the day I learned that I’m probably allergic to kiwi lol
same lmao. after like two pieces- my mouth stings hella and it can be really hard to eat haha
I have this issue with grapes. Also, I remember having intense stomach pain the last time I ate half a kiwi. Same happened with banana, almonds and USED TO happen for many years with lentils (Now I eat them with NO issues at all). I can eat all kinds of nuts in small quantities with no issues at least. And, for a weird reason and even though I don't seem to face issues digesting dairy products, I get minor pain on the upper side of my throat when swallowing after I consume a bit of Feta (a greek cheese)
I was allergic to peaches like that hahaha
Im not now...tho...
Probably just the acidity
my friend claims to be allergic to hazelnuts but regularly eats nutella.. hmm
I'm supposedly allergic to almost every food imaginable, and have never had a noticeable reaction to any food. So... either food allergies can be super mild, or some people are allergic to the allergy test or something...
@@AsjJohnson127 I have many food allergies that are real, but my tests also blink allergic for foods I eat all the time that I never had a reaction to. You can have a very mild allergy thats reacts on a skin patch test but doesn't react while consuming the products, so you're right!
I mean Nutella is like
I use to eat Nutella as a kid all the time and would feel itchy afterwards, but I kept eating it because I liked it. My parents didn’t believe in allergies 😒 I thought everybody felt that way after eating Nutella. As an adult, I stopped but occasionally eat it and suffer the consequences
Your friend may just have a mild allergy to it
Wow, he walks up to a guy he knows has a nut allergy, sets down a bowl of cashews and asks "Is this a bowl of death to you?" I mean I know it's staged, but...... damn.
Andrew C lol it’s funny either way
That was a major NOT COOL moment for me.
Here's the Bowl of Death:
Most food allergies are caused by a condition known as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). And the reason why food allergies are ever-more prevalent is because the CAUSE of hypoglycemia is ever-more prevalent: REFINED CARBOHYDRATE CONSUMPTION. "Big Money" ensures that this information stays buried, because both the food industry and medical industry make a FORTUNE off of this crap.
Want to know more?
"It's Okay To Be Smart." But intelligence without wisdom is like a boat without water; it won't take you very far. On the other hand, wisdom can take you VERY far! From the cure for cancer (and colds and flus and Covid) to the very Meaning of Life, I have it. "Click" and ye shall find!
I developed an allergy to mustard, which I discovered by asking for honey mustard to be added to a sandwich at the deli. I hadn't had mustard for many years. I treated the symptoms with Benadryl - I got a nasty migrating full body skin rash. After it was finally gone after a couple days, my body then started to have a reaction to Benadryl - but not while the Benadryl is in my system, only after it wears off.
They are working on a potential cure for allergies at least on a conceptual basis. The concept is you dose what you're allergic to on a nano scale maybe slightly bigger but small enough to not trigger a bad immunity response, over time the body develops a tolerance to said toxin/food stuffs/chemical. The down side is if you stop dosing your body will slowly loose it's tolerance
Interesting side note my wife's allergic to latex and there's a naturally occurring form in bananas and some other fruits
There's already a treatment that consists on periodical injections of alergens that you administer to "allergy-prone" kids. You do this for about 1 year. It even helps people with allergic asthma.
I did that when I was a kid and I still have less severe allergic reactions, so what you said about having to keep doing it is not entirely true. But of course it won't last forever and you may need to do it again, but we're talking 10+ years...
The rise in Food Allergies seems to be mostly an American problem.
People in the U.S. get more food allergies than in other countries.
So the rise in Allergies must have a cultural aspect to it...some way people in North America behave that is different than people in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe
the solution won't be medicinal, it would be a cultural change in lifestyle.
@@DaglasVegas I agree
@@DaglasVegas The lifestyle change you describe amounts to "respect what you know you're allergic to, and don't jump to false conclusions just because you just ate something" XD I feel like people just assume it was from the last thing they ate and then avoid it forever when it might have been a one off thing or a minor reaction that wouldn't recur
@@DaglasVegas Haha I wish it were that simple. In my family, none of my uncles, aunts, or grandparents have food allergies, but I and many of my cousins do, and we all grew up in different places: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany, Australia, Panama, United States. It doesn't seem to be genetic or cultural :/
"That's just a theory"-
a gAme thEorY
A science theory lol
MatPat has Food Theory now as well
tHanKS fOr wAtcHiNG
I'm allergic to several things, but the worst, because nobody believes me, Fish.
And also dust mites, but not shellfish:)
I am allergic to fish and shellfish too
You cant eat out your wife i guess then?
Dust mites and pollen here
I’m mildly allergic to shellfish, but love eating them, yummy, it just gets a little itchy when it comes in contact with my skin. Also dust mites, always carrying allergy eye drops and being aware of everything i touch.
I find that I can't eat certain types of fish like tuna and those in it's family. But the other fishes are fine. Seafood though is a definite no.
Personally, I STRONGLY agree with the parasite theory. Might I suggest another theory? Maybe it's a chemical or pesticide that was used while producing certain food products? Or it could even be a chemical compound, like potassium.
I recently found out that I'm allergic to loads of nuts (except peanut and cashew, which I find odd), certain fruits such as coconut and cantaloupe, vegetables, and shellfish.
It's just a possibility.
I feel like knowing the reason why some people have allergies would help people accept their conditions better.
THE REASON: US puts peanut oil in the vaxxines as a base. Israel doesn't use peanut oil in their vaxxines. Nut oil is not supposed to be injected and would cause immune reactions! These "vaxxine scientists" are INSANE.
I hope that one day, we come to some sort of cure for this problem. I nearly lost my life to a nut allergy at age 23 and I was so lucky that the restaurant I was at - had an epipen. This was a fluke. I was taken away from my beautiful girlfriend into the resuss theatre and I thought I'd never see her again. The most trauma and fight I'd ever been through and three hours later, my family were let in. I've been allergic to nuts my whole life, although even though I was so aware of it and very good at managing small reactions - I was so stupid to not carry my medication. Please carry your epipen & antihistamines. 9/10 Times, a restaurant or even the most closest people around you - will not be able to help.
People don't realise how difficult allergies are to deal with. I've found a bottle of orange juice with a "may contain traces of nuts" label. It's getting increasingly difficult to stay safe
And now they spraying orange trees with antibiotics. Big problem is not labeled. So if someone is allergic to antibiotics....
This is very informative, I like to mention while an intolerance cannot kill you it can make feel terrible both physically and mentally, it depends on the person.
Haha exposure therapy is real though. It’s called allergy shots and it has really helped my dad who couldn’t sleep properly because he was so badly allergic to dust mites.
@@balaynganiyebe That's essentially what allergists are doing these days with some peanut allergic kids just to put them at less risk of dying if they accidentally get trace amounts of peanut accidentally, not so they can knock back a bowl of planter's one day for fun. labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/successful-clinical-trial-for-peanut-allergy-treatment-spreads-hope But this should NEVER BE A DIY TREATMENT BECAUSE YOU COULD DIE. It has to be done under a doctor's supervision. :) Luckily your aunts and uncles did not die!
Those weaken the immune system
I'm allergic to dogs (especially puppies), I know, it's the worst. I do better with exposure and can be around dogs (but still have to be mindful of hand washing). I highly support this.
For the one weirdo out there - no, it's not a food allergy.
@@aaa-vx8ke lmao if your immune system is attacking unharmful proteins then your immune system is already weak.
sueycoo it is actually the opposite. It means your immune system has a hyper sense of awareness. Since those proteins don’t break down completely they shouldn’t be in your body thus triggering your immune system and causing and immune response.
lactose intolerance doesn't only apply to cow milk, it's anything with lactose (it's a sugar present in all breast milk) in it.
((I have two intolerances and two food allergies and it's such a pain. One of my allergies is garlic, I feel kind of unsafe eating if I can't interrogate* the chef first. I don't own an epi-pen, so there's no room for error. ))
Get some Epi-pens then! I always carry 2, because if the first one is defective, you're dead.
Just eat cheese, man.. it not that difficult..
Allergies aren't just potentially dangerous, they're extremely weird.
The part about not knowing what hit you is really the most unpleasant thing about an allergic response.
So I know that I'm allergic to some cleaning products, but I often have no idea which ones. Once I took a ferry and leaned against the seat to nap, and when I woke up the half of my face which touched the seat was swollen, the whole of me was itchy and uncomfortable. The told me they'd used pinesol to wipe down the seat, and while I am allergic to pine I've never had *that* kind of reaction to pine or pinesol before or since, it's usually just a runny nose. IDK what happened?
Also, being allergic to some pollens, one day walking down the street my lips suddenly started itching then swelling, and my whole mouth was itchy. I power-walked home and took a benadryl, and from then on always carry one on me in my backpack (Yes, I just take a backpack everywhere) but I've never had it happen again, even walking in the exact same area at the same time of year. Again, IDK what the heck happened, and why that particular day my body was extra keen to destroy me in the name of hating pollen
I grew up without any allergies, developed full-blown celiac disease at about 40. This was followed by an allergy to milk, tomatoes, green chile, and corn. I have had NAET allergy elimination treatments (a type of acupuncture), this eliminated the milk allergy, but I am still allergic to gluten, and the corn allergy developed in the last few years. I have not eaten in a restaurant in about ten years. The celiac disease runs in my mother's family. I think too much sugar is one cause for the increase in allergies, but also stress on the adrenal glands due to all the chemicals in the environment. For those who are becoming more allergic to things, I suggest taking adrenal cortex every day.