So, obviously, this is not aimed at anyone here.
I have some food allergies. In the broad sense of the meaning of allergy, my food allergies are really minor; Eating or drinking food or beverage with stuff I'm allergic to doesn't cause anaphylaxis or anything like that. It makes my stomach really upset. And then, well, I refer to it as a 'pyroclastic flow', let your imag... No, don't imagine it.
Anyway. I am allergic to dairy. When someone offers me food, say Ice Cream, and I decline, and they ask why, and I say I'm allergic to dairy, they inevitably say "oh, you mean lactose? There's stuff you can take to fix that..."
NO. I am NOT allergic to Lactose. Nor am I lactose intolerant. I am ALLERGIC to the PROTEINS in dairy, I am allergic to the dairy itself. This is such a difficult concept for some people to get, I don't understand.
On top of that, I'm unable to process sucrose and isomaltase. Those are sugars. So, ice cream with sucrose based sweetener is a double punch for me.
And yes, being allergic to dairy sucks.
But it sucks less than being allergic to gluten (and no, I don't have celiacs). But the sucrose/isomaltase allergy sucks the most, since a lot of healthy things contain lots of sucrose (carrots, pears, strawberries, pineapple, any kind of really sweet fruit or vegetable).
So, yeah, that's my rant over. D:
Oh, PS... I know, for a fact, that anything requiring a spoon to eat is not, in fact, valid food. D:< Dairy free ice cream can be eaten with a fork, so it doesn't count!
I have some food allergies. In the broad sense of the meaning of allergy, my food allergies are really minor; Eating or drinking food or beverage with stuff I'm allergic to doesn't cause anaphylaxis or anything like that. It makes my stomach really upset. And then, well, I refer to it as a 'pyroclastic flow', let your imag... No, don't imagine it.
Anyway. I am allergic to dairy. When someone offers me food, say Ice Cream, and I decline, and they ask why, and I say I'm allergic to dairy, they inevitably say "oh, you mean lactose? There's stuff you can take to fix that..."
NO. I am NOT allergic to Lactose. Nor am I lactose intolerant. I am ALLERGIC to the PROTEINS in dairy, I am allergic to the dairy itself. This is such a difficult concept for some people to get, I don't understand.
On top of that, I'm unable to process sucrose and isomaltase. Those are sugars. So, ice cream with sucrose based sweetener is a double punch for me.
And yes, being allergic to dairy sucks.
But it sucks less than being allergic to gluten (and no, I don't have celiacs). But the sucrose/isomaltase allergy sucks the most, since a lot of healthy things contain lots of sucrose (carrots, pears, strawberries, pineapple, any kind of really sweet fruit or vegetable).
So, yeah, that's my rant over. D:
Oh, PS... I know, for a fact, that anything requiring a spoon to eat is not, in fact, valid food. D:< Dairy free ice cream can be eaten with a fork, so it doesn't count!
