Comments on: Cracking the Threat of Nut Allergies http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:26:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shelley http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-8001 Shelley Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:35:34 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-8001 Finally - are we really going to raise these children in a bubble? I do agree with bans in the primary grades...say K-3, but at some point the allergic individual needs to advocate for themself and take responsibility for themself. Do you know who looks out for my food allergies? Me. And guess who did it as a child. Me. Walnuts are not banned from my house. Nor is anything else I am allergic to. I read labels with help from my husband (as children should be doing with help from their parents...) I mentioned the walnuts and chesnuts - but let me assure you it is a very long list. Nor have I requested my workplace ban any of these items... I don't eat foods that are not safe for me. My allergies are not society's problem... they are my own Sorry for the length/multiple comments! Finally – are we really going to raise these children in a bubble? I do agree with bans in the primary grades…say K-3, but at some point the allergic individual needs to advocate for themself and take responsibility for themself. Do you know who looks out for my food allergies? Me. And guess who did it as a child. Me. Walnuts are not banned from my house. Nor is anything else I am allergic to. I read labels with help from my husband (as children should be doing with help from their parents…) I mentioned the walnuts and chesnuts – but let me assure you it is a very long list. Nor have I requested my workplace ban any of these items… I don't eat foods that are not safe for me. My allergies are not society's problem… they are my own
Sorry for the length/multiple comments!

]]> By: Shelley http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-8000 Shelley Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:35:12 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-8000 Even better - by allowing schools to "ban" peanuts we have set a dangerous precedent (by labelling a food allergy as a disability) - can you imagine the parent of the diabetic child walking into the school office and saying - sorry - you have to ban sugar... Or even better - the parent of a child with PKU or MCADD (look them up...) asking for bans of the foods their children can't have.... They are also disabilities... Even better – by allowing schools to "ban" peanuts we have set a dangerous precedent (by labelling a food allergy as a disability) – can you imagine the parent of the diabetic child walking into the school office and saying – sorry – you have to ban sugar… Or even better – the parent of a child with PKU or MCADD (look them up…) asking for bans of the foods their children can't have…. They are also disabilities…

]]> By: Shelley http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-7999 Shelley Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:34:08 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-7999 I'm finding some of these comments to be downright disturbing.... very upset about the attacks on vegetarians.... Sometimes - people adopt a vegetarian lifestyle not by choice - but by necessity (certain metabolic disorders and other health conditions...) Regardless - i am a vegetarian with severe (as in could die) multiple food allergies (including walnuts + chesnuts...) I have also worked in a school where the "peanut ban" also extended to all soy products... We ater our lunches in our class as there was no cafeteria... so my tofu couldn't have had any negative impact on the single child who was allregic - in his classroom down the hall and around the corner...yet I found myself eating only fruit and veggies at work... I'm finding some of these comments to be downright disturbing…. very upset about the attacks on vegetarians…. Sometimes – people adopt a vegetarian lifestyle not by choice – but by necessity (certain metabolic disorders and other health conditions…) Regardless – i am a vegetarian with severe (as in could die) multiple food allergies (including walnuts + chesnuts…) I have also worked in a school where the "peanut ban" also extended to all soy products… We ater our lunches in our class as there was no cafeteria… so my tofu couldn't have had any negative impact on the single child who was allregic – in his classroom down the hall and around the corner…yet I found myself eating only fruit and veggies at work…

]]> By: Mike http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-7738 Mike Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:38:05 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-7738 Some people here do not remember that some do not see veganism as a choice. They see it as a minimum moral baseline. There are vegans with fatal nut allergies, so it is not impossible to be vegan without nuts. But, that is not the point. It is the responsibility of the nut-allergic person to adapt to the world, not to make the world adapt to them. There comes a point when one must live like Susie Brown. She recognizes that she cannot morally force the world to adapt to her. <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+trapped+in+my+house+for+10+years..+until+this+amazing+mask+set...-a060571276" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+trapped+in+my...</a> For most, that should not be necessary. Usually, one need only avoid touching uncleaned surfaces and one's mouth, nose, and eyes and be segregated to some extent. Some people here do not remember that some do not see veganism as a choice. They see it as a minimum moral baseline.
There are vegans with fatal nut allergies, so it is not impossible to be vegan without nuts. But, that is not the point.
It is the responsibility of the nut-allergic person to adapt to the world, not to make the world adapt to them.
There comes a point when one must live like Susie Brown. She recognizes that she cannot morally force the world to adapt to her.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+trapped+in+my...
For most, that should not be necessary. Usually, one need only avoid touching uncleaned surfaces and one's mouth, nose, and eyes and be segregated to some extent.

]]> By: ACD http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6294 ACD Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6294 No one says that a vegetarian has to ban nuts from their diet , just don't have them around people who have nut allergies. There are many alternatives, suchas tofu, golden pea butter, and soy butter. No one says that a vegetarian has to ban nuts from their diet , just don't have them around people who have nut allergies.
There are many alternatives, suchas tofu, golden pea butter, and soy butter.

]]> By: L the vegan http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6277 L the vegan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:19:14 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6277 I am a vegan, and yes, I rely a lot on nuts, peanuts and seeds in my diet. But seeds and soynuts, for example, also have similar benefits and are nut-free. I worked in a nut-free/peanut-free school last year and ate a lot of hemp, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and soynuts. It's not that hard - just introduce new foods to your diet. Like the other poster said, your convenience doesn't outweigh someone's health and life. I am a vegan, and yes, I rely a lot on nuts, peanuts and seeds in my diet. But seeds and soynuts, for example, also have similar benefits and are nut-free.

I worked in a nut-free/peanut-free school last year and ate a lot of hemp, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and soynuts.

It's not that hard – just introduce new foods to your diet. Like the other poster said, your convenience doesn't outweigh someone's health and life.

]]> By: momof4 http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6255 momof4 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:25:29 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6255 the inconvenience of you not being able to eat nuts surely doesn't outweigh another person becoming sick or dying does it? how can you even compare it as being harmful to you? the inconvenience of you not being able to eat nuts surely doesn't outweigh another person becoming sick or dying does it? how can you even compare it as being harmful to you?

]]> By: Katie http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6168 Katie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:59:53 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6168 Yeah, and soy is becoming more pervasive in items in the grocery stores as well. Sure it's a good source of vegie protein, but I really don't understand it with the growing number of allergies to soy. I didn't use to have to be quite so careful when shopping. Another thing most people don't know is that cashews are somehow related to the poison ivy plant. My family found this out when the doctor told us - my dad, who is severely allergic to poison ivy, ate too many cashews and broke out in the same severe rash. Yeah, and soy is becoming more pervasive in items in the grocery stores as well. Sure it's a good source of vegie protein, but I really don't understand it with the growing number of allergies to soy. I didn't use to have to be quite so careful when shopping. Another thing most people don't know is that cashews are somehow related to the poison ivy plant. My family found this out when the doctor told us – my dad, who is severely allergic to poison ivy, ate too many cashews and broke out in the same severe rash.

]]> By: SwineInsanity http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6155 SwineInsanity Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:27:51 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6155 I met a gal who's children were allergic to nuts, they could not even eat soy (fatal Allergy)... Be careful even with soy... I met a gal who's children were allergic to nuts, they could not even eat soy (fatal Allergy)… Be careful even with soy…

]]> By: Kristie http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/04/30/nut-allergies/comment-page-1/#comment-6142 Kristie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:02:17 +0000 http://blog.healthyeats.com/?p=4854#comment-6142 I want to say Thank You for your article!! My daughter is Deathly allergic to ALL nuts, peanuts, coconut- which actually is not a nut, and shellfish. Even the smell of a nut in the air is enough to put her into anaphylactic shock and even kill her. The ignorance of some people hurts people like my daughter everyday. And as a parent I get VERY frustrated with their ignorance. Thats why articles like this and panels of people talking about this subject is such a help. Also the peanutallergy.com website or the <a href="http://www.foodallergy.org" target="_blank">www.foodallergy.org</a> are great places to find more information. Please if some one at work or at school is allergic take death into consideration and keep your nuts to yourself!! I want to say Thank You for your article!! My daughter is Deathly allergic to ALL nuts, peanuts, coconut- which actually is not a nut, and shellfish. Even the smell of a nut in the air is enough to put her into anaphylactic shock and even kill her. The ignorance of some people hurts people like my daughter everyday. And as a parent I get VERY frustrated with their ignorance. Thats why articles like this and panels of people talking about this subject is such a help. Also the peanutallergy.com website or the http://www.foodallergy.org are great places to find more information. Please if some one at work or at school is allergic take death into consideration and keep your nuts to yourself!!

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