I want to discuss "nutrition to consider" regarding grass allergies. I was made aware of this after doing a food allergy test and talking with my doctor. My food allergy test came back with some predicted and unpredicted results. I'm part Alaska Native, my sister and dad have dairy allergies, and it was no surprise that I had markers for dairy. Very unfortunate since I like cheese. That's a predicted allergy. What was unpredicted was the allergies to various grains, sugar, potato, peaches, melon, oranges, tomato, and celery. I didn't realize you could be allergic to these particular things.
What do these foods all have in common? They're all related to grass. SURPRISING! They are botanically related and can cause oral allergy symptoms, which can result in inflammation inside the body. Inflammation can put a damper on your ability to burn fat and gain muscle. When it comes down to it, my sister has bad grass allergies; I guess its no stretch that I would too.
Grass allergy symptoms tend to flare up when grass or hay is mowed or if you spend time around grass or hay. The symptoms include: watery eyes, itchy eyes and throat, runny nose, sneezing, shortness of breath, coughing, or wheezing. External symptoms can include a rash, welts, and itchiness.
Grass Allergy? Avoid these foods.
Grains (wheat, rice, corn, buckwheat, oats, etc) [these are types of edible grass]
Cane Sugar [type of edible grass]
Potato
Peaches
Melon
Oranges
Tomato
Celery
Bamboo [giant type of grass]
When I made the cut to not eat these foods, I saw (very quickly) a drastic change in my ability to burn additional fat and increase my lean body mass. I was so surprised. I just felt...better. I don't know if I noticed any definite feeling or gas or any particular thing. I just started feeling better overall and that occurred within about 3 days.
If you suspect you may have a grass allergy, you can have an in/outdoor allergy test done and you can additionally have a food allergy test done. When I went in to talk to my doctor about my results, he was looking at things in related blocks of information. He was able to look at the foods that showed up as being issues and determined that it must be an overall grass allergy issue. My nutritionist suggested that I could possibly have these foods in small doses, but not together and with days between. That means, if I wanted melon on Monday, then I should wait until Friday or Saturday to have a piece of toast.
It just might be easier to avoid it altogether.
Read nutrition labels. Avoid these foods. Your trust may wane on food you don't prepare yourself.
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