I never had any real food sensitivities until about a month and a half ago. I was on a diet program that was heavy in soy, and I made a shake with Almond milk and it all went down hill from there.
My throat started tingling and it felt like it was closing up on me. I, of course, was in pure panic mode. It was terrible.
At first I just thought that it was the almonds. I didn't eat almonds often, so I figured that they would be to blame. But, when I had a shake a few days later with regular milk, my throat reacted the same way and I knew I had a much bigger problem on my hands.
Truth be told, I wasn't too worried at first. Mainly because I had no idea how much stuff contained soy hidden within it. Once I started looking, I was shocked.
Soy is in everything.
It is in meat because almost all animals are fed some form of soy.
It is in most packaged foods.
It is in chocolate, butter, milk, cream, cheese, waffles, dips, dressings ... well you get the point.
And not only is it in food, but it is in tons of other products as well. Face wash, shampoo, hair dye, makeup...
It's literally everywhere.
It is no understatement to say that this new knowledge that I was bombarded with threw me into a bit of a funk. I was feeling depressed, overwhelmed, hungry and scared to eat anything.
It really came to a head when I ate two crackers while making lunch for the kids and my throat started closing. I piled the kids in the car and headed out for benadryl ... and I had a sever anxiety attack half way there.
Jay had to bring me to the doctors because I honestly thought I was dying. I thought that I was going to stop breathing, black out and crash my car. It was terrible.
The anxiety over what to eat got worse after that, and I am just starting to relax a bit as I have found some foods that I can actually eat.
I am getting back into the swing of cooking everything from scratch, and even then I am having a hard time finding the ingredients that I need.
I am hopeful that it will get easier .... I just hope it happens fast!
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