Danita, if you see this,please email me. I need Arbonne. Thank you. I'm not sure I have your current email address.

I have a friend who has food allergies and she shops at Trader Joe's. She can't live without them. Do you want me to see what the great items are that she buys?

Danita, I'm thinking you need to get ahold of some of your favorite spices to jazz up your food. They make such a difference.

And by the way, last time I saw you, it didn't look like you needed to lose weight!

Are you going to Vegas?

Danita, thanks for the link, on my behalf, as well as my grans... I forwarded the link to my daughter who has three younguns with allergies, one has severe reactions to nuts.

Danita
I had a blood test for allergies about 7 years ago and share a few of your allergies -- yeast and cane sugar. Add eggs to my list, so that eliminates almost all baked goods.

My husband is allergic to cows' milk.

Actually, it's been fine. Get sourdough bread -- it's made without yeast, but with a starter -- you have to read the labels. There's also some brands of fajitas made without yeast.

What amazes me is how many products include sugar -- soup, sauces and even chicken bullion!!!! There are many products made with beet sugar and other sweeteners, including the Endangered Species brand of chocolate, by the way, but sometimes you don't know if it's cane or not, so I just avoid it.

We found a rice butter (better than soy butter), and there's also something called Earth Balance which is like butter. There's a good brand of goat yogurt and lots of great goat and sheep cheeses. I use Pecorino Romano instead of parmesan. It helps if you have health food stores, or Whole Foods, or Trader Joes in your area, but you can find certain things in the chain grocery stores.

Blood tests are much more accurate than skin allergy tests for food allergies. And after a while, you can test out a food to see if you still have a bad reaction. Sometimes you can add foods back. The most important thing I learned was that you shouldn't eat the same thing day after day after day (which might me hwo allergies sart), but wait 2-3 days before repeating.