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angiosperms- t1_j257iud wrote

Why not just update packaging requirements instead of picking and choosing? They shouldn't be able to hide shit under "natural flavors"

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Chen__Bot t1_j25eua0 wrote

Natural flavors is what they are allowed to describe Stevia, instead of calling it what it is - Stevia. Totally ridiculous on the part of our government.

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whatistheformat t1_j28hti8 wrote

> They shouldn't be able to hide shit under "natural flavors"

This is one of my pet peeves. Agree 100%. Even sugar can sneak into this category.

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shewy92 t1_j2e6rsx wrote

Isn't that why they advertise "no added sugar" though since fruits are pretty sugary?

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pointlessone t1_j25ep8t wrote

People can be allergic to sesame? Man, that's rough, it's in so many foods!

Every time I hear of a new food allergy I'm thankful I don't have any. Bravo for labeling things to help keep folks safer out there.

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zerobeat t1_j25j5g7 wrote

Yeah it hides in a lot of places. The bad part is - at least from the two people I know who are allergic to it - that the reactions people have can be very bad and life threatening to even very small amounts.

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pointlessone t1_j25kg9y wrote

I'm just thinking about how many different names it's got depending on how it's prepared and how many things use sesame oil as a flavoring. From the sounds of other folks in the thread, it can be as extreme of reaction as peanuts, and I'd never even heard of it being an issue until now. Food allergies are wild.

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glassedupclowen t1_j271b8l wrote

try having garlic and onion allergies. :(

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ProjectDA15 t1_j275c6i wrote

i have met 2 people who were allergic to garlic and onions. 1 was also allergic to gluten, soy, and a few other things. i was cooking food at a larping even and offered extras to people around me. the only thing in my rice they could was the rice itself, but it was already mixed by then.

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glassedupclowen t1_j27s1uw wrote

lol, i would have been the person who couldn't eat the rice either. you never realize how common a lot of foods are until you have an allergy to them.

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No_Creme7203 t1_j291lb1 wrote

May I ask what symptoms you have when you eat garlic or onions?

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glassedupclowen t1_j2a34j5 wrote

bladder pain (just onion), digestive upset, stomach pain, and a red face with edema, and sometimes congestion. i don't eat them very often!

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DM_Me_Corgi_Butts t1_j25wv0o wrote

Yes, it’s awful. I’m not anaphylactic, yet anyway but still something to be avoided.

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worldbound0514 t1_j27oh3z wrote

Just about every Chinese restaurant is out if you are allergic to sesame.

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Jeramus t1_j274fvd wrote

We found out my kid was allergic to sesame after they are some hummus around one year old. It was a little scary, fortunately we have never need to inject epinephrine.

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Little_Rii t1_j2aigbi wrote

I’ll get anaphylaxis from sesame, which bars me from about half of the eastern hemisphere’s food. It really is a sneaky one!

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DeerWhisperer1 t1_j256gz9 wrote

Thank f’ing god. FINALLY.

Son will stop breathing in under 10 minutes from 1 sesame seed. This is a blessing, will be required to list it out.

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yawetag12 t1_j26hwtu wrote

Are you concerned about the news of many manufacturers just adding sesame to their product, simply because it's easier to list the allergen than prevent cross-contamination?

I hope your options for food don't become too low.

Edit: sources.

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dragonmuse t1_j258dlg wrote

I got an exam question wrong because I was insistent sesame was a major allergen. Daughters pediatrician was telling me about she sees sesame allergy frequently now when we discussing introducing allergens at 6m.

Hopeful this helps those with sesame allergies out.

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sweetpeapickle t1_j25bfuy wrote

Lol, this reminds me of the recertification I took 2 years ago. They had listed almond under nuts along with walnuts, pistachios, cashews. I stared at the screen & was stuck all because I knew almond should not be listed there. I'm like I should know because I am allergic to the rest, but not to almond because it's not a tree nut. I did email our state's health & my health inspector, never heard anything.

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mottman t1_j260t5k wrote

Wait. Don't almonds grow on trees?

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HardlyDecent t1_j265snz wrote

They do, but like cashews and pistachios, almonds are technically drupes--not tree nuts.

Drupes are fleshy fruits (like peaches) that have a nut-like shelled seed inside.

edit: spelling

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spongebue t1_j26dnl6 wrote

Holy crap, this probably explains why I get sick when I eat a bunch of almonds but cashews and everything else are totally fine!

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HardlyDecent t1_j270zcd wrote

Well, almonds are in the same category as those things.

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spongebue t1_j27dhmw wrote

Oh wait, I thought you said "unlike" those nuts. Well then...

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sweetpeapickle t1_j297gt8 wrote

Think of a peach, same category. Technically it is a seed. You still need to shell them, which is why some tend to put them in with a regular nut. Even though it is not.

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protoopus t1_j265dro wrote

it is a drupe rather than a nut; think "apricot seed."

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SideburnSundays t1_j27asez wrote

News like this always makes me wonder:

  • How does humanity survive with so many allergens?

  • Why so many new allergens in the last ~20 years? Better diagnostics, or were these allergies not a thing 20 years ago?

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MidLifeHalfHouse t1_j27ymc5 wrote

>these allergies not a thing 20 years ago?

This. The younger you are, the more likely you have a food allergy.

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scummy_shower_stall t1_j28iw1o wrote

I’ve heard it’s related to the fact that the younger generation aren’t as exposed to nature as much on the one hand, but also chemicals in housing on the other. I know here in Japan, in the last few years, allergies are suddenly spiking.

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shewy92 t1_j2e78wi wrote

> How does humanity survive with so many allergens? > >

They adapt or die. Nowadays it's easier to adapt but that's because of modern medicine and food safety practices. You were SOL and at the whims of Darwin's survival of the fittest back in the old days though

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stvrkillr t1_j274jb2 wrote

It will be funny when we’ve fixed climate change but can’t eat food any more

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PopularRepublic9 t1_j256mqf wrote

More like better recognition of allergies. Maybe you don’t know this but allergies aren’t a sign of kids becoming weaker

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j25ejm7 wrote

You do realize if kids are all of a sudden developing more allergies, then yes, they are getting "weaker" in a sense, right?

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sharaq t1_j267epn wrote

Yes, and your great grandpa probably had forearms like Popeye and we're just on reddit. As a society we've moved away from trying to breed exclusively perfect human specimens for about 80 years now.

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pegothejerk t1_j258mh8 wrote

Which if you dig deeper than “kids today” appears to be caused by a lack of exposure to essential microbes, too much exposure to pollution, a lack of vitamin D, drastic dietary changes from mass produced foods. Microbial diversity and vitamin d issues might not be so bad if we didn’t build cities to literally be difficult to exist in without a car, there are ridiculous laws that require three times the space of a building’s footprint for parking, there’s a severe lack of bike paths, of parks, of pedestrian walkways, and the gun culture has made going outside extremely undesirable thanks to the perceived risks associated with gun violence and the fear mongering media outlets and political think tanks push on everyone today. So it seems worshipping money (poverty caused by greed), oil & gas and power structures are more to blame than just “kids today”. If only they felt safe, if only their parents had living wages, and if only they had the infrastructure to play outside so they could process away those allergies in their early years.

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MidLifeHalfHouse t1_j27zfde wrote

Spot on. Not only did society just forget that polio taught us how awesome vaccines are, polio taught us how helpful germs can be too. And now we’ll be getting zombie viruses from global warming. Good times. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/polio.html

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scummy_shower_stall t1_j28jh3z wrote

That was a fascinating read, thank you! The bit about polio survivors getting the symptoms again when they’re older makes me wonder if it’s like the chickenpox herpes virus that re-emerges as shingles when the person gets weak or worn down. Maybe the virus just lays dormant for decades.

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