Posted by jeffreyms on March 4, 2005, at 20:53:34
In reply to Re: question on fish oil and allergies. Please hel, posted by MaryT on March 1, 2005, at 22:28:00
Hi Mary!
Thanks for posting. I'm not sure about your question but I am currently taking high dose fish oil on a daily basis and I haven't noticed any reactions yet. It seems to be helping me a great deal as far as mood and stress levels so i'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can continue taking it. I would obviously much rather take something that has far reaching short and long term positive health benefits than taking drugs that don't really solve the problem just temporarily cover it up.Pepsi? I'm really allergic to caffiene so that's a big no no for me. I'm surprised you can tolerate it. Pure water makes me feel great. Catfish i stared eating after i found out i was "allergic" to just about everything i normally ate and i always hated fish. Now I try to have catfish at least once a week. I cook it with olive oil and cover it with Louisiana hot sauce and I love it and it makes me feel great.
The bigest problem i have is having the discipline to stick to the diet because i have cravings for carbs and especially breads and sweets that is so strong that i have not been able to give them up. I'm hoping that now that the fish oil is helping me that I might be able to stick to the diet. Most of the time I was eating breads and sweets to alleviate the depressiion and\or anxiety and the fish oil seems to be helping a great deal in that regard.
Anyway good luck, I know how challenging this problem can be. Please let us know if anything has helped you.
Kindest Regards, Jeff> hi - I'm new to this chat room thing, so please bear with me! I am so excited to find out that I am NOT the only person in the world who is allergic to everything God and man ever created! I also am so restricted in my diet, by patch tests, elimination diets, etc over the past 24 years, I am now down to only being able to eat extra lean ground beef, minute rice, cranberry juice and pepsi.I can sometimes sneak in a few bites of catfish, if I take benadryl with it. A lot of the reactions are like food poisoning. Whether or not they are allergies or intolerances at this point doesn't even matter, really. My symptoms will vary between respiratory or digestive, but will always be the same with the same foods. Now I have several 3 inch thick medical records in almost every clinic in the hospital, because I am a physical mess. (I also have depression problems, but that's for later discussion.) Anyway, the question I have been trying to find an answer to is "If a person is allergic to all seafoods, will that person have a reaction to fish oils?" I read the one post that said allergic reactions are caused by proteins, but more than one of my physicians - and I am fortunate to have the "best of the best" where I am - say that a person can be allergic to a food product at any point in the chemical breakdown of that food. But none of them have the answer to this question, even my allergist. So I guess the better way to ask the question is "Has anyone else out there who is allergic to all seafood been able to tolerate fish oil capsules?"I have more to post that might help others. Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this one!
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