Veganism and allergies

[Ripcoil]

Hello all,

as most of you I am trying to becoming a more refined, healthy person and have decided I want to try a vegan lifestyle as soon as I get a place to live again (it's soon, I feel it). The only thing I feel will keep me from this is the fact that I'm allergic to almost everything raw a vegan is allowed to eat, and I can't even put soy milk in my food even if I prepare (cook), it makes me swell anyway and I have a hard time breathing. I've considered getting rid of these allergies through meditation and the power of imagination but I don't feel my brain is able to concentrate that good just yet.

So does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get rid of these allergies? I've read a little about alkaline-food diets and stuff like that but I thought I'd ask here if anyone had the same problem and perhaps had some suggestions as to how to deal with it?

<3

[secrets0stolen]

So you are allergic to *all* fruits and vegetables?

(Btw, you don't have to eat soy on a vegan diet, in fact, most people are better without it)

[Ripcoil]

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

So you are allergic to *all* fruits and vegetables?

(Btw, you don't have to eat soy on a vegan diet, in fact, most people are better without it)

Well, apart from citrus-fruits (lemon, oranges, etc.), banana and grapes all other fruits (unless there's a fruit I forgot), and most raw vegetables. I mean, I could just prepare everything I eat but if I'm somewhere where I can't cook the vegetables then I have to eat something else probably non-vegan and that kinda ruins the whole vegan idea.

Oh? What do you recommend as a milk replacement then? I can only think of soy milk as that's what my vegan ex-girlfriend used.

[Lena Carpenter]

Yep, you don't need soy. What exactly are you allergic to and how do you know?

[Lena Carpenter]

OK, you were writing above post at the same time. What do you eat now? You don't really need milk replacement, but if you enjoy milk, then you can use rice milk, almond milk (home made is really yummy), hazelnut milk, hemp milk, and maybe other things I can't think of.

How do you know that you are allergic to all those things? I would make sure you alkalize well, as a lot of allergies are caused by acidic body. When I went raw vegan, my soy allergy went away. Just to clarify I did elimination diet to figure out that it was soy, and I would always get a really itchy rash on my fingers from eating even small amount of soy the next day. When I started eating mostly raw fruits and vegetables, I was able to add unpasteurized soy sauce back into my diet without any effects at all! It might seem like a small detail, but it was a major bothersome condition for me. Anyhow, I'm not saying add in a bunch of stuff, that you are allergic to, but maybe try to eat more alkaline diet and then add things back. Allergy is not a permanent condition.

[Ripcoil]

Originally Posted by Lena Carpenter

Yep, you don't need soy. What exactly are you allergic to and how do you know?

Well, I could make a really long list but I think my previous post explains it pretty good. And I try regularly to eat something I'm allergic to, mostly the fruits I'm not as allergic to as others, and if I still get the reaction I'm quite positive I shouldn't try eating an apple, last time I tried it almost killed me, I couldn't breathe properly for an hour or 2 from a peeled apple "boat-cutout". I really have no idea why I react so badly to it and it's something I developed in my late child years because I weren't allergic to apples when I was like, 8 and younger.

[Lena Carpenter]

What fruits and vegetables you are NOT allergic to? Make a list of those and eat plenty

[RomanHD]

I think you shouldn't go vegan. The vegan diet is pretty monotonous by itself, and with your allergies, you'd just end up eating the same stuff every day. Not only would this bring macro- and micro-nutrient imbalance, it would probably create even more allergies since you would be eating certain foods very often.

Not everything is for everyone. I tried being a vegetarian for 3 months for example. Felt maybe 5% better, but gained a lot of weight and didn't have anything to eat. Screw that, meat for the win

[Bliss Sage]

Originally Posted by Ripcoil

I've considered getting rid of these allergies through meditation and the power of imagination but I don't feel my brain is able to concentrate that good just yet.

So does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get rid of these allergies?
<3

Reiki. If you've considered methods like mind and meditation, then reiki won't seem so outlandish to you. I have reduced and continue to reduce, I think, all of my health issues by treating myself with reiki.

It turns out, the improvements in my health are more a side effect of the reiki I am doing for my emotional problems. I think all of my noted health problems have become weaker, and some are completely gone. These are health problems which I have had for years.

I believe, according to reiki philosophy, all health issues are manifestations of the mind and emotional body. For me, I am my own proof that to energetically heal one body is to heal the other as well (emotional and physical body).

[Ripcoil]

Originally Posted by Lena Carpenter

What fruits and vegetables you are NOT allergic to? Make a list of those and eat plenty

I thought about this but...

Originally Posted by RomanHD

The vegan diet is pretty monotonous by itself, and with your allergies, you'd just end up eating the same stuff every day.

This exactly. :b

Originally Posted by Bliss Sage

Reiki. If you've considered methods like mind and meditation, then reiki won't seem so outlandish to you. I have reduced and continue to reduce, I think, all of my health issues by treating myself with reiki.

This seems very interesting. I've considered going to some kind of healer but I'm very critical towards alternative treaters as they're usually very expensive and everyone can call themselves healer without knowing jack ****. I didn't know where to begin to learn it for myself, but you just gave me the search word, thanks.

Do you have any recommendations as to where to begin? Books, etc.?

[Bliss Sage]

Originally Posted by Ripcoil

This seems very interesting. I've considered going to some kind of healer but I'm very critical towards alternative treaters as they're usually very expensive and everyone can call themselves healer without knowing jack ****. I didn't know where to begin to learn it for myself, but you just gave me the search word, thanks.

Do you have any recommendations as to where to begin? Books, etc.?

First, I recommend learning to do it on yourself. I think paying someone else to do it cannot help nearly as much, because you know your own issues, physical and psychological, best. If you can do it yourself, you can do it at any moment you choose. (I often do it on the subway, for example). In fact, I've noticed one of the best times to do it is right in the moment, when you notice yourself becoming emotionally caught up in some situation.

In the case of reiki, you just need an attunement, and ideally the person giving it will inspire you to use reiki for anything and direct you a bit on how to do that. I was fortunate to have had that (even if I could hardly understand their English and they didn't know what a healing crisis was...) The attunement up to level 2 should not cost more than $400. A level 1 attunement won't do much of anything, but it is necessary to get to level 2.

If you take to reiki, like I did, it will be the best-spent money ever, because it's a tool for a lifetime, for yourself - and, if you want, to heal others as well. It puts your own physical and emotional self-improvement squarely in your own hands.

I bet there must be some reiki masters somewhere in Denmark, especially in Copenhagen. You just need to find a reiki master to give you an attunement.

If afterwards you need guidance on ways to use reiki on yourself, you can pm me.

[Ripcoil]

Originally Posted by Bliss Sage

I bet there must be some reiki masters somewhere in Denmark, especially in Copenhagen. You just need to find a reiki master to give you an attunement.

Yeah I found one but as I expected it's extremely expensive = out of my reach right now, and especially reiki 2, that's almost my whole monthly paycheck, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the help, I'll PM you if I need more.

[Groundless]

Originally Posted by Ripcoil

Hello all,

as most of you I am trying to becoming a more refined, healthy person and have decided I want to try a vegan lifestyle as soon as I get a place to live again (it's soon, I feel it). The only thing I feel will keep me from this is the fact that I'm allergic to almost everything raw a vegan is allowed to eat, and I can't even put soy milk in my food even if I prepare (cook), it makes me swell anyway and I have a hard time breathing. I've considered getting rid of these allergies through meditation and the power of imagination but I don't feel my brain is able to concentrate that good just yet.

So does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get rid of these allergies? I've read a little about alkaline-food diets and stuff like that but I thought I'd ask here if anyone had the same problem and perhaps had some suggestions as to how to deal with it?

<3

Just a thought. If your body is rejecting mostly fruits and vegetable maybe you should not eat them. The benefits of veganism seldom outweight the long-term loss of health. For you it is a short term issue also.