Food allergies. How do you cope?

Hi!! Whenever I take brinjal,I have iching sensation on my skin. So,I avoid it,by avoiding brinjal.

We foudn out a yr or two ago that my daughter has food allergies....to some of the most common things like corn and corn products (including anything with corn syrup in it which is a VERY common sweetener in MANY foods), soy and soy products (which again is a very common ingredient in many foods), oranges which she LOVES, and chicken which she also loves..she is also allergic to milk and milk products BUT she is NOT lactose intolerant how do we cope...well I switch whatever items I could to things she can have like instead of using vegtable oil I ONLY buy Canola now...instead of buying regular mayo we ONLY buy the Canola brand, we check ingredients and try to avoid foods that have soybean oil or corn syrup in them or at least are at the bottom of the list...we only allow her to have oranges and orange juice as a short treat every few months..the only thing I've had a REALLY difficult time with is the chicken part...Chicken is a very popular meat in this house especially these days with the cost of things being so high.....As for milk, we try to monitor her on that one too....Its far from a perfect system mind you but every little bit counts and helps ya know..

I have LOTS of food allergies. When I was originally tested and stuff there was a book called "If this is Tuesday, this must be chicken." It talks about something called a "rotation diet." My doctor said that he didn't support this book 100%, but it had its valid points. I use the rotation diet to get foods I'm allergic to. Now, I can not add corn into my diet because of the severety of my reaction to it. I also avoid grapes and hollow peppers (hot and sweet) because I don't care for the reactions I have to them. I'll also used the reaction of one food to try and counter another food, for example, the hollow peppers make me constipated and wheat has a mild laxitive reaction. Try avoiding the foods you are reacting to for a month and then eat a small amount to see if you are still reacting. If you are continue to avoid by months and trying the item. If you can find that you can eat it, then you can start seeing if you can eat it like once a week. If that's safe, you may be able to get it down to as little as every 3 or 4 days, tho tomatos are well known to be hard to do that much. I hope this information may help you, and since I've known I've had food allergies for over 30 years I've had a lot of experience with them.