A substitute for people with allergies to whole wheat bread

Submitted by Guest Writer on 22 March, 2006 - 6:50pm

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I would love to eat whole wheat bread and reap the benefits of its many nutritional components, however, I am terribly allergic to whole wheat bread, and for that matter most grains, bran, etc. I am not however allergic to white bread. Do you know of any substitute for people with allergies or any way to gain the nutritional benefit of whole wheat bread without actually eating it.

sensitivity to bran

Submitted by Anonymous Guest (not verified) on 7 January, 2009 - 12:18am.

So many of us have eaten processed foods, number 1 being white flour:in which this has occured for generations leaving our body sensitive to the bran in whole grains. If you are one who is trying to use whole grains try the hard white wheat verses the hard red wheat it has less bran making it easier to digest. Most people have been able to use this straight across with out any problems. If you are still nervous slowly build up your body to the use of whole grains using half white flour half whole wheat gradually increasing more whole grain until accostume to the use of whole grains.

hokum

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on 29 April, 2011 - 2:35am.

You cannot reduce sensitivity to an allergen by "slowly building up" exposure to it. On the contrary, this will *increase* sensitivity. At the end of that road lies anaphylactic shock.

(Don't believe it? Go roll in a little more poison ivy every day and see if you stop getting the rash.)

"slowly building up"

Submitted by Crystal Quintanilla (not verified) on 16 March, 2012 - 8:28pm.

I hate to tell you all this but my 6yr old son's Allergist and Ped have had me introducing corn, choc.,and tomatoes to his diet a few times a week. To "BUILD HIS TOLERANCE AND IMMUNITY" to these items.. I am planning on talking to him about adding the whole wheat to his diet. To prevent the headaches I can through with his school. They are confused: everything I send for lunch they have an issue.. IE Chicken Nuggets,or fried chicken, and refuse to allow him to eat it. But at the same time I can't send a sandwich because they say he can't be allergic to whole wheat it is all wheat.. My Ped. nor allergist don't know what they are talking about.. But I do know 2 yrs. ago my son could NOT eat corn and now twice a week he gets 2-4 tablespoons and has NO problems at all...

Children can outgrow

Submitted by allergictoeverything (not verified) on 3 May, 2012 - 9:43pm.

Children can outgrow allergies, however Adults are more than likely not able to do so. There is a tremendous amount of information out there about allergies, yet no one can seem to find common ground about the exact causes and reasons for reactions to occur, or why they may come or go. At the age of 24 I had my first severe allergic reaction to food, 3 years later I'm still attempting to figure out what triggers my symptoms. At the end of my last food testing I was allergic to 50 of the 73 foods I was tested for. Different doctors will have different opinions about allergies in general. I agree that as a child they can build a tolerance...as an adult, I don't believe that you can.

Grain substitutes

Submitted by Angela (not verified) on 28 March, 2006 - 10:58am.

White and sweet potato is usually recommended to those people who are intolerant to wheat. However, if you are intolerant to most grains, you need to check with your doctor and follow a rotation diet for some time to find the substitutes that would be right for you. You may adopt a diet based on fresh fruit, vegetables and nuts as well as grain substitutes like, for example, soy or chestnut flour.