Severe Peanut Allergy and tree nuts
I have a severe peanut allergy and looking at doing the trail next year and would love to see what people recommend I look into for food since I can't get my protein from nuts.
Are you saying you're allergic to nuts, because you're allergic to peanuts? The peanut is not an actual NUT, rather it's actually a legume, i.e. like a bean.
I've heard a lot about peanut allergies and I never thought about it, but that doesn't mean you're allergic to nuts, right? Seems like if anything you're chances would be higher to be allergic to some other type legume or bean.
Nevermind, I guess you do have to worry about tree nuts http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitn...t_allergy.htmlOriginally Posted by Pedaling Fool
I am severely allergic to Peanuts and have to carry and Epipen and allergic to tree nuts but not severely.
I have a severe cashew and pistachio allergy. Snack-wise, you could do sunflower seeds/dried fruit/granola/jerky. For meals, quinoa or black bean dishes are great options that have protein.
Walnuts I'm allergic to, pecans not so much, go figur.
What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts?
Sesame treats are awesome! Grew up eatin' them damn things, love em!
Beer nuts are a buck twenty-five ...Deer nuts are under a buck :-)
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Check out http://Candicefoods.com, they make nut free energy bars that actually taste good.
Expensive as hell, but another protein bar option can be found at http://bricksbars.com though at what point do you just pack some jerky?
And if you have a nut allergy I assume you are familiar with Sun Butter, stuff is awesome.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
I have a peanut allergy also and I thru hiked in 2013, only thing it meant for me was I couldn't eat the Snickers or Reeses that were in the trail magic! Food wise I ate plenty of quinoa, couscous, oatmeal and, of course stuffing my face in town!
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My husband doesn't eat any kind of nuts (not allergic, just hates them). Protein was in cheese, sausage, spam, tuna, salmon, chicken, milk, and deli meats. If you're vegetarian or vegan, then it's harder. Snacks are usually nutless GORP (raisins, craisins and chocolate or butterscotch or M&Ms), dried fruit, chocolate bars, granola bars.
Due to allergies in the Pre-school where my daughter teaches, they use Sunbutter, though she says a lot of kids are not thrilled by it. Maybe you can see if they have a single size ample you can try
Sun Butter is great. I doubt, in a blind taste test, the majority of people could tell the difference.
So in other words, GOR?
How about pumpkin seeds, and lentils have the same amount of protein as peanut butter. also greek style yogurt has the same amount for weight you will need to find it freeze dried which is not easy.
Check out this place. My son is severely allergic to nuts/tree nuts as well.
http://www.mygerbs.com/
You just have to avoid nuts, and things made in facilities that handle nuts (many candy bars, etc)
You can eat everything else . Oatmeal, poptarts, breakfast pastries, many cookies and crackers, cereal, nido, jerky, tortillas, tuna, humus, refried beans, soup mixes, beef sticks, cheese, pasta dinners, little debbie snacks, chocolate, dried fruit, precooked bacon, etc
Im not a big fan of the sun butter, but some scouts liked it in our crew at philmont, my son was one.
Last edited by MuddyWaters; 09-29-2015 at 07:51.
I prefer Wowbutter to Sun butter, but my son won't eat either since it is too much like peanut butter. But sunbutter has small serving packs and wowbutter is jars only so you have to repack. If I go without the family it's all about the MRE peanut butter, just for old times.
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