Im allergic to imitation food products! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

chasinthesun · #1 10-30-2013, 10:47 AM

If everyone would claim this as an allergy we might actually reverse the food industrys products being sold to us,just a thought.Details of what other countries eat as their regular diet of natural foods seems much more healthier for our bodies than some lab induced chemical which was labeled safe for consumption in small doses by another lab tech,probably in the same building.I tested this question and got SOME reaction from a BURGER KING manager this morning when requesting an order from their drivethru ,she gave me a website and told me she could not serv me due to the unsure knowledge of my allergy. It seemed well handeled and sounded much like a scripted piece of corporate letter head.It would be intersting to test this across the country and see what other reactions might come across from your local restuarant or chain.

rs899 · #2 10-30-2013, 10:55 AM

^^ the reaction will be higher prices. This is even though they forgot to lower them when they began poisoning us to fatten their bottom line.

SwampYankee · #3 10-30-2013, 11:17 AM

Unfortunately the majority doesn't care. I do to a point, but convenience takes over sometimes.

aklim · #4 10-30-2013, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chasinthesun

If everyone would claim this as an allergy we might actually reverse the food industrys products being sold to us,just a thought.Details of what other countries eat as their regular diet of natural foods seems much more healthier for our bodies than some lab induced chemical which was labeled safe for consumption in small doses by another lab tech,probably in the same building.I tested this question and got SOME reaction from a BURGER KING manager this morning when requesting an order from their drivethru ,she gave me a website and told me she could not serv me due to the unsure knowledge of my allergy. It seemed well handeled and sounded much like a scripted piece of corporate letter head.It would be intersting to test this across the country and see what other reactions might come across from your local restuarant or chain.

If you don't want to eat it, don't. Don't simply hold up the line for others just because you are bored or have nothing more productive to do with your life.

What did you expect the manager to do? Pander to your crap and waste more time on a non-paying customer? I'd have cut my losses and moved on to the next guy like she did.

Nobody put a gun to your head and made you order. I don't buy natural foods. I eat Twinkies all day long. Should I be going to your store and waste the employee's time? They have a job to do which doesn't involve working with some self righteous clown with nothing better to do with their lives.

JamesDean · #5 10-30-2013, 12:31 PM

I dont quite understand the allergy..

I don't think that all imitation foods would consist, chemically speaking, of the same components?

Idle · #6 10-30-2013, 01:47 PM

In 1973 I developed an allergy to a food product that cause swelling of my lips and large red hives all over my body. No Doctor could determine the cause, but the drug Benadryl, which was available then only through a Doctor's orders, provided some relief.

This persisted for months, breaking out at random times.

One day I was sitting in a Coffee Shop and saw an attractive young woman with a swollen lip and some hives on her arm. I went over and introduced myself and told her of my problem. I asked if she knew of a cause.

Her answer was no, and she was a member of a wealthy Dallas family who had access to the best of medical care. We decided to keep in touch and work on the problem together.

After some research and record keeping we noticed that the outbreaks were the most severe after eating at McDonald's. Then we tracked them to the Big Mac, and from there we broke apart the Big Mac to the individual components. The cause was the cheese.

McDonald's was less than forthcoming about the source of their cheese, so we started buying cheese, eating it, and waiting for a reaction. We finally hit when we purchased imitation cheese.

By now we had both enlisted others we had approached, so we had a sample of around twenty subjects. All of us avoided imitation cheese, which meant avoiding cheese of any type when dining out, and all of us saw the symptoms vanish.

About this time McDonald's was the subject of a lawsuit over their 'Secret Sauce' as it was thought to be the cause of the outbreak. We were not a party to this suit, which seemed to just go away, but McDonald's did make some changes in their food sources, or at least they said they were going to.

So yes, imitation food can cause allergies. Sadly the only way to determine the chemical you are allergic to is research.

aklim · #7 10-30-2013, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Idle

In 1973 I developed an allergy to a food product that cause swelling of my lips and large red hives all over my body. No Doctor could determine the cause, but the drug Benadryl, which was available then only through a Doctor's orders, provided some relief.

This persisted for months, breaking out at random times.

One day I was sitting in a Coffee Shop and saw an attractive young woman with a swollen lip and some hives on her arm. I went over and introduced myself and told her of my problem. I asked if she knew of a cause.

Her answer was no, and she was a member of a wealthy Dallas family who had access to the best of medical care. We decided to keep in touch and work on the problem together.

After some research and record keeping we noticed that the outbreaks were the most severe after eating at McDonald's. Then we tracked them to the Big Mac, and from there we broke apart the Big Mac to the individual components. The cause was the cheese.

McDonald's was less than forthcoming about the source of their cheese, so we started buying cheese, eating it, and waiting for a reaction. We finally hit when we purchased imitation cheese.

By now we had both enlisted others we had approached, so we had a sample of around twenty subjects. All of us avoided imitation cheese, which meant avoiding cheese of any type when dining out, and all of us saw the symptoms vanish.

About this time McDonald's was the subject of a lawsuit over their 'Secret Sauce' as it was thought to be the cause of the outbreak. We were not a party to this suit, which seemed to just go away, but McDonald's did make some changes in their food sources, or at least they said they were going to.

So yes, imitation food can cause allergies. Sadly the only way to determine the chemical you are allergic to is research.

Your case is physiological. I think the OP is just trying to yank chains.

Diesel911 · #8 10-30-2013, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

If you don't want to eat it, don't. Don't simply hold up the line for others just because you are bored or have nothing more productive to do with your life.

What did you expect the manager to do? Pander to your crap and waste more time on a non-paying customer? I'd have cut my losses and moved on to the next guy like she did.

Nobody put a gun to your head and made you order. I don't buy natural foods. I eat Twinkies all day long. Should I be going to your store and waste the employee's time? They have a job to do which doesn't involve working with some self righteous clown with nothing better to do with their lives.

I don't think any Protest Movement ever accomplished anything without being a Pain it the Butt to what they were protesting against. Like a War there can be Collateral Damage; like the Customers having to wait in line.

There is a chemical that Restaurants use to keep raw Potatoes from turning brown and keep Salads Greener while they are sitting in the Cooler and so on.
That particular Chemical can trigger Asthma Attacks.

On the TV show about the above Chemical in a Restaurant they were actually dipping every slice of Potato in the Chemical!

If you go to a Restaurant and ask them if they use that Chemical they will say yes or no. The problem is when the say NO they Person no they don't use that Chemical does not really know that is true.

During the process of making the Film/TV show about that the Narrator died from an Asthma Attack after the Restaurant person told Her that they did not use that Chemical; when in fact they did use that Chemical on what She ate.

Diesel911 · #9 10-30-2013, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Your case is physiological. I think the OP is just trying to yank chains.

How can you prove that?
A Physiologist or Psychiatrist would have the Patient do a series of Allergy Tests to see what the truth is.

I have limited Medical Training to the Extent that I was Medic in the Army and still Maintain My State License to be a Respiratory Therapist.

But, from what I was taught People have Allergies of all kinds. Some go unnoticed while others are life threatening.

My Wife works as a Pre-school Teacher and they are frequently reminded of the possible Food Allergies the Kits might have.

Beside being allergic to natural and synthetic stuff a Person can be come suddenly allergic to things they had not previously been Allergic to.

So you can eat Big Macs for 40 years with no issues and one day take one bite and swallow it, have an Allergic reaction and die with in a few minutes.

aklim · #10 10-31-2013, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

I don't think any Protest Movement ever accomplished anything without being a Pain it the Butt to what they were protesting against. Like a War there can be Collateral Damage; like the Customers having to wait in line.

Much like the Unibomber wanted an audience to read his drivel? I mean, for every Rosa Parks, you can find another guy who says "I can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs".

I don't care if you want to protest something. Don't drag others into it.

aklim · #11 10-31-2013, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

A Physiologist or Psychiatrist would have the Patient do a series of Allergy Tests to see what the truth is.

And you think the Burger King manager is either and can engage you in a lively debate? I agree you can suddenly develop an allergy, much like I developed being lactose intolerant late in life while I was drinking milk in my youth like it was going out of style, as they say. However, it is pretty difficult to say that it is a physical issue as opposed to a "yank your chain" issue when reading the OP's post.

First thing would be to go get tested and AFAIK, Burger King or any other restaurant is hardly the place other than to get food samples. Eat the food and see what happens, sure. Asking the manager questions he has no answer for is hardly the right thing to do. I support the pro-life people when they march on the sidewalk to protest abortions that they don't agree with. I do not support their lying on the road to block others trying to get in, etc, etc. I'm sure that they too are in a war and you just happen to be the collateral damage. Don't make me part of your issue is all I am saying.

elchivito · #12 10-31-2013, 05:12 AM

Eating real food, rather than industrially prepared food-like substances, is probably a good idea.
You can fight the big dogs, or you can make the personal decision not to touch that shlt and take responsibility for your own health. Nobody is forced to eat their poison.

rs899 · #13 10-31-2013, 06:22 AM

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Nobody is forced to eat their poison.

No, but it sure is darned inconvenient and difficult to avoid the garbage. And we have the distinct honor and privledge of paying more for real food now.

Even then , when something says it's organic, I really have my doubts.....

elchivito · #14 10-31-2013, 07:53 AM

Avoiding fast food is easy. You just don't buy it.
Avoiding processed food in the grocery store takes a bit more work as it means that you'll have to -gasp- actually cook something.
As long as easy fast and cheap are your main criteria in food selection, expect to eat poison.

aklim · #15 10-31-2013, 08:22 AM

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No, but it sure is darned inconvenient and difficult to avoid the garbage.

And we have the distinct honor and privledge of paying more for real food now.

Even then , when something says it's organic, I really have my doubts.....

Mexican food is all around me. I don't like Mexican food. I don't go in. Pretty simple. Life is rough for snobs, isn't it?

So Yugo made my MB more expensive?

Research before you buy if it is that important to you.