chocolate allergy/intolerance???

Question

I have always suffered with headaches, gum itching and throat soreness after eating chocolate (so nice though!) and on one occassion after eating 8 creme eggs my throat started closing up and I had to go to hospital. It seems more the amount I eat which causes the reaction, or any type of galaxy which swells my throat up and makes it incredibly sore no matter how small a piece I eat. I have finally begun to accept the relationship between me and chocolate is not meant to be. I had a blood test to check for allergy and it came back 'borderline????'' and my doctor said I should avoid it. But I am confused and wondered why it is there does not appear to be a full blown allergy, but why it has the potential to react severely, but does not do it every time. I am totally confused
Does anyone have any knowledge of this sort of stuff??

Answer 1

it sounds like an allergic reaction. The gum itching tells me it's a toxin that got into your bloodtream. The headaches tell me it's a neurotoxin. The throat soreness plus the other 2 symptoms tell me it's a combination of MSG and toxin (probably insecticide used on cocoa beans). Your allergy will come and go inconsistently because your body is constantly trying to excrete the toxin and MSG from your body causing the levels of toxin and msg to fall and rise. But another confusing factor is you can be getting msg from other foods, most likely junk foods and canned foods and potato chips. You should test yourself for MSG allergy or intolerance by eliminating MSG from your diet. MSG is a food additive in many foods. Sometimes they call it a "flavor enhancer". Some doctors call it an "excitiotoxin". You can check the food container labels list of ingredients to see if MSG is listed, but the best way to eliminate MSG is to eat only produce, thereby cutting out all processed foods that come in cans, bottles, boxes, or bags. If you're interested in more information, read the book "In Bad Taste"

Answer 2

Symptoms Of Chocolate Allergy

Answer 3

Chocolate Allergy Symptoms

Answer 4

I'm positive its an allergy. I have a milk allergy.. I think... (lol see my question) but your symptoms most definetly point to allergy. Symptems often vary depending on how much of the food you eat, and even how healthy you are from day to day. If your throat closes up often, then yeah, I would eat less chocolate. (I won't say no chocolate, since i'm a chocolate addict myself and know total avoidance is unlikely.) If/when you get bad symptoms such as your throat swelling, take benadryl. Especially if it gets to the point of being an emergency, anything will do, even children's liquid Benadryl, just as long as it gets in your system.
As to whether its an allergy or an intollerance, as i said i assume its an allergy, although i've never heard of chocolate intolerance. Intolerance usually implies that your body is missing some sort of enzyme, but as far as I know there's no enzyme for processing chocolate.
If you're really curious, try looking up nut allergy's. Chocolate comes from cocoa beans (obviously), but that means that the symptoms and allergy might be simular.
Hope this helped :)

Answer 5

Skin testing is more accurate than blood testing. But having said that, food testing is not 100% accurate as compared to testing for dust, animals, pollens.

The best way to determine if you have an allergy to food is a challenge test where you remove the food from your diet for and then slowly reintroduce it in small quantities several weeks later.

Unfortunately, if you are experiencing symptoms then you have an allergy to chocolate.

Severity of allergies are generally rated on a scale of 0-5. Zero meaning not allergic and 5 meaning severe.

The reason you are borderline is because your allergy to chocolate is very mild. People can have different levels of reactions to different allergens. I have numerous allergies ranging from borderline to severe. If I eat something that I have a mild allergy to it will make me "uncomfortable" but if I eat something that I am severely allergic to it could mean a trip to the hospital. The body registers different allergens at different threat levels just like any warning system.

As for why sometimes you react and other times you do not or why the amount consumed makes a difference, the best way to explain it is as this: Your body's immunity changes on a daily basis depending on how well you have slept, ate, and your general overall health. On days when our immunity is high, our body has an easier time dealing with offending allergens resulting in less visible reactions. But if our bodies are already stressed and overloaded, eating something we are allergic to even in small quantities can overwhelm our already tired bodies resulting in a more severe reaction. The same goes for how much we consume, the more our bodies have to fight the bigger the reaction.

Answer 6

Perhaps it's the other ingredients in the chocolate that are causing you to have reactions.

I'm an extremely sensitive person to everything and would suggest trying raw organic cocoa made with only natural sweeteners like agava, liquid stevia extract, dates, coconut butter, goji berries, maca and Mesquite.

I think you will find these raw chocolates a whole lot different than dead chemical chocolates.

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Answer 7

Sometimes allergy tests are not completely accurate. I am allergic to several things that do not show up.
Get carob candy. It tastes similar to chocolate and you should have no problems with it.