potatoes are in the night shade family. We treat our child with drops from a chemist that build her resistance up to the building blocks of the night shade family. This has drastically reduced her reactions and has also helped her mood swings. We are especially careful of any frozen chicken, chicken broth, or product with a potassium preservative. Basically most prepackaged foods have some form of preservative, potato starch, potato flour. Buy organic or cook your own fresh foods.
I usually order hard cider or plain whiskey (no flavored whiskey or cocktails, which can contain tonic water, which can contain maltodextrin, which as others have mentioned, can be potato...) Wine is usually ok for me.
I also have found that I have to make my own bread (due to yeast or the added B vitamins), can only drink whole milk or have dairy products that have no Vitamin A palminate or other additives, and that I pretty much have reactions every time I eat out or eat food other people have prepared, no matter how particular I am when ordering or how careful the cook is with making my food.
The good news is that even though I have strong reactions when I encounter potato and even other nightshades, over years of being aware of this allergy/intolerence and of making my family, friends, favorite restaurants & others aware of it, I've found that I can eat out with fewer reactions and that my symptoms aren't as bad. Our local grocery store even started making sourdough breads with non-enriched flours and no yeast! I do still react to their breads occasionally--I'm guessing this is because they're not always careful about using separate boards or bowls when making breads with enriched flours--but I can usually eat if with no problems.
A few tips that I don't see already mentioned: Caramel color can also be a problem. Pretty much all ice creams are a problem. A local ice cream place uses only whole milk and whole-food ingredients and I can eat their ice cream & the goat milk ice cream LaLoos, but I react to every other brand...and I've tried them all! MegaFood Vitamin B Complex is the only B supplement I don't react to. Although my naturopathic doctor--who is fantastic in many ways--claims that I shouldn't react to small amounts of potato dirivitives in the supplements he gives me...I do! Trust your judgement and intuition--you know your body--and be your own advocate. Basically, the less ingredients in the food/meal/product, the less likely there will be potato if potato isn't an obvious ingredient. When family and friends ask what to make for me, I suggest meat, vegetables (minus potato, eggplant, peppers or tomatoes, of course) and/or plain rice with with only a simple oil and sea salt & pepper as additions. Sounds boring, but sea salt & pepper can go a long way and white pepper adds a cayenne-like kick if you cook it into foods. Good quality dark chocolate is always a nice dessert, though even with that you have to check the label for flavorings of additives.
Good luck! My encouragement to you is that it's so worth it, even if it feels ridiculously restrictive to follow a potato-free diet. I was diagnosed about 8 years ago & have never felt so healthy in my life as I do now. It's amazing to not be bloated, nauseous, have headaches, acne, fatigue, etc. every single day. Occasional bouts of bad symptoms are so much easier to handle, especially if you can pinpoint what's causing it. It's empowering. And now I actually like food again! For so many years I dreaded eating, because I associated food with all these awful symptoms. And I'm just overall healthier than I've ever been. I wish you the same.
I also have found that I have to make my own bread (due to yeast or the added B vitamins), can only drink whole milk or have dairy products that have no Vitamin A palminate or other additives, and that I pretty much have reactions every time I eat out or eat food other people have prepared, no matter how particular I am when ordering or how careful the cook is with making my food.
The good news is that even though I have strong reactions when I encounter potato and even other nightshades, over years of being aware of this allergy/intolerence and of making my family, friends, favorite restaurants & others aware of it, I've found that I can eat out with fewer reactions and that my symptoms aren't as bad. Our local grocery store even started making sourdough breads with non-enriched flours and no yeast! I do still react to their breads occasionally--I'm guessing this is because they're not always careful about using separate boards or bowls when making breads with enriched flours--but I can usually eat if with no problems.
A few tips that I don't see already mentioned: Caramel color can also be a problem. Pretty much all ice creams are a problem. A local ice cream place uses only whole milk and whole-food ingredients and I can eat their ice cream & the goat milk ice cream LaLoos, but I react to every other brand...and I've tried them all! MegaFood Vitamin B Complex is the only B supplement I don't react to. Although my naturopathic doctor--who is fantastic in many ways--claims that I shouldn't react to small amounts of potato dirivitives in the supplements he gives me...I do! Trust your judgement and intuition--you know your body--and be your own advocate. Basically, the less ingredients in the food/meal/product, the less likely there will be potato if potato isn't an obvious ingredient. When family and friends ask what to make for me, I suggest meat, vegetables (minus potato, eggplant, peppers or tomatoes, of course) and/or plain rice with with only a simple oil and sea salt & pepper as additions. Sounds boring, but sea salt & pepper can go a long way and white pepper adds a cayenne-like kick if you cook it into foods. Good quality dark chocolate is always a nice dessert, though even with that you have to check the label for flavorings of additives.
Good luck! My encouragement to you is that it's so worth it, even if it feels ridiculously restrictive to follow a potato-free diet. I was diagnosed about 8 years ago & have never felt so healthy in my life as I do now. It's amazing to not be bloated, nauseous, have headaches, acne, fatigue, etc. every single day. Occasional bouts of bad symptoms are so much easier to handle, especially if you can pinpoint what's causing it. It's empowering. And now I actually like food again! For so many years I dreaded eating, because I associated food with all these awful symptoms. And I'm just overall healthier than I've ever been. I wish you the same.
I usually order hard cider or plain whiskey (no flavored whiskey or cocktails, which can contain tonic water, which can contain maltodextrin, which as others have mentioned, can be potato...) Wine is usually ok for me.
I also have found that I have to make my own bread (due to yeast or the added B vitamins), can only drink whole milk or have dairy products that have no Vitamin A palminate or other additives, and that I pretty much have reactions every time I eat out or eat food other people have prepared, no matter how particular I am when ordering or how careful the cook is with making my food.
The good news is that even though I have strong reactions when I encounter potato and even other nightshades, over years of being aware of this allergy/intolerence and of making my family, friends, favorite restaurants & others aware of it, I've found that I can eat out with fewer reactions and that my symptoms aren't as bad. Our local grocery store even started making sourdough breads with non-enriched flours and no yeast! I do still react to their breads occasionally--I'm guessing this is because they're not always careful about using separate boards or bowls when making breads with enriched flours--but I can usually eat if with no problems.
A few tips that I don't see already mentioned: Caramel color can also be a problem. Pretty much all ice creams are a problem. A local ice cream place uses only whole milk and whole-food ingredients and I can eat their ice cream & the goat milk ice cream LaLoos, but I react to every other brand...and I've tried them all! MegaFood Vitamin B Complex is the only B supplement I don't react to. Although my naturopathic doctor--who is fantastic in many ways--claims that I shouldn't react to small amounts of potato dirivitives in the supplements he gives me...I do! Trust your judgement and intuition--you know your body--and be your own advocate. Basically, the less ingredients in the food/meal/product, the less likely there will be potato if potato isn't an obvious ingredient. When family and friends ask what to make for me, I suggest meat, vegetables (minus potato, eggplant, peppers or tomatoes, of course) and/or plain rice with with only a simple oil and sea salt & pepper as additions. Sounds boring, but sea salt & pepper can go a long way and white pepper adds a cayenne-like kick if you cook it into foods. Good quality dark chocolate is always a nice dessert, though even with that you have to check the label for flavorings of additives.
Good luck! My encouragement to you is that it's so worth it, even if it feels ridiculously restrictive to follow a potato-free diet. I was diagnosed about 8 years ago & have never felt so healthy in my life as I do now. It's amazing to not be bloated, nauseous, have headaches, acne, fatigue, etc. every single day. Occasional bouts of bad symptoms are so much easier to handle, especially if you can pinpoint what's causing it. It's empowering. And now I actually like food again! For so many years I dreaded eating, because I associated food with all these awful symptoms. And I'm just overall healthier than I've ever been. I wish you the same.
I also have found that I have to make my own bread (due to yeast or the added B vitamins), can only drink whole milk or have dairy products that have no Vitamin A palminate or other additives, and that I pretty much have reactions every time I eat out or eat food other people have prepared, no matter how particular I am when ordering or how careful the cook is with making my food.
The good news is that even though I have strong reactions when I encounter potato and even other nightshades, over years of being aware of this allergy/intolerence and of making my family, friends, favorite restaurants & others aware of it, I've found that I can eat out with fewer reactions and that my symptoms aren't as bad. Our local grocery store even started making sourdough breads with non-enriched flours and no yeast! I do still react to their breads occasionally--I'm guessing this is because they're not always careful about using separate boards or bowls when making breads with enriched flours--but I can usually eat if with no problems.
A few tips that I don't see already mentioned: Caramel color can also be a problem. Pretty much all ice creams are a problem. A local ice cream place uses only whole milk and whole-food ingredients and I can eat their ice cream & the goat milk ice cream LaLoos, but I react to every other brand...and I've tried them all! MegaFood Vitamin B Complex is the only B supplement I don't react to. Although my naturopathic doctor--who is fantastic in many ways--claims that I shouldn't react to small amounts of potato dirivitives in the supplements he gives me...I do! Trust your judgement and intuition--you know your body--and be your own advocate. Basically, the less ingredients in the food/meal/product, the less likely there will be potato if potato isn't an obvious ingredient. When family and friends ask what to make for me, I suggest meat, vegetables (minus potato, eggplant, peppers or tomatoes, of course) and/or plain rice with with only a simple oil and sea salt & pepper as additions. Sounds boring, but sea salt & pepper can go a long way and white pepper adds a cayenne-like kick if you cook it into foods. Good quality dark chocolate is always a nice dessert, though even with that you have to check the label for flavorings of additives.
Good luck! My encouragement to you is that it's so worth it, even if it feels ridiculously restrictive to follow a potato-free diet. I was diagnosed about 8 years ago & have never felt so healthy in my life as I do now. It's amazing to not be bloated, nauseous, have headaches, acne, fatigue, etc. every single day. Occasional bouts of bad symptoms are so much easier to handle, especially if you can pinpoint what's causing it. It's empowering. And now I actually like food again! For so many years I dreaded eating, because I associated food with all these awful symptoms. And I'm just overall healthier than I've ever been. I wish you the same.
they're talking about the dextrose used in hospitals to bring someone's blood sugar up when it crashes
I've been researching this, and Red Star Yeast is the exception.
Hi, how are we supppsed to know if the flour or yeast it whatever in the product has potato in????
Hi there, I know your question was a long time ago, but I get hives badly on my face (I think from potatoes) even my eyelids and eye brows itch like mad!!
You are right. Prepare your own meals using as many whole foods as possible and eat at home. Avoid flavour sachets/mixes of all kinds. Make your own soups, gravies, sauces. Potato starch is used as a free-flow agent in many products. Avoid vodka made from potatoes.
If you are happy to cook at home and read a few labels it's not too hard to avoid potatoes or potato starch. Make yourself familiar with all the names it can have on product labels such as dextrin, flavour enhancer, dried vegetables. I live in NZ and perhaps we are not bombarded by as many pre-mixed, fast food rubbish and substitutes for proper food that some countries have.
If you are happy to cook at home and read a few labels it's not too hard to avoid potatoes or potato starch. Make yourself familiar with all the names it can have on product labels such as dextrin, flavour enhancer, dried vegetables. I live in NZ and perhaps we are not bombarded by as many pre-mixed, fast food rubbish and substitutes for proper food that some countries have.
Bread probably bothers you because yeast is grown on potatoes. Breads with wet yeast are safer. Some flours have potato. Bob's Red Mill flour is potato-free. Also table salt and some sea salts have dextrose as an anti caking agent and to cut the bitter taste of iodine. Dextrose is from potatoes or corn.
I get my food tested by a naturopath. He keeps a spreadsheet of brands. He also tests for gluten, soy, etc. I am now on a version of the paleo diet and it is saving my life. I find it a lot easier and I feel so much better. Good luck!
Well said and thank you. Nice to know I'm not the only one out there!
I get my food tested by a naturopath. He keeps a spreadsheet of brands. He also tests for gluten, soy, etc. I am now on a version of the paleo diet and it is saving my life. I find it a lot easier and I feel so much better. Good luck!
That’s classic allergic cross-reactivity! I have it too. :(
Watch out for hidden potatoes in foods that do not contain the word potato or starch. Some are using it in the manufacturing process (spraying noodles or ground meats to keep the pieces separated), so it is not even listed as an ingredient. Worth browsing the manufacturing sites for potato companies like Abeve to see all the products (and "clean labeling") that are showing up. New uses every month. Potatoes can be gluten-free, vegan, halal, kosher, organic, all-natural and non-GMO. So MANY manufacturers are switching to potato-based products to attract these buyers. Great for folks who are searching for those types of foods, but horrible for us. Paleo folks, watch out because "unprocessed" meats (especially turkey and ground meats) can be pumped or sprayed with potato derivatives and still be listed as 100% meat.
I have been allergic to potatoes since I was 5 I am now 39 and my allergy has gotten worse over the years. I am unable to touch a raw potato and even the smell of a hot potato product cuts off my breathing. There are tons of food that contain potatoes such as doughnuts, bread, crackers, vodka. It's a very frustrating allergy. I am unable to go to any restaurant that has potatoes since I would not be able tyo breathe while I'm there