Good morning:
It is a rainy Sunday in Nashville and what better time than to share a story and a link with you.
I was at my Mom's on Friday and was starving. I went to her pantry and she had some honey-roasted peanuts (but only like 4 in the jar - why she didn't finish them or throw away I do not know). I read the label, all was good, but hey, 4 peanuts did not curb the hunger. So she had a new jar of Dry Roasted peanuts - I did not read the label - so stupid on my part. I was really starving.
So I popped a few in my mouth and within seconds I felt my blood pressure dropping and my tongue started minor swelling. I ran and looked at the jar and at the bottom of the ingredients list "Gelatin". Why on earth would Gelation be in peanuts? So I ran to my car and grabbed a Zyrtec, 2 steroids and my Epi-Pen. I took the Zyrtec and the steroids and sat with the Epi-Pen ready to go. It was scary! I have been so good and so Diligent in my efforts to not have another attack.
Well I probably pushed it but I did not want to go to the hospital - it took over an hour for things to start settling down and I walked around with the Epi-Pen in my pocket all day just in case. If the gelatin had been closer to the top of the ingredients list there is no doubt I would have been in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
So lesson learned - never stop reading labels and paying attention to what you are eating!
Also I was featured in a story about "Alpha Gal" on the "Today" show over the weekend. Here is the link http://www.today.com/video/today/55879209#55879209.
Stay Safe and Eat Well!
Have a great Sunday - September
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