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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is evidence that food allergies are widely overstated and a lot of people who claim an allergy really have a sensitivity or intolerance. Remember when everyone had celiac? This leads to the general public not taking true allergies as seriously. [/quote]

The general public can go to hell. Allergies/ sensitivities = those foods make me sick.

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DP.  There's a difference between "this food gave me a stomach ache" and "this food will kill me".
For example: dairy.  Lactose intolerance =/= true dairy allergy.  One gives you an upset stomach for a few hours, and the other will kill you.
And, yes, people saying the have a food allergy, when they really don't has contributed to others not taking true allergies seriously.[/quote]

Where are all those people claiming they have a food allergy when they don't? I have never met anyone like that. If someone tells me they or their kid have a food allergy, it wouldn't occur to question it. The fact is that food allergies are going through the roof in young kids. I don't get why people would think we are lying about something so serious. And it's quite offensive to suggest that we deserve not to be taken seriously because of some unfounded suspicion that some of us are lying.[/quote]

I'm the PP.  I have allergies, as does one of my DDs.  I've had many people (to include servers at restaurants and even some extended family) question whether my allergies are real, or whether it is just because I don't want to eat something.  I've gone so far as to pull out my epipens to prove it...and then walked out of the establishment.  Or, even better, waiters who insist that they have "allergy free" food, because "we have a gluten free version!".  But, yes...hate to break it to you, there are plenty of people who will assume you are either overreacting or outright lying.
Mine are peanuts and tree nuts, one DD allergic to both of those as well as egg.  It is really frustrating.[/quote]

Agreed. It is important to understand if a person has an allergy vs. choosing to avoid a food because it "makes them gassy." I'm in a volunteer role where we serve food for upwards of 100 people of a span of three days about five times a year. I say this because we definitely volunteers and not professionals.

It makes an absolute difference us as to who has a real allergy - we have some people with mushroom allergies - and people who have dietary preferences for no gluten or lactose or whatever. As in we won't have any foods at any point with mushrooms. But if gluten makes you gassy? We're not accommodating that.[/quote]

You still have to take what they say at face value. You are not going to go investigate who  has a real allergy or not. And it dies not sound like you are asking for doctor's notes either.

People downplaying real allergies because some people lie about allergies are just aholes. These aholes are everywhere. They downplay racial injustice because some people lie about racial injustice. They downplay abuse because some people lie about abuse.

People who lie about allergies should not even come up in a discussion about the cause/ cure for allergies, just as it shouldn't in the situations listed above.

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