Living the life of food allergies | Julia Cecilia | TEDxWhitneyHigh 

Thank you for this video. I have the same list of food allergies which developed in my 20s and 30s after having children. I've been struggling to cope with this new reality. Thank you for being an advocate for people with food allergies!

i always feel like i am such a horrible person for my allergies. everyone makes me feel bad about it

i relate so much to how happy you feel when u find a new food you can eat. im allergic to peanuts. i used to be allergic to treenuts and milk, but i outgrew those allergies. my peanut allergy is severe. i literally want to meet u though because FINALLY someone else understands what its like. you are someone that i can relate to and i look up to you for being so positive during everything that happened. thank you.

What an amazing girl. Looking at her situation in a positive light has given me hope for my boys who also have multiple food allergies 💕💕💕

I also relate to this post. I have had a diagnosed severe tree-nut allergy since I was 10 years old. I have been admitted to the er multiple times with anaphylaxis. Over the years, I've learned to avoid peanuts(legumes and not true tree nuts)and seeds due to cross contamination that landed me in the hospital unexpectedly . I've also avoided all deserts for this same reason. Family and friends seem so offended that I won't try the cake they made for set occasion. Further more I constantly have to ask co-workers to not eat certain foods around me and they seem so put off. I also carry an epi pen. They are expensive and I prefer to never be in a situation where I have to stab myself in the leg while panicking and causing a scene. I have also developed oral allergy syndrome and alot of healthy foods I used to eat are now questionable as to whether or not it's safe to eat. There's only soo many pre-set allergen tests. With oral allergy syndrome I may have anaphylactic reactions to a food that isn't a common . You might too. Celery is a common one and Celery is in more than you realize. It's in almost every spice or breading. And I would like to say that I am fortunate for not having wheat, egg, and soy allergies. It would just be so much harder, given they make up a huge portion of American diets.. I personally am trying to figure out how live and eat without the possibility of an awkwardly dramatic moment.

So awesome of you to speak out about this important issue!

Julia! I am so proud of you. Thank you for sharing your story. Hope to see you at FARE Teen Summit next weekend!

I’m proud of You, My Dear Pamangkin 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations, what an educational, inspiring speech you had delivered and it’s good & You’re Lucky 🍀 that You lived in USA 🇺🇸 that has a good, well provided Healthcare/Medical system...

Julia... just embrace your condition .. probably you gonna live with it forever... In my case... I have been allergic to almost all kinds of food...I remember since 5 yrs old ... I have been eating the same food over and over again ... then I learned to fast and eat the right kind of food... I only eat twice or once a day with the same food ... I live... and learn to love my life ...now that I am 60 I am still allergic to food...I learn to cook/prepare food so delicious without getting an allergic reaction... one problem ... I can't eat leftovers... so I have to eat them all at that the same day... Good luck and stay healthy always...

inspiring talk. Inspiring girl. Inspiring life

I've had a very similar experience with food allergies. I'm allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, and coconut. Growing up, I always felt excluded because I wasn't able to participate in food-related events. Travelling was also very difficult. Thank you for sharing!

This is so interesting and inspirational and I have an epi pen for my peanut and tree nut allergy

Relatable gurl! Am allergic to 20 + things. Thank you for your story.

god bless everyone with allergies, it looks so hard to have to cope with that i wish for everyone to live a healthy reaction free life

Yes Julia!!!

My father had an Allergic reaction when he was bitten by a Fire Ant. At first he just got the usual giant rash, itchy skin, and burning pain that comes with a Fire Ant's bite, but then he stopped breathing and passed out. We rushed him to the hospital in our car because we couldn't afford an ambulance. When we got there the nurses insisted that we waited, but when they saw my dad, they rushed him in. He's okay now, but he could have died. Anyway we now live where there aren't Fire Ants.

I have very sensitive food intolerance. Once one thing breaks my immune system goes into shock. It makes living hard and depression becomes extreme to the point where I don't want to live.

Thanks for this video! For an allergic person, it´s hard to know other people that understands how it´s the life with allergies. I have more than 100 diferents allergies, including food allergies... Sometimes, i feel alone in the world, but i watch videos like this and think: "ok, i'm not an ET"!

At the ripe age of 31, I developed a nut, soy, sesame, wheat allergy. Although maybe I already had a wheat allergy. I always thought wheat worsen my dermatitis. I have always been allergic to shrimp but found out it's all shellfish.

I think many times what we call an allergie is actually a buildup of things that on a micro scale is needed or at least tolerated in the body but in larger amounts are toxic or deadly . I started having a reaction to eggs and onions after eating egg sandwiches every single day for years , and I became so sensitive that I almost died from not being able to breathe from a very small amount . But I did an elimination diet to figure it out and by not eating that for several years have become much less sensitive ! I think the culprit was a buildup of sulfur . I just wanted to let people know that there sensitivity , maybe reversable , by eliminating the rite foods !

I'm also allergic to eggs .

I have had 5 anaphylactic reactions and I’m only 6

The treatment for food allergies is Oral Immunotherapy!

Sorry to sound angry, but it’s sad to see some inconsiderate people. Like they’re allergic to wheat. And they say their life is so hard, I am allergic to nuts eggs milk oranges bananas wheat and beef. No. My life is hard.