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Let's get a thread going for allergies and substitutes for said allergies/restrictions!

What are you allergic to and how do you substitute for that substance in recipes/when you order food?

Do you have any dietary restrictions? Are you vegan/vegetarian/paleo? (No keto talk here, it's a terribly dangerous fad and I don't want more people to start doing it.)

I'll start, I'm a type 1 diabetic that is allergic to eggs and dairy.

My substitutes for eggs are pretty vast - I've used unsweetened applesauce, banana, baking soda/vinegar, and agar agar in baking. For cakes/bread that require eggs, I have found that agar agar works best.

For dairy subs I usually use unsweetened soy milk because it's the most neutral milk I've found! It's easy to mask the flavor of soy in savory cooking, and baking tastes great with it!


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I'm always vegan and almost always WFPB although I do drink & eat junk food socially. I don't think of "substitutions," plant ingredients are just as good if not better in their own right to meet nutritional needs.


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i have acid reflux which means my body rejects all citrus, all coffee, all tea, most dairy, all spicy food, and all greasy/oily/fried food

i usually drink almond milk and eat non dairy frozen desserts. i drink mango, apple, and peach juice instead of lemonade or orange juice. i didn't like spicy food in the first place so im kinda glad that my body doesn't like it. when i go out to eat, because I live in the usa, usually the only thing i can eat without feeling awful is in the dessert section. surprisingly enough i can have cake and cookies, but not fries. there are a few things i can eat at some restaurants though. wendy's has a cheese and bacon potato and silver diner has chicken noodle soup. i try to eat inside my house as much as possible to avoid any fried foods


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