Hey,
So, today (it's 00:23 so.....more like 'yesterday'), I went through a really traumatising experience and that is what inspired me to write this.
Introduction
As some of you know, I am actually vegetarian although I do prefer to eat vegan foods and I cook/eat vegan food most of the time. Why I do not refer to myself as a vegan is mainly because if the only non-meat thing available contains eggs or dairy, I might eat it (more likely with the eggs). However, I am allergic to dairy.
I'm Allergic?!
I haven't always been allergic to dairy. This allergy started about two years ago when I pretty much cut out all dairy products due to performing or rehearsing often (as dairy products increase the production of phlegm while singing which makes it less likely for a singer (I specialise in opera) to hit all his/her high notes perfectly). I cut out dairy products for about a year, not really intentionally, but just because I knew that I had to sing.
I realised I had become allergic to dairy when I went home on a break from school, had a bowl of cereal and shortly after, had a runny nose and felt a bit odd. The runny nose wasn't like having a cold or something like that. It was more like a tap had been opened up a bit and my body was draining water through my nose to the point that I had to hold a tissue to my nose for some minutes. It was weird, but initially, I did not associate it to dairy.
This symptom occurred a few more times and I was confused because I hadn't experienced it while at school so I decided to look at what I ate often at school and what was different between that and what I ate at home. I then realised that I had barely had any dairy at school so I decided to test that out and the next morning, instead of a bowl of cereal, I had some bread (most breads are vegan) with some strawberry jam (my favourite) and I felt perfectly fine and didn't have a runny nose. Could this just be a coincidence? Maybe. Due to the possibility of it just being a coincidence, the next day, I had a bit of a cereal and guess what - I had a runny nose, felt slightly odd and was a bit bloated.
So, today (it's 00:23 so.....more like 'yesterday'), I went through a really traumatising experience and that is what inspired me to write this.
Introduction
As some of you know, I am actually vegetarian although I do prefer to eat vegan foods and I cook/eat vegan food most of the time. Why I do not refer to myself as a vegan is mainly because if the only non-meat thing available contains eggs or dairy, I might eat it (more likely with the eggs). However, I am allergic to dairy.
I'm Allergic?!
I haven't always been allergic to dairy. This allergy started about two years ago when I pretty much cut out all dairy products due to performing or rehearsing often (as dairy products increase the production of phlegm while singing which makes it less likely for a singer (I specialise in opera) to hit all his/her high notes perfectly). I cut out dairy products for about a year, not really intentionally, but just because I knew that I had to sing.
I realised I had become allergic to dairy when I went home on a break from school, had a bowl of cereal and shortly after, had a runny nose and felt a bit odd. The runny nose wasn't like having a cold or something like that. It was more like a tap had been opened up a bit and my body was draining water through my nose to the point that I had to hold a tissue to my nose for some minutes. It was weird, but initially, I did not associate it to dairy.
This symptom occurred a few more times and I was confused because I hadn't experienced it while at school so I decided to look at what I ate often at school and what was different between that and what I ate at home. I then realised that I had barely had any dairy at school so I decided to test that out and the next morning, instead of a bowl of cereal, I had some bread (most breads are vegan) with some strawberry jam (my favourite) and I felt perfectly fine and didn't have a runny nose. Could this just be a coincidence? Maybe. Due to the possibility of it just being a coincidence, the next day, I had a bit of a cereal and guess what - I had a runny nose, felt slightly odd and was a bit bloated.
