Bethany Niazian
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| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
| Introduction | For over ten years my family and I have dealt with multiple food allergies, some of them quite severe. My daughter is allergic to wheat and sunflower oil, while my mother (who lives with us) has only 30 foods on her "safe to eat" list, though olive oil and parsley (2 of her foods) are hardly food on their own! It's easier to tell people what she CAN eat rather than what she can't. I didn't really have allergies till I hit 40; in the past five years I've had to cut from my diet all citrus, wheat, cocoa, cane sugar, barley malt, yogurt and peanuts. I've spent a lot of time researching food allergies, finding alternative foods, and adapting or creating recipes that are tasty and nutritious without posing an allergen threat to my loved ones or me. Currently I am developing an allergy-free cookbook addressing multiple food allergies BEYOND the "Top 8". My family calls me the Adapt-a-Recipe Queen. I've found so many people whose lives are affected by multiple food allergies, and discovered that we have a lot of knowledge and support we can offer each other; this blog is one of the ways I am trying to do that. |