Knowing what to avoid after an alpha-gal diagnosis is key to living you best life. Here is a basic list of foods to avoid:
- Beef
- Beef stock or broth (caution with chicken broth; (“natural flavoring” can be mammal sourced)
- Bison
- Buffalo
- Brown gravy (made with beef broth)
- Gelatin-when made from byproducts of meat and leather industry
- Certain vaccines (see Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia educational material)
- Gummy Candies (unless VEGAN)
- Some ice cream and yogurt
- Gelatin Desserts
- Marshmallows
- Altoids brand mints
- Gelatin Capsules (vitamins, supplements, and RX meds in gelatin capsules)
- Medications that contain pre-gelatinized starch
- Goat
- Lamb
- Lard (some refried beans contain lard)
- Pork
- Venison
- MAGNESIUM STEARATE in pills
- tic-tacs *some have pork derivatives in them
Avoid contact in a few extreme cases:
- Lanolin (sheep)
- Leather (shoes, couches, coats)
- pets/animal contact/inhalation can trigger cough
ALLOWED:
- Chicken
- Turkey
- other birds
- Fish