Over 40 Fitness Enthhusiast

[Bioprof21]

Hi all,

New to site. Been working out pretty regularly for about 2 years and made some good gains. Trying to bulk though. Like to run (prepping for a 10K at Thanksgiving) so trying to balance weghts and aerobic traininig. Like them both a lot though. Mostly doing this for me -- makes me feel good and elevates mood. Trying to be a good example to my kids too. I'm seriously allergic to red meat and pork, so diet is tricky, but fish and poultry are good. Can't do whey protein either -- but got some Sunwarrior brown rice protein powder and am trying it out currently.

 

[F.I.S.T.]

Welcome to TID.Wow,those are some rough allergies.Sorry to hear it.Hopefully you can find a happy median with your diet.Plenty of good knowledge here on board to read up on and pick the brains of members.

Stick around.

 

[PillarofBalance]

Welcome to the Den! Brutal allergies... what kind of reaction?

 

[AllTheWay]

great to have you join us! welcome to the iron den

 

[SHINE]

Welcome to TID!

peace.

 

[JackD]

Welcome to TID, thanks for joining

 

[mugzy]

Welcome to TID BioProf21. Good luck in the 10k

 

[Lizard King]

Hi and welcome to TID

 

[Bioprof21]

Thanks for the welcome. Go in to anaphylatic shock with red meat/pork. It's a weird cross reaction stemming from a strong allergy to tick bites that I've had since in my 20s. Gotta carry an epi-pen in case I accidentally ate some bacon or something. Do pretty well with poultry though.

 

[Bioprof21]

THanks for the welcome! Did my first 10K trial run and went really well actually. Getting pysched!

 

[Bioprof21]

Thanks, JackD! Happy to be here. Lots of good info in the forum.

 

[athens]

The interesting thing about your red meat allergy is that the tick bite causes production of an antibody to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal, which also happens to be present on red meat. It's a strange thing that you would actually be having a reaction to a carb, which causes you to have a reaction to red meat. You might also look to beans a a good source of protein. I would be lost if I couldn't eat red meat.

Welcome to TID.