Over 40 Fitness Enthhusiast

[AllTheWay]

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.

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that is very interesting athens! thanks. i wonder if this could also occur in dogs? something for me to research for sure as we have tons of ticks and tons of dogs with food allergies.

 

[beck26]

welcome to the den glad to have ya here.

 

[captaincaveman]

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[Bioprof21]

Athens,

Wow, surprised anyone has even heard of this weird allergy! That's it exactly -- read some papers by an allergist at UVA that uncovered the link. It's the carb that is present on both red meat and pork (but not poultry). Apparently only occurs in people with certain blood types (I'm 0 positive). I can't do whey protein either -- causes the hives and everything. That's why I started with brown rice protein which is ok. Don't actually miss the red meat to much, but need to figure out best supplements. Having trouble gaining.