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Old 02-26-2008, 12:06 PM   #30
lkf725
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Sierra Lin, not to minimize the extent of your child's allergy nor to recommend risky behavior in sampling foods, but I have to add a comment as a person with anaphylactic allergies to some foods. I have tested "positive" to many more food substances than I actually react to. For instance, testing says that I am allergic to wheat, but I can eat normal bread products (react to buckwheat, though). Others are quite dangerous for me. I don't know if this might be the case for your son, but every positive test doesn't translate into a real-life reaction.

If you zero in on a few colleges, maybe you could ask if they have an ingredient list for their cafeteria offerings.
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