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Most allergens are plants. There is even a fruit-vegetable syndrome. LTP syndromes are from proteins that are heat resistant and at times become even more allergenic after processing/cooking. Allergies to nuts are often life threatening.

But nobody is allergic to meat.

Buy the stock in whoever is making EpiPens.




There are even people who are literally allergic to water. However, the number of such people in practical terms is zero.


People bitten by certain ticks can become allergic to meat.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/25/621080751/re...


alpha gal is only allergy to very specific types of meat - not all meat.


It is certainly possible to be allergic to animals and rating meat. Fish and seafood is common. Some people are allergic to pork, mainly people with cat allergies for some reason. Specific tick bites can cause allergy to beef and pork. One can be allergic to chicken as well.


> But nobody is allergic to meat.

Except from Lyme's Disease, perhaps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_allergy




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