Vegans have resorted to biological warfare!
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That steak is overcooked.
And what the fuck are we coasting a salad on it for?
Genuinely feels like the next generation is learning how to take the threat of ticks seriously.
Good news! You don’t have to wrestle with the ethics of eating animals anymore! (Your immune system will make the decision for you)
Without moral conviction supporting it not being able to eat the deliciousness that is red meat would suck major balls.
Poultry and fish are still fine though.
Eh fish is just full of heavy metals and microplastics at this point, better to stick with just the poultry.
It's all microplastics all the way down. It's like cookies clicker, but for microplastics.
Those have a much lower carbon footprint per kg of meat though
I know some folks with this and sometimes pork particularly any that is slow cooked.
But that's variable from person to person depending on the severity of the immune response
At this point I think I'm immune to ticks. I work outside in the woods often and my coworkers get tons of ticks. I rarely get them maybe once or twice a whole year and they are barely hanging on. My coworkers take a lot more precautions than I do, but still get way more than me. It's weird.
Anyway more red meat for me I guess
Ha same here.
The first notable occurrence was when I was around 9 and and we were hiking in the woods. My brother and me we both in shorts and t-shirts and running around together. When we got home my mum found a tick on him and after some more searching she removed 14 ticks from my brother. So she called me in immediately after that, but even after stripping me down naked and thoroughly searching I had 0 ticks.
And that kind of scenario has repeated over and over. Had a BBQ with some friends under a tree. Multiple people reported having ticks the next day. Not me.
Still haven't had one ... ever.
Friends of ours have a dog with those issues. He can only eat fish and chicken. No bone for doggy! Most dog treats are off the list, too.
i already don't buy meat and I'm shit scared of this allergy mainly because carageenan is a fantastic sustainable thickener and gelatin alternative
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Went fishing with a buddy in the South. We were dressed to protect ourselves, and I was so paranoid with ticks, I even secured the opening to my boots and pants. Definitely saw them crawling. A bunch of shirtless hicks came up to us and asked us where our fishing spot was so they can try. I told them about the ticks, and they just shrugged and repeated the question.
I think about that a lot.
You can't avoid ticks especially in the South, you just live with them. It's silly to think you're going to avoid entire activities because of them. Just examine yourself before you go to bed. I've pulled 10 ticks off me this year, definitely a record.
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Huh, I thought it was only the lone star tick that did that.
Edit: I just went down a weird wiki rabbit hole and found out that it's commonly mistaken for pork-cat syndrome.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was more of a generalized mammal meat allergy rather than just read meat.
I live in a tick-heavy region of the USA where allergy is now fairly common. As in, introverted homebody me with a small social circle, but I know at least 5 people who have contracted it. 20+ years ago, the first time I heard about it, there was a degree of skepticism in the general population, but it's at the point now where almost everybody knows someone who is affected by it.
If there's any good news to be had, some people have discovered that it lessens in severity or even goes away after some time (usually takes many years).
the article explains that it extends beyond red meat yes:
Often this allergy is triggered by eating red meat. But the allergy also can be set off by exposure to a range of other animal-based products, including dairy products, gelatin (think Jell-O or gummy bears), medications, and even some personal care items. The drug heparin, used to prevent blood clotting during surgery, is extracted from pig intestines, and its use has triggered a dangerous reaction in some people with alpha-gal syndrome.
'Alpha gal syndrome' lol
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There are approaches to resolving alpha gal syndrome:
Maybe there is a god but I'm still not convinced she's on anybody's side.
My father got lymes disease (not the red meat version) and that scared me so bad as a kid I'm always extra vigilant against the nasty little creatures and now I gotta be even more so? Damn.
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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US
HAH
and globally
fuck
Yeah it kinda sucks, but I'm healthier now.
Can you tell us how and what happened?
I was bitten by a tick and the area around the bite became inflamed, so I went to a doctor to test for Lyme. The test came back positive for alpha-gal syndrome.
It's a weird allergy. They think more people have it than are diagnosed because it mostly presents like IBS. There's different levels of safe foods. So milk has the least allergen, meat has more, and organ meat has the highest amount. So if I have milk, my tummy is a little upset later on.
I've no idea what happens if I eat the other stuff though. I've heard of people that didn't know they had the allergy their whole lives, until one day they tried beef liver and went into anaphylaxis from the high concentration of allergen.
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