About the potatoes - we're allergic to those here. I figured since she had the corn/ gluten allergy she may have more allergies hiding behind the others. We can not eat anything from the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, and the list goes on!) unless it was grown by us, those seem to be OK as long as we don't eat a lot. When we eat veggies from the nightshade family, all of our stomachs swell up to make all of us look pregnant, and pa's psoriasis flares up.
I was tested positively tested for an egg allergy when I was about the age of six. I have eaten eggs my entire life and continue to eat dozens a week, without any bad affects. I didn't have a good doctor though.
They taste great and are not related to regular potatoes, so it is hard to avoid them! (They are actually related to morning glories. So do not contain the natural chemicals that might possibly cause the allergic reaction.) About the spelt - it is a relative of wheat and has the same gluten in it, so we can not eat it. On another forum I read a thread about the possibility of older relatives of wheat being fine for the gluten intolerant, it was pretty interesting. I don't think I want to try that though, celiacs/gluten intolerant people's intestines take about six months to heal, the gluten causes small holes in the intestine which can lead to Leaky Gut. Leaky Gut is actually the cause of many food allergies itself.
