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by refuse 1213 days ago
Actually I have them in my family (epi pen and all), but I've met many more people with false allergies that use them to justify disordered eating habits or something else (hilariously, I've seen someone use their allergies to try and micromanage what everyone else around them can eat, down to how their spouse's coffee is brewed).

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/eating-disorders-the...

https://www.livescience.com/64423-food-allergies-overestimat...

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2008/0615/p1678.html

https://www.verywellhealth.com/fake-food-allergies-1323997

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/a5402/food-aller...