Cheetos Puffs
I never should have trusted that cheetah. The shades he wore and his composure made him seem trustworthy and “cool” in my eyes, especially on the bright orange and blue bags of delicious Cheetos Puffs. It was a snack I have enjoyed since I was a child, emphasis on had. For on that day, August 30th, 2016, Cheetos betrayed me. After nineteen years of enjoying its cheesy goodness, it finally tells me I am allergic to it in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the story of how I found out I had a food allergy, and how I still do not know exactly what I am allergic to. I was approaching the snack machine in my local library to purchase a snack that would tide me over until dinner. I came across a very familiar sight: a bag of Cheetos Puffs. I paid the seventy-five cents and got myself this delicious favorite comfort food. I enjoyed every last puff, from its cheesy taste, to its crunch, and even to its dusty residue that it always leaves on my fingers. However, after I finished the small bag, I felt a strangling sensation
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He said what my Mom said; do not eat Cheetos anymore. Then he pulled out his phone and looked up ‘allergic reactions to Cheetos’. After researching, we discovered Cheetos were not the only thing that betrayed me; Doritos, Cheez-Its, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese all shared the same ingredient as Cheetos: yellow dye #6. As much as I loved all of these things, I decided I did not love them enough to be sad I would not eat them ever again. There were plenty of snacks I liked that did not have artificial yellow coloring, so why worry? But at the same time, I discovered that M&Ms and Skittles also had this dye and I absolutely could not accept that. It also struck me as very odd that I had never had a reaction like that to Cheetos or any of the other cheesy snacks, or M&Ms before. I thought there had to be an explanation for that, so I asked my Dad if I could take an allergy
He said what my Mom said; do not eat Cheetos anymore. Then he pulled out his phone and looked up ‘allergic reactions to Cheetos’. After researching, we discovered Cheetos were not the only thing that betrayed me; Doritos, Cheez-Its, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese all shared the same ingredient as Cheetos: yellow dye #6. As much as I loved all of these things, I decided I did not love them enough to be sad I would not eat them ever again. There were plenty of snacks I liked that did not have artificial yellow coloring, so why worry? But at the same time, I discovered that M&Ms and Skittles also had this dye and I absolutely could not accept that. It also struck me as very odd that I had never had a reaction like that to Cheetos or any of the other cheesy snacks, or M&Ms before. I thought there had to be an explanation for that, so I asked my Dad if I could take an allergy