My name is Cheryl Pickles. I am not a specialist nor do I have any qualifications in food or nutrition. I am an Office Manager for sales office and live in Warrington with my partner.

I was only diagnosed with multiple food allergies about a year ago. I was allergic to penicillin as a child and had come out in Hives a few times when I was a young child but no one knew what caused this reaction. I have suffered from a runny or blocked nose almost permanently since I was 12 and it wasn’t till I was in my late 20’s that a doctor suggested it could be a dairy allergy. Then when I moved up to the north and left the comfort of my mothers cooking I started suffering from a bloated stomach, severe stomach cramps, constipation and sometimes breathing difficulties.

This was the start of the corn allergy but it took 4 years for me to come to this conclusion and then laden with all the facts I went to my doctor who sent me to a nutritionist for tests. I have now been confirmed as being allergic to corn/maize, prawns, soya and dairy including cow’s milk, sheep’s milk & goat’s milk.

All of the information on this website comes from research my family & I have done over the last few years while we were re-acting to various foods and since having been diagnosed. I hope that by sharing this information it will stop other people going through the pain & trauma we went through whilst learning to live with a food allergy.