I was
diagnosed with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn in 2011, and have been a
full-time corn allergy advocate/researcher since 2014.
My
purpose for writing this article is to address the difficulties of navigating
an IgE-mediated allergy to corn (ubiquitous and exempt from FDA labeling
requirements), and to expose the intentional endangerment of
corn-allergic citizens by U.S. regulatory agencies. [DOCUMENTED]
NOTICE: Based on the terrifying
personal testimonies from the 19.3K members in many corn allergy support
groups, corn-allergic patients will no longer tolerate our clinicians
telling us: “You cannot be allergic to dextrose, since dextrose is naturally
present in humans.” We should not be required to educate our
clinicians to guarantee our safety. My appeals to the FDA to
correct the erroneous molecular formula they have applied to 21CFR184.1857 have
been ignored.
1st Quarter, 2024, Corn Allergy Statistics
In one corn allergy group of 13,720 members, the growth in membership
represents a 1,272.0% increase in corn allergies in the last
129 months with an average of 98.6 new members/month.
https://cornallergystatistics.quora.com/
Corn
Allergy Advocacy (Quora)
A guide to navigating an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://cornallergyadvocacy.quora.com/
Corn
Allergy Advocacy/Resources (Blog)
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/
Corn Allergy Stats, X (former Twitter) account
@CornAllergy911
https://twitter.com/CornAllergy911
Corn
Allergy Symptoms: Personal Testimonies
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/11/corn-allergy-symptoms-personal.html
A
mother's desperate struggle to find safe water for her corn-allergic infant
son.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-mothers-desperate-struggle-to-find.html
Iodized
Salt Danger
Iodized salt can prove fatal to corn-allergic consumers.
https://iodizedsaltdanger.quora.com/
Identifying
hidden corn in
your foods/fluids/vitamins/supplements/medications (GMO or non-GMO
corn?). Avoiding corn is equivalent to navigating a mine field while
wearing a blindfold.
https://cornallergymom.wordpress.com/corn-derivatives-list/
The public isn't aware they may be consuming corn w/nearly every meal. GMO or
non-GMO corn? Grain-free diet? Think again!
FDA AND USDA CONFIRM THAT
CORN-DERIVED ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMICALS APPLIED TO FRESH FOOD PRODUCTS ARE EXEMPT
FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/06/fda-and-usda-confirm-that-corn-derived.html
Corn is ubiquitous, and is EXEMPT from FDA labeling requirements. GMO or
non-GMO corn?
"Corn: It's
Everything," Iowa Corn
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything
Since corn is ubiquitous and is exempt from FDA labeling requirements, everyone
should have their glyphosate levels tested annually.
"Glyphosate was found
in 93% of the 131 urine samples tested at an average level of 3.096 parts per
billion (PPB). Children had the highest levels with an average of 3.586
PPB."
https://sustainablepulse.com/2016/11/04/massive-us-research-project-set-to-study-glyphosate-effects-on-human-health/#.WCDYohbrtp5
"ABOUT
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS," Center for Food Safety
https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/about-ge-foods
Since
hospitals are exempt from catering to patients with IgE-mediated allergies,
corn-allergic patients are currently required to supply our own sources of
nutrition while hospitalized, in addition to educating hospital clinicians and
dietitians of our restrictions due to our corn allergy.
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The intentional endangerment of
corn-allergic citizens by U.S. regulatory agencies. [DOCUMENTED]
The following documentation has been distributed to numerous medical
malpractice law firms throughout the United States for the protection of
corn-allergic citizens.
Even
though corn is exempt from FDA labeling requirements, our government
regulatory agencies must be prohibited from intentionally
endangering the lives of corn-allergic citizens with the publication
of false and misleading information; e.g., applying incorrect molecular
formulas to corn-derived substances.
Glucose (blood sugar naturally present
in all living organisms essential for their survival), is a
monosaccharide, molecular formula C6H12O6.
“What Is
Glucose?” WebMD
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/glucose-diabetes
If “Dextrose” is referenced on the FDA’s Food Additive Status List, it
refers to 21CFR184.1857.
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/food-additive-status-list#ftnD
If 21CFR184.1857 is referenced, the definition is “Corn sugar” produced from
cornstarch, a/k/a dextrose/D-glucose [D-glucose is a synthetic form of
glucose that can PROVE FATAL to anyone with an IgE-mediated
allergy to corn due to the presence of allergenic corn proteins]. You
will note that the FDA has applied molecular formula C6H12O6 to this Code of
Federal Regulation, implying that corn sugar manufactured in a laboratory from
cornstarch is “naturally present in all living organisms.”
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857
Life-threatening
claim by the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), March 29,
2024, Email
"... incorrect to
equate dextrose with cornstarch and presume that dextrose as an ingredient is
likely to or will elicit the same or similar adverse ... reaction in patients
with corn-allergy."
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder
I
supplied the CDER with indisputable documentation that dextrose is the chemical
name for corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch, 21CFR184.1857. The
lives of corn-allergic patients remain in constant peril.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857
Corn-Allergic
Patients: Documentation to provide to clinicians claiming that "dextrose
is naturally present in your body." Dextrose is cornstarch
sugar/D-glucose, 21CFR184.1857.
https://telemedicine.quora.com/Corn-Allergic-Patients-Has-a-clinician-ever-told-you-that-dextrose-is-naturally-present-in-your-body-Dextrose-corn-s-1
CRITICAL
ALERT!
The FDA and the NIH NLM do not know the difference between vine grapes and a
cornstalk!
Grape Sugar:
[alpha]-D-glucopyranose
https://grapesugaralphadglucopyranose.quora.com/
CRITICAL ALERT!
By applying molecular
formula C6H12O6 to 21CFR184.1857, the FDA is declaring that corn sugar
manufactured in a laboratory from cornstarch is "naturally present"
in all living organisms. CORNSTARCH SUGAR IS NOT A MONOSACCHARIDE.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857
What was
the rationale for the FDA classifying cornstarch sugar (dextrose/D-glucose) as
a monosaccharide in 21CFR184.1857? Laboratory-manufactured cornstarch
sugar (dextrose/D-glucose) can PROVE FATAL to corn-allergic citizens.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857
CRITICAL: Synthetic formulations cannot be
declared "biochemically identical" to the natural counterpart when
the synthetic formulation can PROVE FATAL to humans.
Glucose (natural) vs. D-Glucose (synthetic)
https://glucosenaturalvsdglucosesynthetic.quora.com/
If corn
sugar is referenced on PubChem, they correctly identify corn sugar as D-glucose
(Ref: 21CFR184.1857). However, they applied the incorrect molecular
formula and definition to this substance; i.e., D-glucose (synthetic form of
glucose) is NOT naturally present in any living organism.
"A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally
occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free
state." [emphasis added]
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5793
CRITICAL: Synthetic formulations cannot be
declared "biochemically identical" to the natural counterpart when
the synthetic formulation can PROVE FATAL to humans.
Ascorbic Acid (Synthetic Vit. C) Danger
https://ascorbicacidsyntheticvitcdanger.quora.com/
Published
in a Medical Journal:
"Dextrose-containing
solutions pose a significant risk to patients allergic to corn. Dextrose used
for IV fluids is prepared by . . . hydrolysis of cornstarch."
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2019/05000/Excipients_in_Anesthesia_Medications.11.aspx
"Pharmacists
are requested to use caution and be aware that many drugs and medications
contain undisclosed potential allergens in the form of sugars, starches, and
celluloses. Share the corn allergy example with prescribers .
. ." [emphasis added]
http://library.bcpharmacists.org/6_Resources/6-7_ReadLinks/ReadLinks-MayJun2007.pdf
Golisano
Children's Hospital clearly
states that cornstarch and dextrose must be avoided by anyone with an
IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/nutrition/corn-free.aspx
Administering
corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to a corn-allergic pt. is
equivalent to administering penicillin to a pt. with an allergy to
penicillin. This critical medical error is subject to reporting and
disclosure.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2652/
Guidelines
for reporting clinicians who inject cornstarch sugar
(dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids into corn-allergic patients in direct
violation of the contraindication warning in the package insert.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/lactated-ringers-in-5-dextrose.html
Parents:
Have your parental rights been threatened for refusing the Vitamin K1 Injection
[w/cornstarch, benzyl alcohol (petroleum), and aluminum] to your newborn baby?
https://vitamink1injectionrisks.quora.com/Parents-Have-your-parental-rights-been-threatened-for-refusing-the-Vitamin-K1-Injection-Did-the-administering-clinici
Demand
the immediate cessation of injecting newborn babies w/cornstarch, benzyl
alcohol (petroleum), & aluminum.
Vitamin K1 Injection: w/cornstarch, benzyl alcohol, and aluminum.
[Many infants deaths associated with this injection.]
https://vitamink1injectionrisks.quora.com/
Dextrose is ONLY manufactured from cornstarch; i.e., cornstarch sugar.
DEXTROSE (CORN SUGAR)
FACTS, 21CFR184.1857
Dextrose can prove fatal to individuals with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://dextrosecornsugarfacts21cfr1841857.quora.com/
DEXTROSE:
THE SILENT KILLER
DEXTROSE: CORN
SUGAR/D-GLUCOSE [NOT GLUCOSE] MADE FROM ALLERGENIC CORNSTARCH.
[Starch hydrolysis does NOT remove ANY allergenic food proteins.]
https://dextrosethesilentkiller.quora.com/
Allergenic
Proteins vs. Contaminants/Impurities
Allergenic proteins must never be equated w/contaminants and/or impurities.
https://dianehugueninsspace.quora.com/
Cornstarch
Molecular Formula: C27H48O20
Cornstarch (highly allergenic) cannot be "naturally present" in any
living organism.
https://cornstarchmolecularformulac27h48o20.quora.com/
This
article by LibreTexts is FALSE! Blood glucose meters do NOT measure the level
of cornstarch sugar (dextrose/D-glucose) in blood, 21CFR184.1857.
ALERT
Patients Using Blood Glucose Meters:
If the instruction manual
supplied with your meter states that your meter measures "D-glucose"
levels (cornstarch sugar/dextrose, 21CFR184.1857), return the meter for
a full refund. The instruction manual is FALSE.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Biological_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_(Biological_Chemistry)/Carbohydrates/Case_Studies/Blood_Glucose_Test
CONSUMER
ALERT:
The FDA has devised an
ingenious way to hide corn syrup made from allergenic cornstarch from
consumers. GLUCOSE SYRUP is CORN SYRUP that can KILL corn-allergic
consumers.
https://glucosesyrupasilentkiller.quora.com/CONSUMER-ALERT-The-FDA-has-discovered-an-ingenious-way-to-hide-corn-syrup-produced-from-allergenic-cornstarch-from-con
GLUCOSE SYRUP: A SILENT KILLER
Glucose syrup is corn syrup made from allergenic cornstarch.
https://glucosesyrupasilentkiller.quora.com/
Glucose
Syrup Molecular Formula: C6H14O7
Glucose syrup is corn syrup made from allergenic cornstarch.
https://glucosesyrupmolecularformulac6h14o7.quora.com/
FRAUD ALERT!
Cargill, Inc.,
ingredient supplier and member company of the Corn Refiners Assn., is
intentionally endangering the lives of corn-allergic citizens. [DOCUMENTED]
https://dextrosecornsugarfacts21cfr1841857.quora.com/Cargill-Inc-is-intentionally-endangering-the-lives-of-corn-allergic-citizens-DOCUMENTED-As-an-ingredient-supplier
Explain
how inositol (sugar alcohol manufactured in a laboratory from corn kernels) is
"naturally present" in all living organisms, molecular formula
C6H12O6 (natural blood sugar).
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/892
Explain
why PubChem is citing Wikipedia as an authoritative source 19 times in this publication addressing
inositol when Wikipedia warns readers against citing their platform. All
government agencies should be prohibited from citing Wikipedia as an
authoritative source.
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/892#section=Wikidata
Wikipedia is also intentionally endangering the lives of corn-allergic
citizens; e.g. if you reference "dextrose" (cornstarch sugar),
21CFR184.1857, you will be redirected to "glucose" (natural blood
sugar). Dextrose (cornstarch sugar/D-glucose) is NOT naturally present
in humans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose
The FDA Commissioner has ignored my certified letter addressing the following
false claim by Nutricia Neocate that endangers the lives of corn-allergic
babies!
URGENT CONSUMER ALERT!
Nutricia Neocate is deliberately endangering the lives of corn-allergic
babies, for profit. [DOCUMENTED]
No such "purification" process exists for removing ANY allergenic
food proteins.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-september-27-2022-certified-letter.html
In
addition, the FDA Commissioner has not replied to my certified letters #2, #3,
#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10, and #11
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-certified-letters-to-fda-commissoner.html
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PROTECT CLINICIANS FROM POTENTIAL MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
LAWSUITS IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING CORN-ALLERGIC CITIZENS.
If a pt. was given penicillin when their allergy to penicillin was documented,
this could represent medical malpractice. This also applies to the
administration of cornstarch sugar (dextrose/D-glucose) to corn-allergic
patients.
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
Corn-Allergic Patients: Has a clinician ever injected you with cornstarch sugar
(dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids when your allergy to corn was
documented in your medical records? Ref: 21CFR184.1857
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
Corn-Allergic
Patients: Did a clinician ever disregard "Dextrose" on your medical
alert bracelet, and proceed to inject you with cornstarch sugar
(dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids? Ref: 21CFR184.1857
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
Corn-Allergic
Patients: Has a clinician ever told you that "dextrose is naturally
present in your body," when your allergy to corn was documented in your
medical records? Dextrose is cornstarch sugar/D-glucose, 21CFR184.1857.
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
CLINICIANS: IT IS ILLEGAL TO
INJECT CORNSTARCH SUGAR (DEXTROSE/D-GLUCOSE), 21CFR184.1857, INTO A
CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENT -- PARTICULARLY WHEN THEIR CORN ALLERGY IS DOCUMENTED IN
THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS.
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
Corn-Allergic Patients: Someday I hope to see the following ad on TV by a
national law firm:
“Corn-allergic patients: Has a clinician ever administered
dextrose-containing IV fluids to you when your allergy to corn was clearly
documented in your medical records?”
https://twitter.com/SuperLawyers/status/1762538614355873915
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CRITICAL NOTE RE: CFSAN
I
received written notification from CFSAN that they will no longer address any
inquiries addressing corn allergies due to “lack of staffing.” We
are prohibited from reporting food manufacturers to CFSAN who
are claiming their products are free from corn when the product does, in fact,
contain corn that can prove fatal to corn-allergic consumers.
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
