So its no wonder that Gal Sasson's Make a Play wound up as one of the semi-finalists in our Insert Coin: New Challengers competition.

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An important distinction is that alpha-gal is not a disease like Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- it is an allergy.

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So do Sara Foster, Maxim magazine cover gal that month, who was in town filming a pilot, and pro athletes, including Zack Crockett of the Oakland Raiders.

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