RE: Food Intolerances
December 5, 2010 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2010 at 10:52 am by Welsh cake.)
Yikes my genetics are a mess, where to begin?
I inherited from my mother's side the absence of lactase enzymes, I used to love diary products when I was younger, cheese, yogurts, pizza you name it, but in the last ten years started developing bizarre physical and mental problems after consumption. As an experiment I took all diary produce out of my diet for a week and immediately I felt much better, I soon realised I was lactose intolerant. I survive now on Soya, Oat and rice based drinks and such, nowadays I can't even stand the taste of cow's or goat's milk at all.
My father had a variety of allergies and other disorders that were generously passed on, not sure if they're dominant or recessive or not but it effects my sisters and I differently. My younger sister has a complete intolerance to nuts of all kinds, especially walnuts. I have no such problems, however I recall when I was five I had a Nestlé Yorkie chocolate bar, soon after my throat started to seize up, I could hardly swallow or breath properly and coughed for what seemed hours after. Being a chocolate fan I tried them again the next month and the same symptoms emerged. I've learned to avoid them since.
Over the years I've developed other strange intolerances, for instance, I can no longer eat sardines, tomatoes, uncooked mushrooms, bread or wheat without having indigestion and/or feeling very sick. Drinking Nescafe coffee has a similar nausea inducing effect. I've tried anti-acids but they're largely ineffective. I also painfully discovered last year that despite my love of hot spicy foods such as curries, chilli peppers really don't agree with my system. I had some in my pasta on a night out and I rolled about afterwards in agony after several hours eating them, the pain at the time was indescribable, my friends nearly rushed me to hospital, until thankfully someone suggested I try taking small amounts of cow's milk and olive oil to cancel it out. It strangely worked, considering I'm lactose intolerant! Though my stomach was incredibly sore into the night.
I've spoken to my GP about it but she dismissed it all under the "not my problem" category, the condensing apathetic bitch that she is.
I inherited from my mother's side the absence of lactase enzymes, I used to love diary products when I was younger, cheese, yogurts, pizza you name it, but in the last ten years started developing bizarre physical and mental problems after consumption. As an experiment I took all diary produce out of my diet for a week and immediately I felt much better, I soon realised I was lactose intolerant. I survive now on Soya, Oat and rice based drinks and such, nowadays I can't even stand the taste of cow's or goat's milk at all.
My father had a variety of allergies and other disorders that were generously passed on, not sure if they're dominant or recessive or not but it effects my sisters and I differently. My younger sister has a complete intolerance to nuts of all kinds, especially walnuts. I have no such problems, however I recall when I was five I had a Nestlé Yorkie chocolate bar, soon after my throat started to seize up, I could hardly swallow or breath properly and coughed for what seemed hours after. Being a chocolate fan I tried them again the next month and the same symptoms emerged. I've learned to avoid them since.
Over the years I've developed other strange intolerances, for instance, I can no longer eat sardines, tomatoes, uncooked mushrooms, bread or wheat without having indigestion and/or feeling very sick. Drinking Nescafe coffee has a similar nausea inducing effect. I've tried anti-acids but they're largely ineffective. I also painfully discovered last year that despite my love of hot spicy foods such as curries, chilli peppers really don't agree with my system. I had some in my pasta on a night out and I rolled about afterwards in agony after several hours eating them, the pain at the time was indescribable, my friends nearly rushed me to hospital, until thankfully someone suggested I try taking small amounts of cow's milk and olive oil to cancel it out. It strangely worked, considering I'm lactose intolerant! Though my stomach was incredibly sore into the night.
I've spoken to my GP about it but she dismissed it all under the "not my problem" category, the condensing apathetic bitch that she is.
