It's true, what they say. You can develop allergies as you get older.
Interestingly, I used to only be allergic to GREEN peppers.
See, peppers are in the same family as Deadly Nightshade (look inside at the curling edges sometimes - then look at Nightshade). Green peppers are red peppers which are not ripened. Literally - green. Like a baby Rattler, the toxin level from being a Nightshade is higher in green peppers than red ones. I thought they were just a trigger food for my gallbladder. Then I had that out. And they still make me violently ill. I have always been able to eat the other colors, like red, yellow, purple, and orange.
Last night, I made chicken fajitas for Husband using red pepper. I ate a whole wheat tortilla with about a half cup of the pepper and onions. I immediately had this feeling of being very "full". Two hours later, I was so violently ill the room was spinning. And all I could taste were the peppers.
Other foods I have had reactions to lately: pizza, white bread products (like pizza crust), and cheese. Ugh! Life is so hard sometimes.
And, other allergies I have include mold (why I am so destitute down here in Mold City), petroleum products (darn! Can't wear nylons!), Aloe Vera - we're talking MAJOR hives, and cats. Yes, cats. But at the highest scratchtest level, I had the mildest detectable reaction to cats. It's not a major allergy, and it is no doubt exacerbated by the mold level in the putrid air down here.
Ahhhhh, can't wait for my own Green Acres! Goodbye, city life!
I read an interesting article about MY allergy to raw apples and kiwi that explained a lot: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/#cnnSTCText
ReplyDeletejust an allergy FYI
Interesting! Sounds like my sister-in-law with strawberries. She can eat a couple, but after that - oh, boy!
ReplyDeleteI thought of Dawn's dad when I read this:
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20090420/49ebf340_3ca6_1552620090420-1257895733 A poo bomb? Sounds like Tom.