foood allergiieeees

[mitsene]

So on sunday i made myself a vegetable curry with tofu and quinoa and rice. It was very tasty but questionable in practice, seeing as the last couple of times i had made myself some curry, i got this weird nausea for a little while. Well, i put that in the back of my mind apparently and was all like 'yeah tasty curry!' and ate it. then it felt gross. I ended up staying up until 5am with stomach cramps, intestinal distress, heightened pulse and inability to sleep - it felt like i was on the verge of an anxiety attack coupled with i-drank-too-much stomach issues. but i hadn't drunk anything for at least 36 hours. 
The next day i stayed home from work and did some research. It didn't feel like food poisoning. I sorted out the foods that were in the curry... it seemed like i had an intolerance to either the kale, the bell or hot pepper in the food, or the curry powder itself (or a mix). Considering there was a 'mystery pepper' in it that i had gotten from someone at work that could possibly have been a cayenne - which is also in the curry powder i used - I'm now thinking there's a possibility for an allergy or intolerance for cayenne. I don't really want to test this theory though so I'm just going to avoid spicy foods, especially curry, including bell peppers.

It's been 4 days and my stomach is still 'arrrghh!!'. If i eat anything too sugary or complex my stomach pinches. Considering I have a convention this weekend, this should be fun :| bread seems to be ok, including toast and probably toasted bagels. soup. applesauce. bananas. baked potatoes with nothing much on them. no caffienated teas. i'm having cravings for cottage cheese, whole wheat pizza with low-fat cheese and onions and almost no tomato sauce, and an un-turkey sandwich :( good thing i'm going grocery shopping tonight...

Comments

[mindcontrol.livejournal.com]

I have to ban anything with moderate amounts of chile oil in it (hot sauce, peppers, chili powder, etc) I think I've developed the equivalent of lactose intolerance to capsaicin. It makes me feel sick for days if I eat anything remotely spicy now. I think after years of eating super hot foods my digestive system can't cope anymore. Perhaps you got the same thing from the curry--has lots of indian chili powder / thai chili in there somewhere even if its not super hot.

[mitsene.livejournal.com]

i wouldn't be surprised if we're intolerant of the same thing. i mean, we have the same genetics. stupid chilis being so delicious :(