food reactions

[burntcopper]

Okay, NOT an allergy query thing.

This one's for odd/uncommon reactions to food.

Not talking about caffeine and sugar for sending someone bouncing off the walls, that's fairly common. Or wine and cheese giving you a migraine.

Anything that brings on an odd reaction?

Example: mate of mine gags if given fresh coriander.

I go completely bouncing off walls with too much hydrogenated fat. I can consume sugar like no-one's business and have no noticeable difference. Hydrogenated fat, bouncing off the ceiling. Oh, and I upchuck if given suspensions.

A mate's little brother had an extreme reaction to colours - one blue smartie, took us an hour to scrape him off the ceiling. really. This was scientifically tested.

Comments

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

The coriander one isn't weird! It's genetic, actually. A small minority of the population just CANNOT DEAL with coriander; their taste buds process it as POISON BAD WRONG. My housemate's afflicted with this unfortunate genetic trait.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

really? huh. my mate is utterly fine with ground/dry coriander, it's just fresh that's the problem.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

I've known K to eat dried coriander before, if there's not much of it. I think it depends on how strong the flavour is?