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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.

Date: 2010-07-20 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hano.livejournal.com
I got two - I physically can't drink tomato juice, it makes me gag. And Perrier brings me out in a rash.

Date: 2010-07-20 09:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] calliopes_pen
I have one really big one. I didn't discover it until I was already in the hospital for the whole anemia mess.

They gave me a tropical fruit drink, which included mangoes and passion fruit. What a time to find out that even one drop of either closes my throat, and makes me unable to breathe.

On the other end, I cannot eat bananas. Even the smell makes me nauseated.

Edit: Oh, yeah--MSG in Chinese food causes massive migraines within 15 minutes of eating it for me. I have to make sure it doesn't include it, or I can't eat it.
Edited Date: 2010-07-20 09:46 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-07-20 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] da-pol.livejournal.com
White starch like boiled/roast potatoes and plain rice give me a spaceout almost like weed, but not quite as nice.

Pepsi Max and Coke Zero are both instant migraine triggers.

I know a few people who go completely hyper on certain food colours - Blue smarties are bad, but the mix in R. Whites lemonade are lethal.

I know people for whom caffeeine has a sedative effect.

I have texture problems with a lot of food that would otherwise be fine - pork chops, kedgeree and kidneys are three that come to mind - any of those will trigger a gag reflex as soon as they hit my mouth.

I can smell certain brassicas a mile off and it will completely put me off eating.

Date: 2010-07-20 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cynicalcylon.livejournal.com
Eggs in anything but cooking (cakes, etc.) or omlette-form make me gag.

Smell of anything fish-like makes me nauseous, and if it's especially strong, physically sick.

Date: 2010-07-20 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gmh.livejournal.com
Fruit juices from concentrate; specifically strawberry, apple and grape; cause me to fold into a little ball of pain within ten minutes as my stomach attempts to punish me for trying to kill it.

I can take the raw fruits no problem, but a 250ml carton of strawberry Ribena will knock me sideways for an hour or two.

Date: 2010-07-21 12:48 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2010-07-21 11:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alysscarlet.livejournal.com
This is probably TMI, but I suffer from asparagus pee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus#Urine_effects). I love eating the stuff and suffer no side effects except my urine smells horrible for a few hours afterwards - like rotting veg. It's a known condition, but I only seem to have developed in in the past few years (or maybe I'm just eating more asparagus).

Date: 2010-07-22 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andromakie.livejournal.com
Certain food dyes (aka koolaid) made me hyper as a small child. Not drinking Koolaid as an older person, I have no idea if they still do that, but luridly coloured candy has always been fine.

Date: 2010-08-03 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jane-somebody.livejournal.com
Dunno if it's an allergy or a localised sensitivity or what (allergy clinic didn't seem clear, just said keep away from it) but I can't drink anything with alcohol at all or it will make my lips swell up hugely and painfully, like one of those gone-wrong trout pout things. Came on in my late 20s, was fine before, not a heavy drinker though so no obvious reason to trigger it. Bummer, frankly. Console myself with Bailey's flavour syrup in lattes etc, but not really the same thing :-(

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