Dietary Restrictions++

[rax]

After some experimentation, I'm 99% sure I have a sensitivity to nightshades and should mostly not be eating them. I'm still working on figuring out if I can have small amounts of them, and whether I have a broad sensitivity or a more narrow one. (Tomatoes and bell peppers are almost definitely no; eggplant and potato are less clear.) For now I'm avoiding all of them, although in another week or two I'm going to add back hot pepper and see if I can still eat spicy things. (God, I hope so.) People have offered their condolences but all I can do is laugh; every time I think about it I am so relieved about two things:

• It wasn't gluten.
• It wasn't soy.

Gluten-free and soy-free vegan are doable, but very very hard. Nightshade-free vegan is just annoying, especially as it's a sensitivity (nasty digestive effects) and not an allergy (anaphylactic shock) and so if I screw up it's not DEATH, just bleaugh. Unfortunately I think I may have crossed that dark threshhold into "Seriously, don't bother trying to bring me to a restaurant." Luckily I don't much care, as I still haven't eaten a meal at a restaurant in town since moving to Bloomington, and mostly because I've enjoyed making my own food. (If, say, Mary's were here, I would have gone a couple of times...)

So, uh, please don't slip tomatoes into my food, and this shouldn't be a problem. :) If I develop something else on top of this, then we could be in danger territory. But for now, hooray! Still tons of things I can eat.

Comments

[hebinekohime]

Hmm, I should learn how to make pesto pizza one of these days. ^^

The only food-substance that I don't tolerate well is caffeine; half of a chocolate bar or half a cup of green tea will give me a wicked head rush. Interestingly, tofu chocolate pudding seems to be OK.

[rax]

Pesto pizza!!! Oh wow why did I never think of that, thank you!

Caffeine affects me more than some people, but not that much. :) I will only use coffee recreationally, though, because it tends to make me too jittery to work efficiently. I'll have coffee with lunch if my coworkers are having beer. ;)

Tofu chocolate pudding sounds delicious. I want some now. :)