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I can’t eat tomatoes at all - not sure why - I love their flavor but shortly after eating them my entire digestive system hits the panic button. It doesn’t happ

by jjcon 5y ago

I can’t eat tomatoes at all - not sure why - I love their flavor but shortly after eating them my entire digestive system hits the panic button. It doesn’t happen with other foods (at least those I eat). I tend to just avoid them now. Edit: Thought I would add, my doc suspects it is an acid-reflux response but wasn't sure why it would be isolated to tomatoes.

eliasmacpherson 5y ago
Have you any allergies? Are there other foods that cause you problems?
- jjcon 5y ago
  No other foods really, no food allergies to my knowledge. I do have minor seasonal allergies to ragweed pollen though.
kingkawn 5y ago
Do you get similar reactions to other nightshades?
- jjcon 5y ago
  Not really, I eat a lots of potatoes and enjoy eggplant now and again without issue
treeman79 5y ago
Nightshades can be a trigger for autoimmune issues. I had to give up tomatoes and potatoes
- eliasmacpherson 5y ago
  Very interesting. Without going into too much personal detail if you'd rather not, what form did the issues take? Was your physical or mental wellbeing negatively affected until you cut them out? On whose advice did you do this? Or, was it instead a case where you cut them out, in case a hypothetical issue developed? Also curious to know if you have allergies or other foods that disagree... (sorry for being so nosy)
- jjcon 5y ago
  Interestingly I don’t have issues with other nightshades just tomatoes - no autoimmune issues (unless minor seasonal allergies count)
- inter_netuser 5y ago
  I’ve heard that about tomatoes, due to histamine/mast cell connections. What’s the mechanism with potatoes? They seem like a mostly safe food.
  - eliasmacpherson 5y ago
    https://www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/foodlist/21_FoodList_EN_alphabetic_withCateg.pdf https://www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/foodlist/21_F... Potatoes are not on the 'Auto Immune Protocol', which I haven't looked in to the rationale behind unfortunately and I am completely out of my field of expertise. They are categorized as nightshades, like tomatoes. As you can see above, some lists claim potatoes are high in histamine. I think that new or green potatoes contain (glyco)alkaloids and that the 'eyes' are also not to be eaten. Sweet potato is said to be fine.
    - inter_netuser 5y ago
      Are you sure? It has a 0 next to it in that pdf, which is supposed to be low?
      - eliasmacpherson 5y ago
        Oh sorry, I pasted the wrong one, please excuse the dubious domain. https://branchesofwellnessacupuncture.com/assets/uploads/2018/11/Histamine-Foods-List-1.pdf https://branchesofwellnessacupuncture.com/assets/uploads/201...
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by jjcon 5y ago

eliasmacpherson 5y ago

Have you any allergies? Are there other foods that cause you problems?

jjcon 5y ago
No other foods really, no food allergies to my knowledge. I do have minor seasonal allergies to ragweed pollen though.

kingkawn 5y ago

Do you get similar reactions to other nightshades?

jjcon 5y ago
Not really, I eat a lots of potatoes and enjoy eggplant now and again without issue

treeman79 5y ago

Nightshades can be a trigger for autoimmune issues. I had to give up tomatoes and potatoes

eliasmacpherson 5y ago
Very interesting. Without going into too much personal detail if you'd rather not, what form did the issues take? Was your physical or mental wellbeing negatively affected until you cut them out? On whose advice did you do this? Or, was it instead a case where you cut them out, in case a hypothetical issue developed? Also curious to know if you have allergies or other foods that disagree... (sorry for being so nosy)
jjcon 5y ago
Interestingly I don’t have issues with other nightshades just tomatoes - no autoimmune issues (unless minor seasonal allergies count)
inter_netuser 5y ago
I’ve heard that about tomatoes, due to histamine/mast cell connections. What’s the mechanism with potatoes? They seem like a mostly safe food.
- eliasmacpherson 5y ago
  https://www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/foodlist/21_FoodList_EN_alphabetic_withCateg.pdf https://www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/foodlist/21_F... Potatoes are not on the 'Auto Immune Protocol', which I haven't looked in to the rationale behind unfortunately and I am completely out of my field of expertise. They are categorized as nightshades, like tomatoes. As you can see above, some lists claim potatoes are high in histamine. I think that new or green potatoes contain (glyco)alkaloids and that the 'eyes' are also not to be eaten. Sweet potato is said to be fine.
  - inter_netuser 5y ago
    Are you sure? It has a 0 next to it in that pdf, which is supposed to be low?
    - eliasmacpherson 5y ago
      Oh sorry, I pasted the wrong one, please excuse the dubious domain. https://branchesofwellnessacupuncture.com/assets/uploads/2018/11/Histamine-Foods-List-1.pdf https://branchesofwellnessacupuncture.com/assets/uploads/201...

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