At 03:09 PM 8/11/97 -0400, someone wrote:
>>of course you don't deserve to feel bad.  but if you weren't on paleo food,
>>it may be worse than what it is, don't you think?
Muriel replied
> Now, that's the kind of optimism I like.  I think I was sick from the
>plums and nectarines, but I am OK with cherries which are the same family.
>I burp an awful taste like pesticides when I am having one of those
>attacks.  Even dried peaches from the HFS.  I once had them analyzed for
>pesticide residue, and they came back OK.  (Didn't mean that they didn't
>have any, just that it was within allowable limits.)  I need to try organic
>nectarines and see if I get sick from those.

I'm also allergic to nectarines, plums, peaches, and apricots, but on a low
level.  One nectarine will make my lips tingle (in a negative way) and feel
swollen -- definitely an allergic reaction.  I don't eat plums much, as
they make my throat constrict; apricots are even worse in that respect.  I
used to get hives from eating peaches, so I don't eat peaches anymore.

Almonds are in the same family, though, and I eat a lot of almonds with no
adverse reaction that I can see.

I know that peaches and the peach family of fruits are standards on allergy
tests (the skin-prick type), so it must be a common allergy.

Corbie