So glad to get a little validation from you guys. That's why I stay on this
list! I am in the throes of an immune system crash right now for cheating
too many times this summer. I have a sore in my nose, itchy eyes, itchy
bottom, bad menstrual cramps, etc.......so it's back to the straight and
narrow for me (I'll try to avert my eyes from the groaning Christmas table
laden with divine child-hood favorites!!!) This happens every year, you'd
think I'd get over it by now.....duh.

Beth

Sometimes I wistfully think of Godiva chocolates but the last time I had
some I wasn't right for days (the shakes, hyper, headache, irritable, broke
out, felt like crap--those damn things cost too much to offset their taste!)


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>
> Date:    Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:04:15 -0800
> From:    Wally Day <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: food allergies and tolerance
>
> > Now I have discovered that whenever I cheat by
> > eating something with wheat in
> > it, I get asthma, the GI problem etc. right away. I
> > am much more sensitive than
> > I used to be. I still cheat sometimes but I pay a
> > price immediately.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this increased
> > sensitivity after getting rid of
> > certain foods then trying them again?
>
> Makes perfect sense - the body "adapts" to the bad
> food and it doesn't seem to bother you "as much".
>
> Look at tobacco and other drug interactions. There's
> obviously *a lot* of adaptation at work there. Someone
> who quits smoking will get light headed, nauseaus,
> perhaps even puke when cigarettes are reintroduced.
> Interesting, though, the smoker will re-adapt to the
> effects of nicotine much more rapidly than they did
> the first time they smoked. I have seen people adapt
> (and become once again hooked) completely after that
> first smoke even though they had been smoke-free for
> months, or even years.
>
> I'm sure this is the case for most drug interactions,
> even the common over-the-counter drugs.
>
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