What foods do you love to eat, even though you have to fight allergic or unpleasant reactions?

[Baitball Blogger]

For me it's ginger beer. Burns the hell out of my lips, but oh, so good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. If I have an unpleasant reaction,

I'm not going to like it.

I'm one of those for whom cilantro tastes like soap. So don't tell me there's only a little cilantro in the dish. Only a few soap chips is still not acceptable to me.

I am not allergic to anything, lucky me.

[Skittles]

2. I love peanuts in the shell

but sometimes the peanut "jacket" remnants puts a tickle in my throat and makes me have a coughing fit

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Regular Wheat pasta with my Awesome Spaghetti sauce

My guts rebel big time.

[DBoon]

4. raw oysters

tastes great going down

not so great coming back up

[Sneederbunk]

5. Anything I love to eat tends to make me gain weight.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. All things spicy! 😋🌶🥵

[wishstar]

7. I like Grenade Carb Killa Peanut Nutter protein bars but my innards don't like the sugar alcohol

I enjoy low carb high protein bars but the maltilol sweetener gives me terrible pains (plus at over $2 they are too expensive)

I can't eat any sugar free candy without bad stomach pains except Werthers Original sugar- free hard candies.

[Clash City Rocker]

8. Chili cheese dogs

The better they taste, the more likely they will do bad things to my gastrointestinal tract. But every so often, I indulge anyhow.

[safeinOhio]

9. Shell fish.

Ate a couple of shrimp a few years ago and no reaction, still afraid.

[TlalocW]

10. Brussel Sprouts

Last time I had them, got really gassy. Painfully so. But I'll have them again soon.

TlalocW

[elleng]

11. DAMN!

Ice cream, and BREAD! Just concluded I'm diabetic, so RE-doing my whole diet!!!

[DFW]

12. I have cholesterol issues

As in Bill Clinton-style serious cholesterol issues. But I love cheese, and it was torture to avoid it.

My GP in Dallas turned me onto a statin supplement that brought my LDL reading from 90 (for heart patients, 70 is considered the "do not exceed" level). It brought me down to 60 withing a month. Better living through chemistry!

The unpleasant reaction I get to too much LDL clogging my arteries is death, so I try to keep my consumption of such foods down to a very moderate level.

[mopinko]

13. i really miss artichokes. developed an allergy to them in my 50's.

my only food allergy. i hadnt thought about whether or not i could take something so i could eat them. i would if i could.

and i am not supposed to eat nuts or seeds, but that means almost none of my favorite foods, so i put up w that. stuck to the plan for years, but it didnt help. if i'm gonna pay either way, pass me the tomatoes.

[LakeArenal]

14. Fresh green peppers. Love them raw.

My stomach says no can do.

[Phoenix61]

15. Donuts.

The only food on the planet that gives me heart burn and I really, really like them.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

16. Ice cream.

Bothers my acid reflux like the dickens. But, dammit, I just can't put it down. Meh, sleeping standing up isn't all that uncomfortable.

[smirkymonkey]

17. Carbs, particularly gluten, I think.

Before everyone goes off on me thinking I am one of those gluten free phony nutcases, I have to say I have not given them up yet.

However, when I tried the Keto diet in April and May, and did not have any grains/starches, I noticed that after about 2 weeks, all my shoulder, neck, low back, stomach, knee, etc. pain went away completely. I thought that the pain was just a natural side effect of getting older, but it was pretty amazing.

I am thinking that it is wheat/bread/pasta because those are the things I am the most addicted to. I am planning to go back on a healthy moderated, lower carb (less extreme) diet in Sept where I can have small amts. of brown rice or potatoes (GF) but eliminate anything w/ gluten and see if the inflammation goes away again. It will serve me right if I am gluten intolerant since I have spent plenty of time making fun of my old boss who was a GF fanatic.

We'll see. If the experiment works, I will report back. But if the elimination of those foods can erase all pain, it may very well be worth it.

[MrsCoffee]

18. Hot wings.

I’ve burned the heck out of my mouth but still eat em.

Also kiwis. Love them but they sting!