I’m shouldn’t have ice cream due to my Type 2 diabetes, but once in a while, I stop at Mc Donalds and get myself a McFlurry with M&M’s. I get a bit sick later, but I find it worth it.
I’m thinking of that scene from Dr. Doolittle with Eddie Murphy where the lady keeps going to the hospital with an allergic reaction to shellfish. Later, she’s in a bathroom stall gnawing on a lobster while her face swells up.
I never understood that, but then my doctor told me to cut out sugar or my pancreas might explode (or something) and I immediately thought of that character.
Dark chocolate. I’ve apparently developed what appears to be a nickel sensitivity that manifests itself as itchy rashes on my hands, and guess what has a high amount of nickel in it? I’ve been ok at cutting out other foods but while I reduced my intake I’d rather be itchy than give up my chocolate.
You might have just solved a year long mystery between me and my doctor…I’ve been getting random rashes all over my arms and torso, and we have yet to determine why. I love dark chocolate.
It might be another food allergy as well. I have skin reactions to dairy, and it took me years to figure it out because a) it’s a slow reaction (6ish hours after I eat it), and b) I also assumed it was something my skin was coming into contact with
And in keeping with the OP, I also still eat dairy from time to time. Not a severe reaction, it won’t become a severe reaction, and there’s still no good replacement for actual cheese, dammit. (Daiya is close enough…sometimes…)
Yeah, this is true. I did a common food allergy test (dairy, eggs, shellfish, soy, peanuts and tree nuts) and nothing showed up on the tests so we moved on. That doesn’t mean it’s not some other food. But my family does have a history of metal sensitivity, and I FUCKING LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE so I feel like it’s a good lead after hitting dead ends for a year.
Thanks for the suggestion, though! I hope you get to enjoy some cheese with no rashes soon!
I went to my doctor about it too! She was convinced it was something I was physically in contact with so I was trying to eliminate types of fabrics, changing detergents, soaps, my cleaning gloves, wearing shea infused gloves at night, etc etc and at the same time I was eating dark chocolate nearly every night. I finally cut back in an effort to lose some weight and the rashes got better. Someone somewhere in my searches mentioned the nickel thing and it all clicked. You can search for “systemic nickel sensitivity” and “dietary nickel and dermatitis” and see if it sounds like what you’re dealing with. If so, I’m glad I could help!
Literally going through eliminating sources of contact dermatitis right now, and I’m getting rashes where it makes no sense for contact dermatitis. Genuinely thank you so much, you may have saved me ANOTHER YEAR of frustration!
The depressing part is seeing people call McDonald’s sundae and new socks luxury…
They are using it in a different sense. Not that they are considered luxury goods by being expensive and associated with higher socioeconomic standing, but that they are a frivolity which is not necessary and which has tangible costs that they feel are justified due to pure pleasure.
Yeah but new socks are necessary when the old ones are worn out, and honestly, I understand indulging in an ice-cream once in a while but make it something worth it instead of McDonald’s sundae…
how sick is sick?
High blood sugar presents differently in different people. For me, I get super nauseated, hot like I’m running a fever, and a pounding headache in my ears.
Other folks may get dizzy, light headed, become unreasonably angry, or incoherent.
Bonus: A lot of these are the same symptoms for LOW blood sugar. 😟
Lactose intolerance so same as you op. Not so much sick but I get the runs.
Eating sugar is fine with a bit of nutrition juggling when you have diabetes. The ‘you can’t have sugar’ thing is hopelessly outdated. When you eat lactose when you’re lactose intolerant no amount of nutrition juggling will help.
A friend of mine is lactose intolerant and used to eat chocolate anyway, which kind of turned her into a diarrhea time bomb. Usually at most a half hour later she would suddenly get up and run to the bathroom, anything in the way was toast.
I literally envisioned her running to the restroom and everything between her starting point and the bathroom literally turned into toast.
