food -vs- the body
Tim posted a note about sorbitol, and it reminded me of 2 other food/body interaction stories lately. A friend of mine from college recently quit eating red meat after a year of uh… gastric distress… that he finally pinned down as happening every time he ate beef, no matter the source. He had been an omnivore all his life, no particular sensitivities before, it’s like his body just got sick (literally) of processing beef.
The other one is me - over the last year or so I’ve stopped drinking soda with corn syrup because i figured out that it was the corn syrup that would make me all phlegmy after a fast-food meal. I think artificial sweeteners are awful, i can always taste them, and they don’t even taste sweet to me. I generally don’t even drink soda anymore except occasionally buying the expensive hippie stuff. I do like a good strong ginger beer though, i should try brewing some myself.
3 Responses to “food -vs- the body”
thanks for the link. I believe the coke in glass bottles they sell in Mexican grocs have actual sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
Not to raise a red flag irresponsibly, but I know someone with a similar reaction to beef, and they turned out to have disorder similar to Crohn’s or IBD. Maybe something to look into.
Real ginger beer is great, the stronger the better.
Hmmm, ginger beer. I could maybe be talked into trying that.