Tracey wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > Has this happened to anyone? I ate this big raw red beet that I grew
> > for too long in my garden. It irritates my throat. I dunno if it's just
> > this beet or all of them. Maybe it's just this one. Is this irritation
> > due to enzymes in the beet? Has this happened to anyone else? It seems
> > similar to when I hurt my tongue from the enzymes in a pineapple,
> > although that was worse than the beet.
> >
>
> If I don't take anti-histamines when I eat fruit, raw vegetables and
> unroasted nuts my mouth itches and gets sore. Not a good thing to have this
> reaction to these foods when you are a vegetarian (!) but at least the
> anti-histamines stop the irritation. Cooked veg and fruit I'm fine with
> (and nuts if they're roasted), just can't have them in their raw state
> without the allergy meds. Try Googling 'contact urticaria caused by food'.

Is it a good idea to eat foods that you are intolerant of and then use
drugs
to mitigate the effects?
>
> Tracey