Hello

My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
curries will now taste awful.

Is there anything I can use or make as alternatives, or, could I do
without them anyway and not notice much of a difference?

Thanks in advance

Sudy

(Sudy) wrote in message . com>...
> Hello
>
> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
> curries will now taste awful.
>
> Is there anything I can use or make as alternatives, or, could I do
> without them anyway and not notice much of a difference?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Sudy

Use a lot of onions, fresh ginger, black pepper and serrano/jalapeno
peppers(if you can tolerate the heat) and some turmeric, cinnamon,
cloves and nutmeg to make your curries. You will barely miss the
coriander/cumin at least in tomato-based North Indian dishes. For
South Indian dishes like sambhar/rasam you are out of luck, although
you should be fine if you can stick to the coconut based ones like
kootu/avial.

Good Luck,
Kamala.

Sudy wrote:

> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
> curries will now taste awful.

Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
device called a Syncrometer?

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:13:21 GMT, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Sudy wrote:
>
>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
>> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
>> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
>> curries will now taste awful.
>
>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
>kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
>iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
>device called a Syncrometer?
>


The test you took was 100% quackery-ignore it and ask for your money
back!!!
>

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Sudy wrote:
>
> > My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
> > dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
> > possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
> > curries will now taste awful.
>
> Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
> kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
> iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
> device called a Syncrometer?
>

It may have been a wide-ranging blood screen for allergens similar to one I
took a while back. They take 6 or 8 tubes of blood and then test it against
literally hundreds of foods, pollens, and other potential allergens. The
problem with this test it that it is totally chemical in nature - if the
allergen in question causes a certain reaction in a blood sample it is
labeled as "sensitive." I pinned my doctor to the wall to get a more
detailed explanation of the benefits. He admitted that a sensitivity as
revealed by this test often did not correlate with actual symptoms or other
problems experienced by the patient. It is more useful as a screen. If it
reveals a sensitivity to something then you can remove that from your diet
for a while and see if you feel better. If so, great - if not, then there's
no reason not to go back to eating it.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:
>Sudy wrote:
>
>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
>> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
>> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
>> curries will now taste awful.
>
>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
>kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
>iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
>device called a Syncrometer?
>
>
>

I'm so glad someone else asked this first :-) I wondered the exact
thing and also what it means to be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise)
to a spice.

On 28 Jan 2004 21:40:52 GMT, (Donna Pattee)
wrote:

>In article >,
>Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>Sudy wrote:
>>
>>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
>>> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
>>> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
>>> curries will now taste awful.
>>
>>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
>>kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
>>iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
>>device called a Syncrometer?
>>
>>
>>
>
>I'm so glad someone else asked this first :-) I wondered the exact
>thing and also what it means to be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise)
>to a spice.

me, i can't stand ketchup on hot dogs.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:

> On 28 Jan 2004 21:40:52 GMT, (Donna Pattee)
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>>Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>>Sudy wrote:
>>>
>>>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and
>>>> dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if
>>>> possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the
>>>> curries will now taste awful.
>>>
>>>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some
>>>kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor,
>>>iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a
>>>device called a Syncrometer?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I'm so glad someone else asked this first :-) I wondered the exact
>>thing and also what it means to be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise)
>>to a spice.
>
> me, i can't stand ketchup on hot dogs.
>

That's not a medical condition --- it's just good sense.

---jkb

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