How quickly can you react to food? page

[Athanasey]

I've been primal for a month now and I'm really happy with it. I've lost weight my allergy symptoms have reduced and my morning cough has disappeared.

Last night I decided to make wild rice with dinner. When I woke up this morning my nose was running like crazy and that familiar tightness in my chest was back. Next thing I know I'm hacking my lungs out.

The only new foods I ate yesterday were the wild rice and cashew paste. I'm assuming cashew paste is fairly innocuous.

Could I really have a reaction to eating rice that quickly, or is it more likely a coincidence?

[Glamorama]

I get sick straight away if I eat cashew paste. I also know people who get very sick from brown rice. The thing they both have in common is phytic acid. You need to soak and rinse the rice first, and if nuts give you grief, stay clear of the cashews. I have leaky gut, so I react very badly to phytic acid, normally within 2 hours.

[dado]

the second it enters my periphery, i'm flipping the switch, i'm after it.

[IvyBlue]

I have watched my friend's lip (severe shellfish allergy) swell in the time it took for the fork to leave her mouth and for her to spit the food out the restaurant had mistakenly served her. Another friend developed a kiwi allergy later in life and was in full anaphylactic shock an hour after she ate a few small pieces. Luckily this happened in front of the ER doors as we pulled up. Scary.

So, yes.

[prncsssmartass]

I feel symptoms within half an hour...and that is for stuff that make my tummy upset....my severe allergies are within seconds

[Nion]

Depends on your system and how severe the allergy is. If i eat capsicum i immediately feel nauseous. If i eat a big chunk i will hork it back up in no time lol

[RitaRose]

Yeah, I agree. I think it depends on how sensitive you are to that particular substance, how much you eat and whether it's an allergy or just an intolerance.

I can feel wheat within about half an hour, but chemicals like sulfites etc can take hours to kick in for me.

[d3monic]

I have been slowly increasing in my nut allergy. Originally it was just some kinds of peanut butters and I could eat almonds and cashews no problem. Lately I have not been able to eat ANY peanut butters without getting horribly itchy and my throat starting to close off. I had a few scares recently so just gave up on them all together. Peanut butter cookies being the most recent (few months ago). But lately I have been noticing a weird tingly uneasy sensation especially in my face after drinking almond milk and apparently flax milk...maybe coincidence? I don't know. I should probably make a appointment with an allergist to make sure I am not becoming allergic to all nuts. Might as well address these darn seasonal and pet allergies while I am there as well

[FairyRae]

I would think it could be either, although cashews are much more commonly allergenic for most folks. (Rice is one of those foods that is far less likely to be an allergen--although reacting to grains is quite normal after being off for a month--for me it would be more bloat and grogginess though--but we are all different and react uniquely to various foods...)

l I'd just be very cautious about both in the future, and you absolutely can have a reaction that quickly. If I eat dairy I might get a sore throat in an hour or 2. By the next morning my nose is stuffed up and I may have cold like symptoms.

[FairyRae]

I have been slowly increasing in my nut allergy. Originally it was just some kinds of peanut butters and I could eat almonds and cashews no problem. Lately I have not been able to eat ANY peanut butters without getting horribly itchy and my throat starting to close off. I had a few scares recently so just gave up on them all together. Peanut butter cookies being the most recent (few months ago). But lately I have been noticing a weird tingly uneasy sensation especially in my face after drinking almond milk and apparently flax milk...maybe coincidence? I don't know. I should probably make a appointment with an allergist to make sure I am not becoming allergic to all nuts. Might as well address these darn seasonal and pet allergies while I am there as well

Scary! Nut allergy can totally be increased by every single exposure. I'd def. talk to an allergist and really try to stay away from nuts for a while. I've known of folks (in allergy groups) who have gone from a mild reaction to a life threatening reaction by the 5th exposure. Crazy stuff...Good luck with this!!!!