Pineapple Allergy?

[kimbermb]

Hello All,
I was having some good luck with the Autoimmune Paleo diet - actually seeing a significant decrease in the frequency and having some normal BM's - then I ate some pineapple last night with a baked chicken breast and my mouth was on fire and tingly with a fuzzy feeling in the back of my throat for about two hours. Then, right before I went to bed the watery diarrhea started. Then again, this morning. So much progress down the drain.

My question is: Should I consider this an allergic reaction to pineapple? I've never experienced this before and I think it's weird I would react to pineapple of all things when I've never had a problem with it before. Has anyone else experienced this? I've had lemon, orange (just small amounts of the juice in recipes) and coconut (aminos, concentrate, oil) with no reaction.

Thanks,
Kimber

[tex]

My question is: Should I consider this an allergic reaction to pineapple?

It sure sounds as though you had an allergic reaction to something. FWIW, I couldn't tolerate pineapple (or any other sources of citric acid) while I was recovering. Small amounts of citric acid weren't necessarily a problem for me, but larger amounts definitely were. Did you by any chance use any new seasonings that you had not been using before?

Tex

[kimbermb]

Hi Tex,
Thank you for your reply. No, I didn't add anything new, but I'm thinking you're right in saying it was too much citric acid. I've only used very small amounts of lime or lemon juice in recipes to add flavor, and really nothing else in the citrus family. I think I just got a little over zealous b/c I was feeling better so the pineapple put me in my place! Ha!

This morning at 2 am I had a very, very bad reaction to "something" so I'm being very cautious now and backtracking to my more "bland" food. You've mentioned on this forum it's often two steps forward and one step back, so I'm trying not to be discouraged by these recent setbacks.

Thank you, again!
Kimber

[C.U.B. girl]

Hi Kimber,

This is just my own theory, but I think when we are eating anything and everything, our bodies don't have a chance to single out everything we may have a sensitivity to. We just feel kind of "icky" all over, most of the time, never really knowing what causes it. Once we begin eating "clean", and eliminating a lot of the most allergenic foods (i.e., gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, nuts, nightshades, etc.), then our bodies are able to discern the remaining things that are causing issues, often in a much more noticeable manner than just overall "icky-ness". That's when we really begin to notice reactions to things we never reacted to before. Could be why you reacted to the pineapple; when you were eating a "normal" diet, your body was already so overwhelmed with dealing with the other stuff that any reaction to pineapple had to take a back seat, so to speak.

I'm having the same issue with coconut. Never seemed to have a problem with it before, but after a couple of months on the AI paleo protocol, there's a noticeable reaction to it now. My symptoms aren't exactly the same as yours, but it's a reaction nonetheless. I really hate that too, since so much of the paleo diet is coconut-dependent, but I'll just have to figure out a way around it….

Anyway -- there may or may not be anything to my "theory" -- but it just makes sense to me, that when you eliminate the "majors", your body can then focus on the "minors"….. i.e., pineapple and coconut, etc….

Hang in there and don't give up! It was just a minor set-back; it WILL get better!

Cindy

[tex]

Cindy,

FWIW

Tex