food to avoid?

beni · Post by **beni** » Sat May 05, 2012 2:25 am

does anyone out there find ratatouille causes a flare? if I have to cut out this home made favourite or its individual ingredients of peppers, small onion, cougette, aubergene and tomato I will be very annoyed, Beni

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:51 am

Hi Beni,

Three of the ingredients (peppers, eggplant, tomatoes) belong to the nightshade family, whose foods are frequently not well tolerated by MCers. Nightshades in general are notorious for causing problems, especially until well into remission. I can tolerate cougette (zucchini) but not yellow squash. Isn't that weird?

You might try eating each food separately to see if which ones you can tolerate best.

Hugs,

Polly

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Sat May 05, 2012 10:03 pm

Polly wrote:I can tolerate cougette (zucchini) but not yellow squash. Isn't that weird?

How strange - I suspect the same thing and will be testing my theory this summer. I thought I was imagining things. Thank you for sharing!

Gloria

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:20 am

I definitely couldn't eat it since it is so heavy on nightshades - especially the eggplant which is extremely reactive for me.

Love, Maggie