What can't you eat?

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I thought about doing a poll (and may later) but people are so complicated decided it was easier just to ask. Partly out of curiousity, partly because having such extreme restrictions myself has made me want to be aware of other people's issues and cater to them where possible.

So: what can't you eat? I'm including moral choices and extreme taste preferences (ie you can't stand chili), but not anything where you'd rather not eat it but can put up with it if you have to, the operative word is can't.

So, mine:
I've gone back onto gluten (THANK GOD) but am otherwise being quite picky. So this is just where I'm at for now.

None: dairy, coconut, unfermented soy, chili, alcohol
Minimal: caffeine, cocoa or cocoa butter, artificial sweetners, acid (this includes fruits like plums and citrus, most fruit juices, salad dressing, preserved veggies and pickles, soft drink, and vinegar), spring onions/leek/watercress/chives, peppermint, paprika/red capsicum, fat (ie deepfried stuff), mustard, kidney beans, possibly pine nuts.

Also some artificial chemicals disagree with me but apart from artificial sweetners I haven't been able to pin down which exactly, so I just avoid overly processed foods. Gluten free flour mixes are definitely all bad, I think it may be the xanthum gum.

The usual disclaimers apply.

Comments

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AFAIK, there's nothing that I absolutely can't eat, in that it gives me an anaphylactic reaction. (I do tend to differentiate between that an 'won't eat because it makes me ill', just because being married to someone who does experience a life-threatening allergy makes one see it differently.)

I'm gluten intolerant, but thankfully not so much so that trace amounts are an issue - if I go to a restaurant, I can order something with rice / vegetables / potatoes / polenta / meat and not have to ask about sauces, seasonings and dressings. Same to a lesser degree with dairy, although yoghurt and cheese are fine.

For some reason I loathe olives stuffed with blue cheese, although I like both ingredients on their own.

In Iceland I passed up the chance to try whale, because I was ethically uncomfortable with it and didn't feel I'd sufficiently thought the issue through. And I won't buy non-free-range chicken from the supermarket, although I'm sure I consume some in pre-prepared meals like Indian takeout.

I can't think of anything else I won't eat, right now, except for endangered animals. :)

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(I do tend to differentiate between that an 'won't eat because it makes me ill', just because being married to someone who does experience a life-threatening allergy makes one see it differently.)

I can understand that. Sometimes people in restaurants treat me like I have "One crumb and I'll DIE" intolerances and I feel bad, I try to be clear so I don't make them complacent towards people with deadly allergies.

Hmm, yes, I wouldn't eat endangered animals (well not if it encouraged their hunting anyway) I try to eat free-range in my own cooking too, but since I'm not going to refuse to eat a cake made with cage eggs etc don't count it for this sort of thing.