posted December 29, 2014 03:37 PM
Gabby, Not the acid... more the Histamine-levels. I had the same thing happen to me, but not until I got to age ~24. Happened suddenly with one food, then a rippling effect. Fish with scales (not lobster, shrimp, crab) was the 'first' food-find for me. ANY fish (salmon, flounder, all of them).
One doctor told me back in late 1970s that the one thing in common with all the foods I reacted to was High Histamines. I perked up, and said, O good! If I take an anti-histamine allergy product, then I can eat my tunafish subs again? He said, Unfortunately no. There are no shots, or pills to cure this....
After decades I basically found which foods were the biggest offenders.
Fish, soy products, legumes (beans, lentils), red wines, liver, extra-aged cheeses, the darkest chocolates (thank God I can eat the regular chocolates or a lighter version of the darks... just not the super-darks), beers (depends)...
I was so sad when it happened with soy milks, and those nutritional protein boost-type products.
Definitely "citrus"-- orange juice, or the whole fruit; grapefruit (especially). GRAPE JUICE! (oooh nooooo, not that?? yes, that too.) Raspberries.
Certain grains. nuts (walnuts).
"Salsa" tomatoes affects some people (not me).
HOWEVER, I can drink regular tomato juice, but the "V-8" brand products...? have a 'headache in every bottle' for me. Never figured that one out. (I used to love that juice the best!! I liked the 'celery-overtone' flavor to it. Maybe it's the celery? I haven't eaten celery in a long long time, so didn't check this out.)
Black olives affect some people.
Vinegars!... (recently, the vinegar in even the ketchup was getting to me?? *eek* ) If I go to a restaurant and have some of these foods, every SUPER once-in-a-while, and have the house-vinaigrette dressing, I'm okay... It's just if I eat it again 'too soon' that I get a reaction to the dressing.
There's a soy sauce I do alright with, but that Dr.{Bronner's sp__?} amino-acid booster that tastes like soy sauce, is a no-no for me. awww
Multiple-vitamins!... HEAD~ACHE!! began when they 'improved' their products back in mid-2000s.
Keep testing yourself, Gabby. I was quite surprised to find that some of the "healthiest (even bland) foods" I was consuming were triggers. Even those, yep.
The surprising link between allergies and migraines || The Low Histamine Chef http://thelowhistaminechef.com/the-surprising-link-between-allergies-and-migraines/
The many faces of histamine intolerance || Healthy Pixels http://healthypixels.com/?p=1044