Hello My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit worried that the curries will now taste awful. Is there anything I can use or make as alternatives, or, could I do without them anyway and not notice much of a difference? Thanks in advance Sudy
[email protected] (Sudy) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > Hello > > My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating > curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit > worried that the curries will now taste awful. > > Is there anything I can use or make as alternatives, or, could I do without them anyway and not > notice much of a difference? > > Thanks in advance > > Sudy Use a lot of onions, fresh ginger, black pepper and serrano/jalapeno peppers(if you can tolerate the heat) and some turmeric, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to make your curries. You will barely miss the coriander/cumin at least in tomato-based North Indian dishes. For South Indian dishes like sambhar/rasam you are out of luck, although you should be fine if you can stick to the coconut based ones like kootu/avial. Good Luck, Kamala.
Sudy wrote: > My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating > curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit > worried that the curries will now taste awful. Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a device called a Syncrometer?
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:13:21 GMT, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote: >Sudy wrote: > >> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating >> curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit >> worried that the curries will now taste awful. > >Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" >practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a device >called a Syncrometer? > The test you took was 100% quackery-ignore it and ask for your money back!!!
"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Sudy wrote: > > > My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating > > curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit > > worried that the curries will now taste awful. > > Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" > practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a > device called a Syncrometer? > It may have been a wide-ranging blood screen for allergens similar to one I took a while back. They take 6 or 8 tubes of blood and then test it against literally hundreds of foods, pollens, and other potential allergens. The problem with this test it that it is totally chemical in nature - if the allergen in question causes a certain reaction in a blood sample it is labeled as "sensitive." I pinned my doctor to the wall to get a more detailed explanation of the benefits. He admitted that a sensitivity as revealed by this test often did not correlate with actual symptoms or other problems experienced by the patient. It is more useful as a screen. If it reveals a sensitivity to something then you can remove that from your diet for a while and see if you feel better. If so, great - if not, then there's no reason not to go back to eating it. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using.
In article <[email protected]>, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote: >Sudy wrote: > >> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating >> curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit >> worried that the curries will now taste awful. > >Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" >practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a device >called a Syncrometer? > > > I'm so glad someone else asked this first I wondered the exact thing and also what it means to be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise) to a spice.
On 28 Jan 2004 21:40:52 GMT, [email protected] (Donna Pattee) wrote: >In article <[email protected]>, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote: >>Sudy wrote: >> >>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating >>> curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit >>> worried that the curries will now taste awful. >> >>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" >>practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a >>device called a Syncrometer? >> >> >> > >I'm so glad someone else asked this first I wondered the exact thing and also what it means to >be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise) to a spice. me, i can't stand ketchup on hot dogs. your pal, blake
blake murphy wrote: > On 28 Jan 2004 21:40:52 GMT, [email protected] (Donna Pattee) wrote: > >>In article <[email protected]>, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>Sudy wrote: >>> >>>> My blood test revealed a mild intolerance to coriander, cumin and dill. I want to keep eating >>>> curries,and without these ingredients if possible, but as I've not experimented yet, I'm a bit >>>> worried that the curries will now taste awful. >>> >>>Who made this diagnosis? Was it a medical doctor, or some kind of "alternative medicine" >>>practitioner, like a chiropractor, iridologist, or naturopath? Was the diagnosis made with a >>>device called a Syncrometer? >>> >>> >>> >> >>I'm so glad someone else asked this first I wondered the exact thing and also what it means to >>be "intolerant" (mildly or otherwise) to a spice. > > me, i can't stand ketchup on hot dogs. > That's not a medical condition --- it's just good sense. ---jkb -- "No sprinkles! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!" -- Stewie Griffin
