Its pollen time, i.e. spring, and hayfever is doing my head in.This is the time where lovely spring decides to sow its wild oats, and the air is filled with visible and invisible pollen trying to germinate. This probably happens in tropical countries as well, but as there are no spring per se in Malaysia, I had not experienced hayfever for the for the first 20 years of my life. Until I was in Fresno, laid up in bed with what I thought was a horrible case of flu – I thought I was going to die as it did not go away .

I am also, I believe, allergic to seawater. Depending on which sea, I seemed to be ok in Ibiza,but my favourite Malaysian islands did not fare as well – I always seems to come up with what look like hives.Eew.

Other interesting mix of things that I seem to be allergic to is sawdust (used on Boris the Hamster) and especially dust. And for an undomesticated goddess like me, vacumming regularly is a huge hassle. Add that on with pollen and I am half dead, relying on drugs and cold water to cleanse me of snot.

Ok,ok, enough about me.

Yesterday I got my allergy report. My step fil is into fangled mangled new age stuff – treatments, massages ect. A new hobby/business venture for him is this machine that looks like a DJ mixing dex that analyses what sort of food are you allergic to (i.e. peanut?) via your hair (kinda DNA CSI analysis sort la) . With all the additives in modern day diet, this peanut allergy list has extended to quite a long list; but mostly western inggredients, so you wouldn’t find oyster sauce there. It doesn’t mean that you would bloat up and die if you eat any of these food, but these foods tend to disagree with you digestion and central nervous system, so it would be best to avoid them.

He has done it for many a people, even through a mail-order system like where someone had sent him a hair sample of a horse (!!!!) and he analysed it and advised to cut some foods from the horse’s diet – apparently the horse is much happier now.

Wanna see my list?

Wanna wanna?

Allergic to:
Beer,spirits (that includes whiskey!!). OK for tea and coffee and wine.
That I know. I am allergic to alcohol and you can tell by me turning completely scarlet – and then normal again in 30 mins – and I can still walk straight and drive. It used to be worse – a pint makes me come out in hives. Now I just turn scarlet and look like I’m going to be dead drunk – but I am not. I pee it all out – it goes right through me smoothly like river ganges because my body does not like it. Even if I drink 5 pints (would need to do that literally sitting on the loo) I am still not drunk after 1/2 hour,because all the alcohol would be pee-ed out.This is why I never get pissed embarrasingly drunk – it does not remain in my system long enough. If I act drunk its because I want to.Heh.

Too bad I don’t really do wine anymore – but can’t live without coffee

All dairy
Sort of makes sense. I did not used to eat so much milk/cheese/cream/butter before I moved here..and with the overloading on my system, it is probably not liking it.The only cheese I used to get is on pasta and pizzas.

THIS INCLUDES MILK CHOCOLATE *cries*

Avoid carbs, my system does not digest it well – protein is better for me
Yeah,I already know that I bloat like crazy after ,but I cannot resist my siu yuk farn nor nasi briyani. I am a ricepot…that’s probably why I am fat because my body cannot digest it.

Avoid all cooked fruits and vegetable – rice is ok
Huh?Don’t really understand this.But he did mention that its probably all the kwai lou veggies i.e. spinach (WOO!!),cabbage ect…I should be ok with kai lan ect.

Avoid all grains i.e.rye,wheatgerm,cornflakes – soy and sesame is ok.
Again, notice the reference to more traditional asian food of soy and sesame – I like like tofu

Avoid refined food – white bread,E number additives, msg
Lucky I prefer brown bread.And I do not cook with MSG, mommy does not allow it. For a good reason. The additives and MSG I get is from my instant noodles.

So what are you allergic to?

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