Re: Herpesviruses secrete phony IL-10; might cause autoimmune risk

Kofi wrote:
>> This is kind of interesting...informationally...
>>
>> http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=62
>>
>> ...but I'd recommend just Googling "nightshades".  I suspect the issue 
>> for people with IBD is the alkaline content of nightshades, however, I 
>> recall being warned off tomatoes by the hospital dietitian because they

>> are highly acidic...at least that was what I surmised at the time...I 
>> suppose she could have meant alkaline reactive; she just told me
"you'll 
>> have to avoid tomatoes from now on" when I was released.  Ever seen
what 
>> tomato sauce does to an aluminum pot if you leave it?..I avoid tomatoes

>> religiously...mostly...
> 
> Acid-sensing ion channel gene 3?  I found something on that a few months

> back.
> 
> Do you experience a lot of muscle fatigue after you eat tomatoes?

I generally experience fatigue and deep malaise after I eat any heavy 
meal...mainly if I eat gluten heavy things like beef barley soup or 
something with high wheat/oat content...though I seem to be ok with a 
couple slices of wheat toast during breakfast.  I had to quit eating 
Cheerios, though...a bowl would knock me down for hours.  Awake, but 
feel as if I'm made of lead, and even just breathing is a chore...

What I get from tomatoes is gut pain, pure and simple.  A constant low 
level burning across my entire gut during this current episode.  Been a 
little over a week since I made the mistake of eating too much pizza and 
I'm still dealing with it.  Flared enough to feel it, but not bleeding 
and still regular; not particularly diuretic, but needing to hit the 
Ultram a couple times this week, maybe tonight as well.

Generally I just plain don't and/or won't eat tomatoes or tomato sauces. 
    I also try to avoid sugars (and honey in particular) when I get like 
this - things that may elevate acid content in the gut during digestion 
due to how they are broken down chemically.

I seem to be ok with peppers and/or dill pickles, and eat those as 
substitutes for tomatoes.  Spicy foods in general don't seem to bother 
me...as long as they don't have an acidic (alkaline?...) content.

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      - Rufus