The Smell Of Foods Affect Me

[mick66]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone had a problem with the smell of some foods. I did not know where to p0st this, so I hope this is the right category.

Pre=-diagnosis and post diagnosis of celiac disease, I have been unable to tolerate the smell of bacon,eggs cooking, greasy foods like fried foods, anything fast food, red meat and pork, chocolate. I used to love these foods and eat them pre surgery, but not since. This is not in my head, I have actually thrown up with the smell of bacon that my husband was cooking for himself and our son, I had to leave the room and go to my bedroom and close the door.

My diet consists of fish, chicken and turkey, veggies and fruit and of course gluten-free foods like rice noodles and rice and bland foods like vanilla gluten-free ice cream.. Even the chicken and turkey sometimes makes me sick, smelling or eating it.

Is this normal, does anyone else have this problem? This all started after I had my gallbladder taken out, it was infected with 8 stones in 2001 and was dxd with chronic pancreatitis after surgery,since then, I have not been able to stand the smell or taste of these foods. I was not dxd with celiac disease until 04'. Any thoughts on this. Is it from cp or celiac disease, going gluten free? Thanks for reading, Mick66

[jennyj]

I know exactly what you are talking about. The smell of raw hamburger or ramen noodles cooking will set my tummy whirling. I have also had my gall bladder removed and it is worse since then.

[covsooze]

Eggs do the same thing for me. Don't real know what started my aversion to eggs as I ate them fine as a young child. Makes me feel sick when someone just describes the smell or cooking process

[Ashley]

The smell of any Chinese/Japanese/Laos ect. food (save for Chicken and Beef w/ rice) makes me absolute sick.

-Ash

[jerseyangel]

The smell of mayonnaise makes me retch.

[ms-sillyak-screwed]

The smell of bread baking when I open the oven door will trigger a reaction for me.

[Kaycee]

The smell of bread in the supermarket gets me. Along with food being fried. Just seems to be greasy things.

Yuck.

Cathy

[GravStars]

maybe it's your body's way of telling you to avoid these foods, at least for the time being. i think when one is in a very sensitive state (physically and/or emotionally), strong, rich foods like that don't sit well (esp. for healing). and of course some of it isn't very healthy (fried and fast foods). at least that's my opinion.

[Kaycee]

If my body is trying to tell me to avoid these foods, why did it not give me that message before I went gluten free?

Cathy

[GravStars]

If my body is trying to tell me to avoid these foods, why did it not give me that message before I went gluten free?

Cathy

well i think that's what symptoms are doing, but that's a different issue. responding to what mick said, it sounds like a hypersensitivity to strong foods. like if you've ever been hungover and the smell (and sight) of certain food makes you want to be sick. usually its the richer foods (like the things mick mentioned) that are the worst, and they are also harder to digest. i interpret that as a bodily reaction indicating those foods would upset your body too much (and not just an emotional response because you don't like the taste of it). i know that after surgery or during sickness or prolonged stress people can become hypersensitive to things like certain foods, lights, sounds, etc. i know i do.

[Kaycee]

My body did talk to me and it told me to eat eat, as it was always starving.

But now, it isn't starving, and I am learning to pick and choose what I eat. I love that part of the diet. It satisfies me 9 days out of ten.

Cathy

[GravStars]

well it's interesting b/c about 6 years ago, i actually started feeling i should avoid or even cut out wheat entirely, and i didn't know what celiac disease or gluten was then. i have no official diagnosis yet (no insurance) but plenty of symptoms, so i am giving the diet a try. i'll see if my body/intuition was giving me a message, or just messing with me.

[darlindeb25]

The smell of soy burgers do it to me. I think this is maybe just our sense of smell though and not really anything from celiacs or gluten intolerance. My mother can't stand the smell of bananas. Her grandpa bought a whole truck load of them when she was a child and they ate and ate bananas and to this day, she hates them--won't touch them and she is 70 now. Deb