Gluten Is Not the Only Trigger

This reminds me of something which occurred to me some years ago:

We had an aquarium with water frogs who needed bloodworms as food. Bloodworms(BW) are midge fly larvae & can make some people really allergic to them - even if they weren't allergic to them before. As a result, I now cannot be near BW, fish foods which contain it & even mealworms which are semi-related.

However - at first I didn't know the BW's were causing this. The aquarium was right next to my bunny's cage & very close to her hay. I began wondering if I had grown an allergy to the dried grass we had stored there. It turned out I was indeed getting sick from the hay, but only as a response to the BW's presence.

You see, my body was on high alert. SOMETHING was attacking it, so in response my immune system began attacking everything unknown & even semi-known until the enemy was defeated. It took 2 months after removing the BW before the contaminants were completely cycled out of that aquarium. I also avoided the bunny & touching her hay for that time, and thankfully I didn't develop an allergy to her or her food.

This article simply reminds me of that. I feel sometimes even good food can become suspect or 'dangerous' if it's in contamination with bad things AND even stressful events. So as a simple reminder: When you're having a high-stress week, keep a simple diet you can trust. Don't consume things the body is not used to - or it may associate that food WITH the stress. And the last thing we need is to cross yet ANOTHER food type off our list.