Joyciecat and avocado don't mix.

[pandora_parrot]

Everytime I eat avocado in quantity... it makes me sick to my stomach for the rest of the day... I even got cramps and other reactions to it.

Ugh.

I think I'm going to start actively avoiding avocado. Ugh.

Comments

[pucklass.livejournal.com]

If you get cramps and other things, is it possible that you're allergic to it?

[paradox-puree.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yes. I got really bad cramps after eating it. Totally.

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In any case avocado's full of potassium, which is something folks on spiro should avoid.

[paradox-puree.livejournal.com]

*nods* I wasn't aware of that, actually...

[serendipitygirl.livejournal.com]

You do know that avacado is one of the highest potassium bearing foods you can find, right?

[paradox-puree.livejournal.com]

That would explain the really painful leg cramp I had afterwards. ellie_l said this would happen, and that the solution was to eat salty things.

It worked.

[serendipitygirl.livejournal.com]

*noddles* Glad you caught it then.
There's a pdf I downloaded some time back that helped with the reminder (it's only one page) located here (www.stronghealth.com/services/primarycare/pdf/potasiumrestrict.pdf -).

[gardenista.livejournal.com]

Limit yourself to 1/4 of an avocado. It is so nutritious, but very high in fat, even though the fats are healthy. If you are getting cramps, it's probably too much of it for your body. An allergy to a foods shows up in congestion, nausea, hives, swelling/inflammation, and for serious ones, which you don't have, anaphylaxis.

Are you vegetarian, or vegan? Either way, reading Becoming Vegan is a good idea. I think she might also have Becoming Vegetarian. Becoming Vegan is the best book on nutrition I've ever read and not just for vegan nutrition. I'm a bit of a nutition freak, so this is saying something. :o)

Hope you feel better now.

Nichole

[paradox-puree.livejournal.com]

Yup! I'm a veggie girl! =^.^=

I think I'm just going to avoid avocado in the future.

[sunlightlotus.livejournal.com]

Poor girl, I love avocado. :(