UNGH! Reactions to foodstuffs are the WORST! All the stuff ya used to enjoy, then — one fine day — there’s a physiological coup someplace in your DNA, and now enjoying your old favorites is like eating Kryptonite.
After a life of eating pretty much anything she wanted, my wife had some antibiotic-related disaster and now can’t eat dairy, anymore — butter only, but nothing with casein in it. So, CRAP — no dairy? That’s like f*n half the menu just about anyplace you’d go to grab dinner! Coupla decent Thai places we’ve been to use coconut milk, so she’s free and clear there, but...geez! And home cooking gets alot more complex trying to work out palatable substitutes for the rank upon rank of normal ingredients that are made with milk.
And then, just out of compassion and empathy, nobody else in the house feels OK eating anything she can’t eat. Kiddos get milk, cheese for their sandwiches. and occasionally some ice cream. Other than that, we’re on the Empathy Diet.
I’m wondering if something similar happens with tolerance for stupidity. Young people seem to be able to put up with it but I just want to go all Darwin Awards on the stupid.
The downside of that is lack of bile regulation to help digest and absorb animal fats. Red meats are almost completely off limits to her... Fatty cuts of pork as well...