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Why does does eating dairy too soon before/after shellfish make me sick?

Posted on 06/22/2008 7:12:41 AM PDT by RangerM

This is a total personal (vanity?) thread, but I have searched Google, and can't find the exact answer I'm looking for.

For many years I have learned to never eat dairy and shellfish within a certain timeframe, because it will make me very sick (nausea and all the other unpleasant things that go with it).

I ate shrimp for lunch yesterday, and after many hours (4-5 is my usual minimum) I ate ice cream. I still got ill, although not as severely as I would have, had I not heeded my usual rule. I now know I will have to wait longer.

Does anyone else suffer this and does anyone know why it is this particular combination (shellfish/dairy) that does it?

Thanks in advance.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: allergy; combination; dairy; gallbladder; shellfish
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1 posted on 06/22/2008 7:12:42 AM PDT by RangerM
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To: RangerM

Go to a physician and have yourself tested for allergies to shellfish and dairy products. It may save your life.


2 posted on 06/22/2008 7:21:24 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: RangerM
I'm not a doctor but I've got that lactose intolerance crap, so I just avoid dairy and everything is coupersètique.
3 posted on 06/22/2008 7:24:10 AM PDT by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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To: RangerM
First: if its making you sick to eat this combination - stop eating this combination.

Second: my guess would be likely you are lactose intolerant and how the shrimp is prepared is important.

Some sauces have milk products and with addition of additional cream sets you over the edge.

So if there is time that passes you are dealing with only one serving of dairy product.

Thats my guess anyway.

Remember I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.

4 posted on 06/22/2008 7:24:53 AM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: RangerM

Bad clams will make you violently ill no matter if you ingest after... or before shellfish. I absolutely love an order of whole-bellied, fried clams(with tar-tar sauce), slaw’... and a vanilla shake on a hot, summer night!


5 posted on 06/22/2008 7:25:11 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: RangerM

because its trafe?


6 posted on 06/22/2008 7:25:26 AM PDT by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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To: vetvetdoug

I appreciate what you suggest. I saw references to anaphylaxis about these foods, but neither (by themselves) will evoke a reaction in me, so I do my best to not eat them proximately.

It’s only the combination (or proximity) that will do it, but I can’t find out why.

Maybe it’s just part of being me, but I can’t imagine I’m the only one.


7 posted on 06/22/2008 7:30:21 AM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: RangerM

Do you ever get the “sick” feeling from either just ice cream or just shellfish? Or, is it the combination that does it every time?


8 posted on 06/22/2008 7:31:36 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: RangerM

Have you considered that it is not just the shellfish or the dairy but a combination of these two that you are allergic to?
They digest at different rates in the body, so it doesn’t matter if you’ve waited before ingesting the other.
Remember: 14 hours from mouth to rectum!!!


9 posted on 06/22/2008 7:32:15 AM PDT by California Brown Girl
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To: RangerM
How quickly do the symptoms appear after eating the ice cream?

Also, have you ever eaten ice cream and THEN shellfish?

10 posted on 06/22/2008 7:33:31 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: svcw

Like I said, I never eat them together, and avoid eating them within 4 or 5 hours of each other. Last night was an exception, so I will start extending that time allowance.

It doesn’t really matter how it’s prepared (fried, broiled boiled or grilled), but I know I never should eat shrimp, crawdads, lobster or crab (there are others), within several hours of consuming anything dairy, or vice versa.


11 posted on 06/22/2008 7:34:35 AM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: RangerM

Follow vetvetdoug’s advice...get tested for a shellfish allergy. It is the iodine most people are allergic too...and it can be ‘a tolerance’ type allergen (nausaa, then builds to nausea w/ vomiting, leading to an even more severe anaphalxis reaction—the swelling of the throat air passage ways). Nothing to mess with. I have to carry an EpiPen and wear a medic alert tag (iodine can be used in emergency medical procedures—so ER staffs need to know of potential life threatening reactions). Avoid shellfish until you learn if you are trully allergic as reaactions ‘increase’ in severity w/subsequent exposures.


12 posted on 06/22/2008 7:35:26 AM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I am still bitter.)
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To: California Brown Girl
Remember: 14 hours from mouth to rectum!!!

Maybe in a goose!

It depends on what you are eating.

In all, the movement of food through the entire length of the alimentary tract takes from 15 to 30 hours, with the majority of that time being taken up by activity in the colon. Food generally spends about three to five hours in the stomach, another four to five hours in the small intestine, and between five and 25 hours in the large intestine.

It amazes me that so many people will eat lunch and two hours later blame the flatulence on what they ate for lunch.

13 posted on 06/22/2008 7:37:54 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: raybbr

Any reacion would begin within 30 minutes to one hour of finishing the SECOND item. The severity depends on how close in time they are consumed. If I eat them together, I can’t take anything to dampen the symptoms. Last night I waited about 7 hours before consuming the ice cream, and a single dose of Pepto took care of it.

I’ve never noticed the order of consumption making a difference, but it might. I’m not going to find out.


14 posted on 06/22/2008 7:40:22 AM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: RangerM

There are people who eat Kosher who aren’t even Jews, just for the health benefits.


15 posted on 06/22/2008 7:42:14 AM PDT by DManA
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To: RangerM

Maybe you are Jewish and don’t know it.


16 posted on 06/22/2008 7:43:20 AM PDT by Southerngl
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To: neverdem

Any ideas?


17 posted on 06/22/2008 7:44:55 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: raybbr

It amazes me that so many people will eat lunch and two hours later blame the flatulence on what they ate for lunch.
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Gas by product of digesting the food would pass through quicker than the actual food I would think. At least that is how I remember reading it in school.


18 posted on 06/22/2008 7:44:55 AM PDT by Southerngl
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Maybe you are Jewish and don’t know it.

I don't get it, but I assume that shrimp aren't Kosher?
19 posted on 06/22/2008 7:47:11 AM PDT by RangerM (Barack Obama: CHANCE.....We Can't Afford To Take!)
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To: Southerngl

I thought about being Jewish, but I like bacon too much.

Pray for W and Our Troops


20 posted on 06/22/2008 7:47:14 AM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!!)
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