On Friday, my co-workers invited me to dine with them at a local Indian restaurant near Salt Lake City, UT. I accepted, as the last time I recall having strong, spicy Indian food was when I was a teenager, dating a bookish but pretty Indian girl.
The food was everything I remembered. The curry was strong, the spices were hot, and the food was excellent. I topped everything off with some cardamom-flavored Rice Pudding, chilled to perfection. I ate quite a bit, but not so much I was stuffed.
I had to stop by a store on the way back to work to pick up a few items when I felt the first rumblings approximately 30 minutes later. I quickly asked the proprietor for the bathroom key, and spent the next 30 minutes feeling miserable.
Note to self: Be careful what Indian food you eat from now on.
What is it about the human body that it develops these odd sensitivities? When I was younger, I could eat whatever I wanted, and just about as much as I wanted, with minimal side effects. These days, I have a long and growing list of foods I should avoid if I don’t want to become very uncomfortable. And I suspect I’m not alone in that!
You Are Not Alone
Matt, without boring readers with details of my escapades shutting down entire restaurants and hotel rooms, let me state that you are not alone.
I attribute the cause to turning 30.
hmm…
So turning 30 is what did it to me… Interesting…
I hear you. More foods the
I hear you.
More foods the Barnson boys should avoid:
Mixing cheese with red meat Mixing cheese with bread Mixing cheese with ANYTHING. CINNABON fatty pork (Ironically pork ribs seem to be fine as long as they are like the overcooked, saucy kind.) Panda express ANYTHING
Red meat on the whole seems to be pretty rough. although there are exceptions. Lloyd’s barbecue beef seems to be fine, and so does that roast beef that comes prepackaged at Wal-Mart….tyson’s I think. 2 minutes. also just about anything cooked on a Foreman grill seems to be fine.
I think it’s the fat content that seems to be the real kicker. Too much milk or cheese or grease guarantees an uncomfortable hour or two. That means most fast food is totally out :/ but the good side is that a foreman’s grill burger tastes a lot better than a macdonalds quarter pounder anyway.
Cinnabon
Oh, man, I hear you on the cinnabon. Last time I had one of those gut-bombs was right before an airplane ride to Washington, D.C. with my wife. We went back to visit the fellow Barnsonians back in in Maryland, and oh man, I was in pain on the plane.
Heh, the rain in pain fell mainly on the plane. Eww, gross. Anyway…
I’ve actually found that as long as I don’t consume fatty foods at the same time as carby foods, I tend to be OK. So I can stop and grab some French Fries from McDonald’s without a problem. But a cheeseburger’s right out. I can do the Low Carb Six Dollar Burger from Carl’s Jr., but I have to skip the drink and the fries. Kind of funny, that.
As for cheese? Meh, I can eat as much as I want without problems, as long as it’s a hard cheese like cheddar or swiss. Soft cheeses like American, Mozarella (augh, pizza!), and cream cheese have to be consumed in very small quantities…
“You know you are getting old when you talk about health problems and are actually interested in the conversation”. –Me
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Matthew P. Barnson