I have decided to post tonight to give you an update on my food intolerance tests. But then I thought that I couldn’t do a post without photos so I photographed dinner even though it wasn’t really a recipe. Adriano is away trying to destroy his body in another mountain biking race so it was just Dario and me. I bought a cute little lamb roast – shoulder of lamb butterflied, to be exact. Then I cut potatoes up small and roasted them. I love them small and crispy. Just in case you wanted to know, we have around 4 million people in New Zealand and about 60 million sheep. That’s a lot of sheep!
But back to the update. I had a special limited diet yesterday and then starved this morning. I got there at 8am and they immediately gave me this disgustingly sweet drink – a full glass of it. It was pure fructose. Another lady was doing the same test and she lapped it up, commenting how delicious it was. It takes all sorts.
I immediately felt nauseous and it went downhill from there. My stomach became a witch’s cauldron, chills ran up and down my spine, my head throbbed like an idling 18-wheeler and I wondered what had possessed me to volunteer myself for this torment. Every half hour for three hours, I puffed into a bag so they could capture my breath and send it off for testing. I can tell them the results of the test and save them the time. Fructose wrecks my body! Full stop. A lifetime of wondering why all the doctors I have spoken to about my issues (and there have been many) have told me to eat more fruit and vegetables when I have always known instinctively they are the source of my troubles. In fact, where do you find fructose? In fruit and a wide range of vegetables. I have had a lifetime of trying to eat more fruit and vegetables to keep the doctors happy. I have always considered fruit salad for dessert to be the worst kind of torture. Not because it tastes bad – it doesn’t – but because of the witch’s cauldron. I could go on and on but I won’t because it is time to go to bed. Next Wednesday, I have the lactose test but I don’t think that is an issue. At least it had better not be because I can’t go through another morning like this one, and if I am lactose intolerant, what will I eat? Meat?
Love your dinner pic ~ Hope you’re feeling better after that awful test 🙂
Thanks. I felt better when the test was over and that horrible drink had moved through me. Not to be recommended.
I really love your page your dinner looked great. Love the updates hope you are feeling alot better.
Keep them coming I really enjoy your ideas and my hungry family enjoys me cooking your recipes. I have a really lovely supply of fruit in my garden at the moment figs, passionfruit, grapes and the vege garden is looking good also I really try to eat of the land first before going to the fruit vege shop.
Thank you so much, Debbie. I am glad your family likes the recipes. I am envious of your fruit and vege garden. I need to replace my son’s tobacco plants with some wholesome vegetables. This is the first house where I don’t have a vege garden and I miss it.
I don’t have an issue with fructose but I think I once did a similar test for gestational diabetes when pregnant. They make you drink an enormous amount of a sugary thick syrup and you feel like you’re going to vomit. Then you have to sit quietly for an hour and then they test your BSL. Amazing how there are some out there who like those kinds of drinks! xx
It sounds similar, Charlie, but this was three hours. One hour would be bearable but three…
It’s amazing what food some people eat too!!
I love roast lamb, how delicious! So sorry about your test, that sounds like an most unpleasant morning. Hoping you find out something definite soon!
It was unpleasant but at the end of the day, this is about me getting some answers so I can move forward. I kept telling myself that while I was there and it helped.
I love lamb, your photos are so beautiful! and I hope you feel better!
Thanks, Julia. I felt better almost as soon as the testing was over. Now I have to do the next one. Fingers crossed I am not lactose intolerant too.
Yikes, that sounds like a horrible way to confirm what you already knew. I’m thinking of lamb for Easter…and your crispy potatoes are the perfect side! Thank you for your kind message…I am touched by the support from my dear foodie friends. xo
It was horrible but sometimes we have to prove things to ourselves in a more scientific manner. I still need to get the breath test results back too.
Good luck with the challenge ahead of you.
Great looking dinner – I love lamb! In fact a lot of the lamb that we buy comes from New Zealand (frozen, obviously). Thanks for the update on your test – I’ve been wondering. Good luck with them – they sound remarkably unpleasant.
New Zealand’s lamb reigns supreme! Yay!
I guess the tests are unpleasant only if you have the intolerance to that substance. Another lady who was also being tested seemed quite chirpy. I couldn’t have chirped if I tried.
I am so sorry to hear about the horrible morning you had. I couldn’t agree with you more on the fact that sometimes doctors have tunnel vision and won’t even consider that their advice brings more harm than good!
On a lighter note your dinner looks amazing 🙂 it looks like a little feast rather than a week day dinner
I have changed so many doctors, I no longer remember who I have told what. They are good at many things but diagnosing is not one of their strong points and nutrition doesn’t seem to enter into their mindset. At the end of the day, we have to be responsible for our health.
I hope you don’t have to go through something like that ever again! The dinner looks great! I love lamb!
I have just done the lactose intolerance test and that was a breeze. Obviously I am not intolerant to dairy products – thanks goodness!
Hi Suzanne,
I’m sorry to hear about what you went through during your tests. Thank God I don’t have any problems with any food allergies, yet. I have a lot of friends who have developed them later in life. The lamb looks very good.
You are lucky. I have always had certain problems but they were getting worse. Allergies can develop at any time in your life, unfortunately, which is grossly unfair.