# Food you love, but can't eat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 3, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107 "2024-05-03T16:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/61 "2024-05-04T12:52:46Z")
When I can get it, I’ll have turkey sausage with my pancakes (for health reasons). The taste is a bit less “earthy” than pork products, but that doesn’t mean I turn up my nose at pig sausage — just bring on whatever you got; scrapple, if ya have it. ^ Kayaker, the wall always wins. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/62 "2024-05-04T12:55:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ Kayaker, the wall always wins. Indeed, yet I return hoping for best of three. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/63 "2024-05-04T13:58:02Z")
I already answered above but forgot about grapefruit statin problems. I’m about a year into that RX and have absentmindedly munched some grapefruit during. It’s lucky the interaction is somewhat weak because I doubt it’s the last time I sneak a piece. But no more guzzling grapefruit juice, salty dogs, or greyhounds. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/64 "2024-05-04T15:52:11Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > On that score: grapefruit. I marvel that anyone likes grapefruit. Please explain how it tastes to you, as I’d like to understand. Actually I don’t eat the fruit itself that much, but I do like a glass of grapefruit juice. It has a sort of tart, astringent, palate-cleansing flavour, unlike orange juice which can be a bit too sweet. Rather like Worf with his prune juice in TNG perhaps: now THAT’s a warrier’s drink! But of course one can’t explain tastebuds. I do agree that sugar should NOT be added! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/65 "2024-05-04T16:07:19Z")
Cereal for me. I think I have only mild lactose intolerance because eating moderate amounts of cheese doesn’t have a noticeable effect on me. But I don’t eat moderate amounts of cereal when I eat cereal. I have at least 2, if not 3, bowls, with milk, especially if it is Bear Naked tri-berry granola. A 50/50 mix of raisin bran with Lucky Charms would also hit that same sweet (heh) spot between too much and too little sugar, but mixing them together would be, like, work. Anyway, after gorging on the milk my innards invariably complain. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/66 "2024-05-04T16:14:45Z")
I have the same problem with wheat based cereals, stomach cramps and gas. I can tolerate malt sugars in cereals as long as I don’t eat them close to bed time. If I have a bowl in the middle of the night and go back to bed I wake up with a horrendous hangover if I am lucky or worse I wake up but cannot move. It might take me 5 minutes just to wiggle a toe then I am ok. I love broccoli abd have eaten it all my life but just decided no more as the gas and stomach cramps have just become intolerable. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/67 "2024-05-04T16:39:07Z")
Joining the chorus on spicy foods. I never was terribly fond of really hot stuff, but now anything hotter than ‘mild’ sauce gives me severe heartburn. I love Mexican food, but I have to be really careful what I order in authentic restaurants, which are numerous around here. Also, I have to limit my intake of coffee to two cups each morning. Any more and I will probably experience indigestion for a couple of hours. (Not to mention that I will be making frequent trips to the restroom.) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/68 "2024-05-04T16:41:42Z")
I’ve found quality blue cheese and raw pineapple now both rip the hell out of the roof of my mouth if I eat more than a little. It’s the histamines in the one, bromelain in the other. I love both and find it annoying I can’t indulge without suffering a bit for it. Greasy food in general is more of a trial than it used to be, though the impact varies. > [@snowthx](#): > > Grapefruit, the pink variety, chilled and cut in half, sections scooped-out with the little toothed spoon, then squeeze the half to get the rest of the juice directly into my mouth. No more since I went on the statin. Yup. Atorvastatin for me - clearly contraindicated. > [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Haven’t had the guts to defy the rule and see what happens… Liver damage. Don’t do it - you may not notice symptoms until farther down the road and you do not want to fuck with your liver. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/69 "2024-05-04T16:57:32Z")
I can’t eat ice cream anymore either. Even one bite tears up my stomach. I can handle other dairy products as long as I don’t eat too much. (Ask me about the time I ate an entire basket of fried cheese…) But ice cream does such bad things to my digestive system that it’s just not worth it. The ironic thing is my dad worked for an ice cream factory when I was a kid and I ate more ice cream than any kid should. Now I pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/70 "2024-05-04T17:00:25Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I have to limit my intake of coffee to two cups each morning. Me too. Fortunately I can have my regular morning dose of 12 oz. of strong cold brew with half and half over ice once a day. Second servings never taste as good and keep me up at night, no matter what time I drink it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/71 "2024-05-04T17:04:14Z")
Regarding statins and grapefruit: Rosuvastatin (Crestor) and pravastatin (Pravacol) are safe to take with grapefruit. Same for fluvastatin (Lescol) and pitavastatin (Livalo). Happily I’m on rosuvastatin so can happily still eat grapefriut. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/72 "2024-05-04T17:43:16Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Regarding statins and grapefruit: Rosuvastatin (Crestor) and pravastatin (Pravacol) are safe to take with grapefruit. Same for fluvastatin (Lescol) and pitavastatin (Livalo). What about Simvastatin? I’ve been taking it for 10 years after I got a cardiac stent, but nobody told me about any issues with grapefruit. Now I very rarely eat grapefruit, but I might have an occasional grapefruit juice. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/73 "2024-05-04T17:59:07Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > What about Simvastatin? … Consuming grapefruit while taking atorvastatin, simvastatin, or lovastatin **can cause higher levels of these statins in your body**. Other statins such as rosuvastatin, pravastatin, or pitavastatin do not interact with grapefruit.Aug 25, 2022… From [GoodRx.com](http://GoodRx.com) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/74 "2024-05-04T18:01:32Z")
Ah, thanks, I will be careful. I also have to tell my mother, who also takes Simvastatin but doesn’t normally eat grapefruit. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/75 "2024-05-04T18:15:59Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Quinine is what gives tonic water its taste, so if you’ve ever had a G&T, you’ve tasted quinine! I think I’ve had a G&T before but it was ages ago. So, I don’t have a memory of the taste. I know I didn’t hate it, but I prefer a gimlet. > [@Lancia](#): > > I confess I usually make a pot of coffee in the break room at work first thing in the morning just so I can smell the fresh brew doing its thing. I never drink a drop but the aroma as we have our mandatory daily AM meeting is divine. Ha, you’re like a character on _Ghosts._ > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Happily I’m on rosuvastatin so can happily still eat grapefriut. Thanks for this (I’m on rosuvastatin), but my bp med also contraindicates grapefruit, so I’m still SOL. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/76 "2024-05-04T18:22:48Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Having gone on a carnivore/keto diets and then reintroducing foods back into my diet I found that I am basically intolerant to processed corn like the kind found in tortilla chips. It puts on added weight on me like nothing else, as well as spikeing my blood sugar long term and makes me look bloated. I’ve tried salt free chips to no avail. > > Being half Mexican and a lover of the food is very frustrating I have a Mexican-American friend who would feel your pain - he has the cilantro-intolerance gene that renders any dish with even the smallest amount inediblely soapy. As you can imagine, this makes family dinners difficult for him. Imagine telling your Latina mom, _No, Mamá, no puedo comer tu comida._ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/77 "2024-05-04T19:22:00Z")
Oddly, I can drink milk, but drink a lactose free version. They actually remove the lactose so the milk is less sweet. (if you’re lactose intolerant you should be able to eat hard cheeses and yogurt.) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/78 "2024-05-05T02:44:13Z")
Grapefruit soda. I was very sad that it’s contraindicated with the chemo I was given. i know my last chemo treatment was a year ago, but I still haven’t had any and I keep forgetting to ask my oncologist. I miss F.resca ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/79 "2024-05-05T06:50:13Z")
Chicken wings and onion rings. Ever since they took my gallbladder, more than one of either is a guaranteed ticket to a night of abdominal pain. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107/80 "2024-05-05T08:04:28Z")
actually they used to use quinine sulfate to alleviate leg cramps … it had some interesting side effects well for me anyways it made me loopy as all hell to the point if I took it I just laid on the bed and watched the ceiling spin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107.md?page=5)