Of Carrots and Ch-c-l-t-

[Guest guest]

I've referenced, several times, my adventure of carrots and

chocolate.

You folks may recall that I've mentioned multiple times that when I

started SCD, I did not like, nor did I tolerate carrots, which are

supposed to be an easy-to-digest vegetable. Carrots tasted nasty to

me.

Months into SCD, I decided to give carrots a try again, being bored with

green beans, spinach, and zucchini. Interestingly, carrots tasted good to

me at this point, and did not cause a reaction. So I added carrots to my

repertoire.

About four months later, we went to see a friend who was visiting from

Ireland. Knowing she loved dark chocolate, someone had gifted her with a

bag of Ghiradelli Special Dark Miniatures. But she had no room in

her suitcase for them, so she gave them to us. They sat on a shelf in the

dining room for a very long time, calling my name plaintively.

Finally, I succumbed. I told my husband that I was going to have one

small piece, knowing full well that the result was probably going to be

diarrhea for several days -- but dang, I wanted that chocolate!

I took a piece down and SMELLED it.... ah! the aroma! I unwrapped it

reverently, and SMELLED it again. Ooooooh..... so I bit into it. And it

tasted dreadful. I handed the partly eaten piece to my husband, saying

that there was no point in eating an illegal if it didn't even taste

good. My taste buds and my system were now accustomed to an entirely

different type of eating. Then I wailed, " It's not FAIR! Exchanging

CARROTS for CHOCOLATE?! "

I will note that in the years since then, chocolate does taste good to me

again... but my gut still reacts to it. Which makes it that much

harder to not have. Not if I'm to achieve full healing. (Cocoa butter is

useful...)

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Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

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