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Testing for Food Intolerances: EnteroLab

Why did I get tested for food intolerances? Was I unwell? Not that I was aware of. Actually, no one suspected I had food intolerances, least of all me. Ernie was the one with digestive issues. In fact, the main reason I got tested was because he wouldn’t have done it on his own. Here’s […]

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Season to Taste

Season to Taste, How I lost my Sense of Smell and Found my Way

Season to Taste, How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way by Molly Birnbaum is the compelling story of  a woman whose plan to become a chef was cut drastically short when she got hit by a car and lost her sense of smell. What I expected was a […]

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Dublin Part One

Dublin

I hadn’t been in Dublin since 1982 when my boss called me to her office and blurted out she was terrified of flying and could I please go to Ireland the next day, Thanksgiving, in her place. I called my husband and said “Save me some leftovers.”

Thanksgiving dinner, 1982 — boiled […]

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The Elimination Diet

by Tessa Tapscott

The thought of never having pizza again made my throat close up. “Just concentrate on the things you can eat, it’s really not that limiting” my doctor tried to tell me. I couldn’t help but look at him as if he were insane. No caffeine? Eggs? Yogurt? Are you freaking serious? Do […]

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Alexander the Greek


When I was about 11, I dislocated and broke my ankle and couldn’t go to school. With a full leg cast, a wheel chair and crutches it was deemed I couldn’t negotiate the halls or classrooms of Wantagh Elementary.

Sequestered, as I became, […]

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Reading Labels

I’m on the sofa, down for the count. Why? Because I didn’t read a label carefully. Simple as that. In this case the offending item that gave me horrendous cramps and kept me in the bathroom for a very long time, at work, wasn’t even one of my normal food intolerances. It was chlorella, a […]

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