Comments on: Chilli Free Spices and Seasoning’s

By: Nicola

Nicola — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:12:25 +0000

Hi Marcus,

My problem with chillies is the headache they give me! When I was younger I suffered with migraines a lot and although I don’t tend to get the other symptoms now ( aura, numbness and vomiting)I still get a banging headache and nausea if I have anything with chilli in it. I’m wondering if I may have a problem with nightshades because cooked tomatoes used to trigger my migraines. I would be lost if I had to give up tomatoes and aubergine now!
Nice to find a UK blog about Paleo. I’ve only been eating paleo for two weeks now and already feel better in myself.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:08:56 +0000

Hey, I know, it is kind of tough to get rid of chilli all together and a lot of the simple, shop bought short cuts are just not suitable any longer but… we have found that making up our own spices that are not using chilli has opened some of those doors again and like you say, there is a whole world of herbs out there.

I know without a doubt that paprika and cayenne make my psoriasis itch straight away and often my wife (Who has MS) will get light symptoms in her hands so chilli is just not our friend.

Still, we get on okay with Eggs and bell peppers so it’s all good.

Love your blog by the way.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:32:32 +0000

I’ve been doing the autoimmune protocol for a few months now with no seed spices. I feel so good I’m afraid to reintroduce them – at this point I am in the hang of just cooking with herbs. It does make eating out impossible, however!

Mickey

By: Mrs Madel

Mrs Madel — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:24:26 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing these! The autoimmune protocol is such a hard adjustment. Unfortunately for me, mine seems to need to last A LOT longer than 30 days. Nightshades and eggs are NOT my friends. But, battling MS is not an easy thing, and if leaving those out will help, then so be it! 😉

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:48:44 +0000

Well, from the Robb Wolf book and my other reading around this, it is really the chilli pepper spices that are the big problem so cayenne, paprika, chilli powder etc. That is a bit of a problem though as nearly every kind of commercial spice has one of these in it so you are kind of stuck.

We have done some exclusion testing and reintroduction and we clearly have issues with chilli based spices and everything else seems okay.

Ultimately, you have to cut it out and reintroduce but my main aim here was to give people a way to cut out chilli to test that one spice and see if it causes them a problem as I know, for us, it causes an instant reaction (which kind of sucks).

Let me know how you get on.

By: Caro

Caro — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:33:36 +0000

I just came from Paleomom’s website and a whole bunch of her “avoid” and “use with caution” spices are on your list. I tend to overspice everything too 😛 However, I don’t actually have an autoimmune disease, but I’m interested in seeing how my body reacts to certain foods once I cut them out and add them back in.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:04:32 +0000

You know Rose, that is a damn good question, I will double check and update the post a little later this weekend (surrounded by the kids at the moment). If you can handle it, stick with herbs as they are all pretty much good to go and lemon juice, garlic and some woody herbs makes for a pretty tasty marinade. More later!

By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:53:04 +0000

I am just starting this autoimmune protocol. The book says to avoid nuts and seeds as well as night shades. Are some of these spices considered seeds?