Thanks, Ann. At the moment I'm having to do without magnesium supplement until I can find a suitable one. Of the ones I've tried, oxide was the best for me, in the sense of having no reaction, but I don't know if it mobiliises mercury or has an anti-antioxidant effect?

I found this site that explains the difference between food intolerance and food allergy:

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/...ood_allergy_and_intolerance?OpenDocument

But that it's hard to tell the an intolerance or allergy apart.

I think I have a mild allergy to nuts. I don't eat them very often, just as I've never eaten fruit very often, and I do think that part of us psychologically avoids those foods that don't make us feel good.

But when I have fruit (at least a certain quantity, marmalade or jam is usually ok, for example) then within about 24 hours I will have rhinitis, which is a symptom of allergy and intolerance. But with nuts, I tend to get a swelled throat within a couple of hours. I had some nuts teatiime, and I have an irritated throat again - not sore as such, just that it feels tight and swollen. But I am ok with a small amount of nuts i.e. I regularly ate a snickers bar wiith no problems. But peanut butter sandwich would give me the same "groggy" feeling, like the beginning of a cold.

It's so frustrating because I am an ovo-vegetarian, which means I only eat eggs. I think I'm going to have to cut out, or at least down, on the nuts. Unfortunately I'm going to have to substitute with the "sweeties" i.e. cakes and cookies to get some fat, which I am not exactly happy about because of the carbs, but I have to get some more fat in - eating cakes is no hardship, mind as I love cakes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I thnk I will start baking my own cakes as I bought one in the shop today and while nice, is full of E's.

Hopefully I will put on weight with cakes. I did a couple of years ago and went up to 9 stone, so if I can get up to 8 and maintain it, I'll be happy. I've pretty much given up on gluten free because it was too hard for me with my already hard to manage diet restrictions.

Maybe when I am less toxic I'll be able to tolerate fruits and nuts. It's so weird that my body attacks them like they are toxins. I don't think it's the copper, because chocolate is also hiigh in it and I do okay with it.

I'd like to eat more healthy, but I've had to come to the sad conclusion that what is healthy for everyone else seems to be effectively toxic for me. But I just refuse to get depressed about it right now, and just get on with eating what I can, and try to get as much organic in as possible.