Food Reaction on HRT?

[Emily Alt]

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been on EV sub-q injections for about a month.  I’m starting to notice the physical and mental changes I expected.  One change I wasn’t expecting is how I react to certain foods.  Some of the foods I love taste different or don’t taste good. I also had a bad reaction last night.  I ate pizza for the first time since I went on HRT. Several hours later I had a case of indigestion and nausea. The pizza came from a neighborhood place that’s been consistently excellent for many years. My girlfriend ate the same pizza and was fine, so I doubt there was anything wrong with the ingredients or preparation. I love pizza BTW. Giving it up would suck!

Is it normal for HRT to change how we experience or react to food? Has anyone else noticed this?  Thanks!

[Alexandria (AKA Alex)]

White wine Emily…I get really bad cramps and D now if I drink it. Not sure if I still would now…but I’m not risking it. Things did taste different in the first month or so, mainly vegetables…then I got use to the difference. People have said it can do that.

[Emily Alt]

I’ve noticed veggies taste different too.  Not objectionably though.

[DeeAnn Hopings]

My guess would be that anything that changes ones body chemistry could bring about allergic reactions.

[Emily Alt]

That makes sense.  I just never thought about it.  It’ll be interesting to see how my sense of taste changes.  One change I’ll glad happened is chocolate.  It doesn’t taste good anymore.  Before HRT I had a very hard time resisting it.

[DeeAnn Hopings]

When my son was a kid, a half a dozen peanuts would result in a trip to the bathroom in 10 or 15 minutes; guaranteed. By the time he was in college that had mostly gone away. If he ate a lot, it would still react a bit, but nothing like what used to happen…

[Barri Andrea]

As someone who is allergic to all fruits and vegetables but can tolerate most if cooked, a food sensitivity is not absolutely an allergy, digestive sensitivities to beef and tomatoes are really common, and might be a result of changing body chemistry from hormone levels.

 

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