symptoms today from waffle and pancakes

[evelyn]

Hi, I made pancakes for my kids today with sugar in them and I think the steam and smoke from them was what got me. I am feeling a bit better now but, was very nauseas, my eyes still hurt, dizzy and uncoordinated, can't get a sentence out as well as I would like to, had to sleep and was craving dextrose but it didn't really help that much.

Do you guys get these symptoms when someone makes pancakes or waffles with sugar in them, or sometimes hashbrowns, only some hashbrowns do this to me but, waffles and pancakes everytime....not eating them, but, the vapors in the air get me bad every time. I thought it was the gluten but, I made gluten free ones so it's got to be the sugar...

I'm just wondering if you guys are as sensitive to the smell of sugary pancakes or waffles in the morning? ..and do you get similar symptoms to this?

[colormist]

I really, really, really hate the smell of cinnamon rolls. I'm also not fond of being in a bakery. I tend to make SURE I'm breathing through my nose when I'm exposed to either one. It would not surprise me at all if there was a sugary-steam or powdered sugar floating around in the air.

I toured the jiffy mix factory last week and made certain my mouth was shut while we were walking through the blueberry muffin section. They smelled delicious, but I didn't want to accidentally ingest any air-born sugar particles.

In short, yeah. I think if you do the mouth-breathing thing in an area where sugar particles might be in the air, then there's a good chance you could accidentally ingest some sugar. I've never actually had it happen to me, though.

[hfimomof3]

I feel horribly nauseous if very sweet things are cooking near me but I don't think it is so much that I am ingesting sugar as that people with HFI have a very sensitive nervous system reaction to the smell or taste of sugar, resulting in nausea even if the sugar isn't actually swallowed. My understanding is that this is the survival mechanism that allows us to detect when sugar is present. Basically an adaptive psychosomatic response. I don't feel like I am going to be poisoned if I bake cakes or other sweet foods, but I find it unpleasant and avoid it if possible.

[ukbill]

I think its called a "Pavlovian conditioned response" following a lot of research done in the 1930's I think where a dog could be made to salivate (drool) every time a bell rang because it was used to being fed after the bell rang.

This was done by a researcher called Pavlov.. of course. There was a lot of hype about it which developed into some famous films where someone was usually trained to be an assassin but did not know it until a code message was read out.. when they turned into a psychopath and killed the president type of thing.. very fanciful.

Still back to your response... Yes I'm the same going round the Cadburys Chocolate factory in Birmingham UK is a nightmare.

I hate getting sweet sticky hands! UGG wash quick!