and of course I have to reply. My understanding on things (and I've been told this; I don't really know it), is that things which you are NOT allergic to are those things which WILL digest and the body NOT regard as a poison in your system. Some things which you are allergic to WILL digest and OTHER things you are allergic to will NOT digest but just stay there forever and 'putrify' in the tract. I have been told that and I don't know if it's true or not, but since some can be allergic to awfully strange things that could be it. It took me forever to finally understand that I could NOT eat ANY nuts in ANY form, and expecially not pecans. I couldn't beleive that anyone could be allergic to nuts, but I guess I am so I don't eat them. Not allergic to chocolate though.