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| Does eating kimchi cause physical pain to your anal area or stomach? |
| Yes, it makes it hard to sit down and/or I embarrassed in public by it |
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fatpat
Joined: 05 Oct 2005
Location: The bright lights of Namchang
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| There is no doubt that kimchi causes some of the smelliest farts ever imaginable! With regards to how it makes my stomach and bum feel, I too have the same problem as you. I can't really tolerate red pepper paste, I have the same problem with some of the really hot ramens. However, I do have crohn's disease so I avoid these foods as much as possible. Not really a problem for me because kimchi is rank anyway. Perhaps you should see if you have a medical condition? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Not a problem for me. It's just cabbage after all and I ate tons of fart-inducing stuff like cabbage and spinach back home.
If kimchie makes you fart for your country, that's healthy, because your guts are being stimulated, which is very important. The sore anus could be to do with summat else. |
No, I don't think it's a cabbage issue...because I don't have gas with it, and I am expelling untouched bits of red pepper... But it's something you adapt to after not too long. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| fatpat wrote: |
| There is no doubt that kimchi causes some of the smelliest farts ever imaginable! With regards to how it makes my stomach and bum feel, I too have the same problem as you. I can't really tolerate red pepper paste, I have the same problem with some of the really hot ramens. However, I do have crohn's disease so I avoid these foods as much as possible. Not really a problem for me because kimchi is rank anyway. Perhaps you should see if you have a medical condition? |
Wow! I can't imagine having CD and living in Korea...it must magnify all our insignificant bathroom rants by 1000x... |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
As for the kimchi and your gas and rim hole irration problem...does it happen with every type of kimchi?
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It mostly seems to happen with that spicey red cabbage kimchi... In fact, it happens with pretty much any spicey food I get here (quickly eliminates more than 2/3 of it from that which I can eat, eh?). Actually, I can eat those yellow raddish kimchis ok without problems. and that green, lawn mower clippings-stuff is ok (but doesn't taste too good). |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| your body is just used to unhealthy, processed western foods like cheese, breads, meats and such. your stomach isn't used to relatively unprocessed veggies. this, too, will pass. |
That is actually a very good hypothesis and for alot of people who come here it might be true. However, I have always been very careful about my diet because I was a semi-profession athlete for many years. I used to spend (too much) money on raw fruits and vegetables back home.
Actually, I wonder how health kimchi really is given that it is NOT fresh at all... does it retain all the vitamins and minerals so beneficially found in real raw vegetables after they have let it sit in that vinegar solution for so long? Does anyone know? |
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seattlespew
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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I would ask, how long have you been eating Kimchi?
When I started eating it several years ago, I experienced the same ill-effects. I don't experience them anymore. Have I been Koreanized (god forbid)? I think that the body develops the ability to digest the capsaicin in the Kimchi. Or maybe it just burns up all the nerve endings in the digestive tract. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| seattlespew wrote: |
I would ask, how long have you been eating Kimchi?
When I started eating it several years ago, I experienced the same ill-effects. I don't experience them anymore. Have I been Koreanized (god forbid)? I think that the body develops the ability to digest the capsaicin in the Kimchi. Or maybe it just burns up all the nerve endings in the digestive tract. |
Well, yeah, maybe that has something to do with it.. I left Korea for 6 months and then came back. Also, I only eat out 2 or 3 times per week. When I eat at home, I dont touch korean food at all -- especially kimchi. Maybe if I was regular about eating kimchi my bowels would also be more regular and then I'd be more regular... HA! |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Personally I only experience these side effects when I eat a fair amount of the stuff. Since limiting my kimchi intake, I have no problems with it. But for those of you who do, simply don't eat the stuff.
At the public school I work at, we usually go out for dinner once a week. Generally at least one course includes a big bowl of kimchi chigae. That's too much for me to handle so I just say "no thanks."
Who cares if they are scrutinising you to see if you like it or not?
So what? If you feel that you have to explain, just state that it make your stomach unsettled.
Honestly the way some people go on about certain things on here would make people think that we are slaves with no choice about what we eat or do.  |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Once again, to answer about "if you just dont like it, dont eat it".. let me again say that liking Korean food is a huge part of adapting to Korean culture and getting along with people here. At least 1/3 of the time you meet someone here, they will ask you about your opinion of kimchi within the first 5 minutes of conversation. If you say no, they get all disappointed... Funny thing is, I had never even had Kimchi before I got to Korea and no one back home could tell you exactly what it is if you asked them... it's a pretty unique and important thing to 'korea-ness' so if you dont like it, there will be problems. (I already gave the example of doing business over Korean lunch but there are others). |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| (1) Once again, to answer about "if you just dont like it, dont eat it".. let me again say that liking Korean food is a huge part of adapting to Korean culture and getting along with people here. (2) At least 1/3 of the time you meet someone here, they will ask you about your opinion of kimchi within the first 5 minutes of conversation. If you say no, they get all disappointed... Funny thing is, I had never even had Kimchi before I got to Korea and no one back home could tell you exactly what it is if you asked them... it's a pretty unique and important thing to 'korea-ness' (3) so if you dont like it, there will be problems. (I already gave the example of doing business over Korean lunch but there are others). |
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1. Been here going on six years. Never had any problem adapting to Korean culture or getting along with the locals despite the fact I couldn't stand kimchi for the first three or much other Korean food. Eventually it grew on me. It is most definitely an acquired taste, I'll grant that.
2. Seriously? Hasn't happened to me yet in six years.
3. Again what problems? The Koreans that you work with must be hyper-sensitive or something. My boss just orders something else for me, like galbi tang.
Can you not explain that kimchi makes you sick? Wouldn't they take that as a reasonable answer? |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| pest2 wrote: |
| (1) Once again, to answer about "if you just dont like it, dont eat it".. let me again say that liking Korean food is a huge part of adapting to Korean culture and getting along with people here. (2) At least 1/3 of the time you meet someone here, they will ask you about your opinion of kimchi within the first 5 minutes of conversation. If you say no, they get all disappointed... Funny thing is, I had never even had Kimchi before I got to Korea and no one back home could tell you exactly what it is if you asked them... it's a pretty unique and important thing to 'korea-ness' (3) so if you dont like it, there will be problems. (I already gave the example of doing business over Korean lunch but there are others). |
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1. Been here going on six years. Never had any problem adapting to Korean culture or getting along with the locals despite the fact I couldn't stand kimchi for the first three or much other Korean food. Eventually it grew on me. It is most definitely an acquired taste, I'll grant that.
2. Seriously? Hasn't happened to me yet in six years.
3. Again what problems? The Koreans that you work with must be hyper-sensitive or something. My boss just orders something else for me, like galbi tang.
Can you not explain that kimchi makes you sick? Wouldn't they take that as a reasonable answer? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| Can you not explain that kimchi makes you sick? Wouldn't they take that as a reasonable answer? |
That sounds like a reasonable solution and pretty simple too. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
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| Can you not explain that kimchi makes you sick? Wouldn't they take that as a reasonable answer? |
That sounds like a reasonable solution and pretty simple too. |
Sure but these people don't use reason... they get DEFENSIVE when ever anyone CRITICIZES something they take DOGMATIC NATIONAL PRIDE in because they LOSE FACE. But I am thinking you cant understand since you never do that... 
Yes, Koreans do that quite often. Ask if you like Kimchi, ask if you like Korean women, ask if you like Korea... I just nod, "uh huh yeah".... |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| You are eating it, aren't you? |
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pauly
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| so where can I get one? can I just eat Kimchi and will that protect me just the same??? |
No, but if you shove kimchi into your pants, it might help. |
You're not taking this bit of advice seriously, are you? |
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