What Do You Think Caused It?

[BamBam]

This past week I have eated some Fritos, some of Pamela's gluten free cookies, and I started taking Centrum vitamins. And of course I do this all on the same day and I get sharp pain through my abdomen. Like one person described it, "it's like pieces of glass going through my system." I also have lower flank pain, I was tested for UTI but was clean.

BamBam

[bluelotus]

I had an acquitence with celiac disease that said she had gotten sick from Fritos (I can't stand the taste, so haven't eaten them since being dx'd). You may want to call them and double check their contamination policy and compare that to your comfort level.

[KaitiUSA]

If my memory serves me right, I believe that Fritos are one of the things that is made on a dedicated gluten free line.

Could it be something besides gluten? Like another food or additive you are having a problem with?

I know alot of the Centrum Vitamins are gluten free but did you check on them to make sure?

[jenvan]

That type of pain almost sounds like severe gas to me--when it is traveling through your intestines. Could it just be a combination of food you've eaten or something you had to drink?

[BamBam]

If my memory serves me right, I  believe that Fritos are one of the things that is made on a dedicated gluten free line.

Could it be something besides gluten? Like another food or additive you are having a problem with?

I know alot of the Centrum Vitamins are gluten free but did you check on them to make sure?

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Thanks for your response. I believe the Centrum vitamins are okay. I've stopped eating/digesting all three items. I will try each one separately and see what happens. I've eaten the fritos but sometimes I think corn is the problem. Anyway, I think it may be the cookies. I have them in a drawer at my other job and I ate one Tuesday evening and one Thursday evening and I got the sharp glass like abdominal pains. I read on a couple of her boxes of cookies yesterday when I was at the health food store "may cause stomach discomfort." ?? I wonder what that's all about?

Bernadette

[nettiebeads]

some of Pamela's gluten free cookies,

BamBam

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Pamela's uses something that I'm allergic to. I think it's the xanthan gum. Darn, because they are tasty, but after one cookie my mouth and lips are all itchy.