Questions About Breads And Different Symptoms

[Sbwife14]

I am finding that I react differently to different breads. With pizza and noodles and white loaf bread I get horrible migraines. With things like cookies and biscuits, cinnamon rolls I sneeze my head off for about ten minutes then it's over. I can eat a hamburger with the bun and get by with mild constipation. Is there more gluten in some things than others? I'm not quite understanding. It's all gluten....?

[cyclinglady]

You are new right? Your gut is a mess. It takes time to heal (up to 2 or 3 years). It is best to do whole foods, keep a food journal (help identify intolerances) and eliminate all milk products (damaged villi can not release the enzymes to digest things like milk lactose.

Have you read the newbie section under "Coping"?

https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/91878-newbie-info-101/

[LauraTX]

Sbwife, are these gluten free breads and baked goods you are eating, or regular baked goods that do contain wheat and gluten?

[cyclinglady]

Are you still deciding whether or not to go gluten free?

[Sbwife14]

To clarify..yes I am new. These are not gluten-free breads. I have suspected gluten intolerance, noticing different symptoms with different things. A GI doctor I have seen agrees I may be intolerant. I've tried 100% gluten-free and symptoms improved dramatically. So I am transitioning back to gluten-free. I was just curious why I don't have the sMe symptoms for all breads... Curious if anyone knows. I am new.

[LauraTX]

Well, for different regular gluteny breads, there are going to be different levels of gluten.   That question has been asked on the forum before, and the bottom line is that we aren't going to have an answer for that.  The answer to any problem with gluten is to cut it out 100%, a low gluten diet type of thing is not going to fully help anyone with an actual medical issue.  Things like pizza dough tend to be made with a higher gluten flour, if that helps, but since you are experiencing things like sneezing, it sounds like there is an actual allergy in there somewhere to something you are eating.  You also may be eating a higher quantity of the gluten containing product when you eat things like pizza and pasta as compared to a hamburger bun.  But the cookies, biscuits, and cinnamon rolls making you sneeze sounds like it is an issue to something else so you may want to keep a food journal and write down all the ingredients in things that make you sneeze, so that way you may be able to pinpoint what it is so you can avoid it.  

[Sbwife14]

I didn't realize this topic has already been addressed. A food diary is a good idea. I will do that. For myself, I am suspecting a lactose intolerance as well. I have had gluten-free protein shakes and have sneezed as well as eating gluten-free cereal and sneezing. I haven't addressed that issue yet....but I am starting to take things out of my diet and see what happens.