watermelons

[Lisa Crawley]

do watermelons have to much acid in them, that could upset the celiac disease, and yes I am new at this. I eat watermelon last week and got very sick afterwards so I am trying to find out before I eat anymore.

[Scott Adams]

You can certainly have an allergy to watermelons, however they are gluten-free of course, and are considered low acid:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-health-0316-high-acid-food-20120613-story.html

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Watermelon ranks as a low-acid food. ... All foods and beverages have acidity levels on a pH scale of 0 to 14, with distilled water falling in the neutral range at a pH of 7.

 

[cyclinglady]

Did you wash and cut it yourself?  Did you know that celiacs can have additional food tolerances?    Watermelon may not be okay for your right now.   For example, I had issues with whole corn.  It hurt to digest due to my damaged gut, but with healing, I can consume whole corn kernels.  I also overcame my lactose intolerance , but I still can not consume garlic, onions, mushrooms even though a repeat endoscopy revealed a healed small intestine.  Keep a food and symptom journal.  

[TerraNeu]

I know that watermelons can be  CROSS REACTIVE, for People with Ragweed Allergies. 
 

Not sure if that is helpful.

Not sure if they are on the latex-Fruit list; but, I know wheat is also a CROSS REACTIVE for a Latex Fruit Syndrome...  there is a Latex Fruit List..  {sometimes when you go undiagnosed for a while, other types of Allergies, Sensitivities, MAST CELL ISSUES.. can trigger reactions

some symptoms of “ANAPHYLAXIS” can seem similar to Celiac Disease. With Mast Cell Activation, things can seem “Random.”

With Autoimmune, Allergies, Sensitivities, Mast Cell issues.. and other “Immune System” & GUT issues.. there can be so many different kinds of craziness and things that do not seem to “Fit”” or make sense. 

 

[carolyng008]

On 7/15/2020 at 7:13 AM, cyclinglady said:

Did you wash and cut it yourself?  Did you know that celiacs can have additional food tolerances?    Watermelon may not be okay for your right now.   For example, I had issues with whole corn.  It hurt to digest due to my damaged gut, but with healing, I can consume whole corn kernels.  I also overcame my lactose intolerance , but I still can not consume garlic, onions, mushrooms even though a repeat endoscopy revealed a healed small intestine.  Keep a food and symptom journal.  

since being diagnosed with celiac an micro colitis i can eat chops as the meat was to heavy to digest. Watermellon an bananas always calmed down the gut

[trents]

8 minutes ago, carolyng008 said:

since being diagnosed with celiac an micro colitis i can eat chops as the meat was to heavy to digest. Watermellon an bananas always calmed down the gut

Did you mean to say, "i can't eat chops . . ."?

[carolyng008]

sorry i meant i cant eat chops. The meat is to hard for me to digest

[knitty kitty]

@carolyng008,

Welcome to the forum!

Having trouble digesting meat usually points to having low stomach acid which is a sign of Niacin Vitamin B3 deficiency.  

Niacin is one of Eight Essential B Vitamins.  These eight B vitamins depend on each other to work properly, so we need all eight.  These are Essential because our bodies cannot make them so we need to get them from our diets.  However, due to damage done to the small intestine caused by Celiac Disease, we may not be able to absorb sufficient vitamins and minerals essential to our health.  Wheat products have B vitamins added to them.  We cut out this main source of B vitamins when we go gluten free, so it really makes sense to take a B Complex.  Supplementing with a B Complex vitamin helps make sure we get these essential B vitamins needed for our bodies to heal and stay healthy.  

Niacin is needed to produce and secrete digestive enzymes.  Niacin also helps keep intestinal bacteria from causing SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth).

Hope this helps!