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From Flat To 6 Months Pregnant ....

Bonnie

By Bonnie
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Bonnie
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I am slowly but surely trying to figure out all my intolerances. Off dairy at the moment to see if it will help with my chronic C.

I have noticed in the past that I get incredibly bloated immediately after eating lentils or any beans. Well just had lunch - I had aduki/azuki bean stew - just the beans, carrots, onions, garlic & herbs with millet mash (millet and cauliflower mashed). Now my stomach is HUGE and I have an ache in my bowel.

I am very intolerant to rice. Now I am wondering - is it the legumes & beans? Does this perhaps mean I have a problem with lectins? I thought it was nightshades for a while, maybe all grains ...... gosh this is so frustrating.

I AM SO CONFUSED!!!! Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks

Yvonne

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Beans will bloat me also. I have them in small quantities. Cabbage is the worse for me. My stomach fills with gas and pushes up into my esophagus. I feel like its choking me. I don't think I'm allergic to these foods I just think we lack the digestive enzymes it takes to digest them. But I have yet to find one that works.

aaascr Apprentice
aaascr
Posted

I am allergic to beans and that is how I remember:

the swelling and bloating shortly after eating them,

that's not to say that you are allergic.

You could always try eliminating them from your

diet for a while and see what happens.....

For digestive enzymes, I use Tropical Papaya

by Country Life when I need some immediate

relief.

------Just some 2 cents to add in.

Guest katzmeow21
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I am slowly but surely trying to figure out all my intolerances. Off dairy at the moment to see if it will help with my chronic C.

I have noticed in the past that I get incredibly bloated immediately after eating lentils or any beans. Well just had lunch - I had aduki/azuki bean stew - just the beans, carrots, onions, garlic & herbs with millet mash (millet and cauliflower mashed). Now my stomach is HUGE and I have an ache in my bowel.

I am very intolerant to rice. Now I am wondering - is it the legumes & beans? Does this perhaps mean I have a problem with lectins? I thought it was nightshades for a while, maybe all grains ...... gosh this is so frustrating.

I AM SO CONFUSED!!!! Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks

Yvonne

I would definitely suggest that you take digestive enzymes with every meal you eat. ALWAYS

Are you taking a probiotic? You should take one each am without food for 20 min or so....

Another thing to consider is reading a book called "breaking the vicious cycle". Elaine Gotschall (I'm not sure of the last name spelling :unsure: Anyway she claims that anyone with a digestive disorder does not break down double sugar chains (molecular stuff ;) like monosaccarides are a single sugar and disaccarides are a double sugar. All grains are composed of double sugars or disaccarides. I believe this may be the same with a lot of legumes as well. Check it out

I would also suggest that you soak beans overnight before cooking to release the phytates which cause the gas and bloating and do not allow you to absorb the nutrients nearly as well from the beans. If you are using canned beans you are more likely to be gassy :blink:

And yes, I agree, it is frustrating....

hope you figure it out

mj

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kabowman
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I avoid all beans except for green beans. So far, they have all affected me and I am afraid to try more.

I went out with my kids last night to the ice cream place (I know the owner) and he assured me the sno cones were just sugar and ice, no corn syrup because I told him I can't have corn syrup. I still look 6 months pregnant!!! Won't do that again!

Robix Apprentice
Robix
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Hello newbie here,

Was just put on anti-biotics and am taking probiotics (lactose-free yogurt capsules) to help. Are these digestive enzymes? Or are digestive enzymes different from probiotics? Am I just getting confused in the lingo?

Everything I eat makes me bloat like Yvonne is describing. Am hoping that cutting out gluten will help, but still have to eat something! Even something I think is ok will make me feel bloated, heavy, pregnant and generally gross. Hidden glutens or not - if digestive enzymes can help, I'll buy a truckload!

THanks for your advice -

Guest Robbin
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Hi, Enzymes help you to digest the food, since some of us are lacking digestive enzymes due to the bowel problems, intolerances, etc. Probiotics help to encourage the "good bacteria" in the intestine to fight the "bad bacteria" and keep it from taking over. I hope I explained that right!

I take the enzymes before the meal and probiotic after. Take care :)

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aikiducky
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Probiotics are good bacteria. :D I take a brand where you have to open the capsule they're in and mix it in a little water for fifteen minutes before drinking it. Somehow that lets the bacteria survive the acidity in the stomach better. Anyway... I call the mix my "bug drink"....

Pauliina

Bonnie Explorer
Bonnie
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Thanks everyone for your replies and advice.

I do soak the beans overnight before I use them and I don't use canned food. Will just avoid them for a while I think - really like them though and needed a bit of variety in my diet. Oh well ...

I take digestive enzymes before every meal. I also take multi-billion acidophillus every day - perhaps I should increase the dosage for a while.

I just need to learn to be more patient I guess ;). Just difficult having such a limited diet - especially when I have to cook "normal" food for my kids.

Thanks guys

Yvonne

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