Doritos mild salsa

[eagards177]

Has anyone had a reaction to this? I seemed to start feeling sick & woke up with bad stomach and dry mouth since having this last night, has anyone else had this?  

[Scott Adams]

I've not had this version, but have had other Doritos salsas with no issues. The ingredients appear to be naturally gluten-free, but there was a recent recall on one of their products that somehow got gluten in it...it was their Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips:

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Ingredients

Tomato Purée (49%), Chopped Tomatoes (19%), Onion, Peppers (10%), Jalapeño Peppers (2%), Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Capsicum Extract

 

 

 

[knitty kitty]

Welcome to the forum, @eagards177!

I found it helpful to cut tomatoes and peppers out of my diet for a time while healing. 

Tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplant are nightshades which contain glycoalkaloids which promotes zonulin production in the small intestine which results in Leaky Gut Syndrome.  (Basically you get a porous intestinal lining which allows food molecules to get into the bloodstream causing additional food sensitivity.)  

The Autoimmune Protocol Diet is helpful for healing the gastrointestinal tract.  After several weeks on the AIP diet, you can add foods like salsa back in slowly checking for reactions.  Keep a food journal, too.  

Hope this helps!

[eagards177]

Do you know what, I’ve done some research into nightshades, I think you could be right as I tested it again today and has a reaction to it. 
 

 

it’s so hard because so many foods contain the nightshade Ingredients, I’m struggling to find foods I can eat anymore! 
 

 

I also picked up I had a reaction to lentils today, (gluten free lentil crisps) are lentils a nightshade???? Thankyou for your reply 

[knitty kitty]

Lentils are gluten free, however, lentils might be contaminated with gluten if the equipment used to harvest, transport and process them have previously been used for other crops like wheat.  

Lentils contain Lectins which are hard for our gastrointestinal systems to digest.  Undigested Lectins can provide carbohydrates that SIBO bacteria thrive on.  

Try the Autoimmune Protocol Diet (Paleo diet) which removes hard to digest plant Lectins in grains, legumes (beans), and nuts.  Nightshades and dairy are also excluded.  

The AIP diet is basically meat and veggies and some fruit.  (Don't eat processed meats like sausages, chickens nuggets, luncheon meats.)  Choose fresh vegetables or frozen veggies without added sauces.  Stay away from processed foods including gluten free facsimile foods. 

We need to heal our gastrointestinal tract.  The AIP diet allows our digestive tract to skip the stuff that's irritating our intestines.  Our absorption of nutrients will improve.  Inflammation will decrease.  Once that stage is reached, we can slowly add more things back into our diet.  

Be sure to supplement with essential vitamins and minerals.  Since malabsorption is a hallmark of Celiac Disease, ensuring we are eating a nutritionally dense diet or supplementing vitamins and minerals is essential.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/aip-diet-autoimmune-protocol-diet