Upset stomach

[Vickey Matteson]

Hi, recently I've started getting nauseated different times of the day. It doesn't last too long but I can't seem to connect it with anything except maybe I'm hungry?

Any ideas?

Vickey

[Mari]

Hi Vicky' 

If you are hesitant to visit your medical provider and if this discomfort persists you may choose to do that. I do have some suggestions and how ai have delt with digestive problems not caused by gluten but likely a result of having the autoimmune reaction in my small intestine for all the years before going gluten free. Before I stopped eating gluten I had a leaky gut. The gluten inflammatory reaction let other food molecules get just far enough into the wall of the small intestine to be recognized as invaders so I began reacting to them at a very low level, not very noticeable. 

When you eat a meal it goes into the stomach and is liquified in a highly acid environment. This may take up to 2 hours. This acidic fluid is then  released into the beginning of the small intestine where, as it is released, bile is squirted into it . The bile is very alkaline so it neutralized the acid.  Without that bile being available the liquid that is released from the stomach may remail too acid and cause discomfort. Many people use antacids to stop the burning but I don't do that because it did not get at the real cause.

\\I wrote that I had developed other food intolerances or allergies that weren't noticeable when I was eating gluten foods. Except for hot peppers and all of the nightshade family.  I have mild reaction to other foods. Those reactions cause enough inflammation in my digestive system that impeded food from passing down the small intestine so that when the food was released from the stomach it had no place to go because the small intestine was still having difficulty pushing it along. When the stomach can't release the acid liquidified food down it tends to be forced up resulting in acid reflux.  I learned to do gentle massages of my abdomen and over the last 18 years eliminated many foods from my diet. What I did not realize, although many celias have reported this, is that once a person reacts to a food even tiny amounts of the food I have eliminated, will cause inflammation in my stomach and upper intestine I was getting these very small amount of reaction causing foods in supplements, by cross contamination 

. Now if soy or corn, to name just 2, is on a label I don't buy it. Another suggestion is to drink enough water to keep yourself hylrated. That information is available online and depends on you height and weight.

I am not a medical practitioner so what I wrote is only from my own experience and what I think about the causes of some of my digestive problems. 

[Scott Adams]

Any chance you are getting traces of gluten in your diet?

This article has some detailed information on how to be 100% gluten-free, so it may be helpful (be sure to also read the comments section.):