What Do You Do When You Accidentally Eat Something With Gluten?

[Natibug]

I have been learning to eat gluten free since Christmas. My success has had it's ups and downs. Lately I have had much better success by learning where the hidden gluten is. Since then I have been feeling so much better, almost normal. Today I went into a newly opened health food store. There they had some great looking gluten free cookies. So I picked up a bag of ginger snaps and on my way home I ate 2 tiny cookies. Out of my new found habit I grabbed the bag and began to read the ingredients. AHHHHH! First ingredient was whole wheat. I suddenly spit out what I had in my mouth. Sure enough in 10 minutes I was in a great deal of pain. Now how can I get it out of me quickly so I can get on to feeling better. Any suggestions?

I am going to call the store and have them seperate the gluten free from the rest of stuff.

[Ashley]

Welcome Natibug!!!

This is a good learning experience. Always, always, ALWAYS read the label. People are lazy and if they get an unwanted item, 99.99% time they're going to chunk it off somewhere in the wrong place. Or, for the uneducated worker, they might think something's gluten-free and it's not, so, into the gluten-free aisle it goes.

As for getting glutened, the only thing I usually do is drinking plently of water and maybe take Tylenol. Far as it goes for me, nothing much really helps. I have to ride out the storm 'til its gone. hopefully, someone else can suggestion something. Just keep strong and strict on the diet.

-Ash