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No Problems Drinking Many Beers...

Ksmith

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Ksmith Contributor
Ksmith
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Hey everyone,

So I know that we are not supposed to drink beer, but many beers don't seem to give me any problems (that I can detect)--most confidantly, Bud Light never bothers me. Many filtered pale ales don't give me problems either. The ones that do bother me are PBR *among other commercial beers), wheat beers, and unfiltered micros. Does anyone else on this forum have a similar situation? I know that I could be still have damage done without feeling it, blah, blah, blah...I was just wondering if anyone else can drink the lighter beers fairly easily...Thanks!!!

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CarlaB Enthusiast
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Haven't tried it and won't. I'm waaayyyy to sensitive. As you know, you are getting the damage even if you don't have symptoms. My guess is that the beers you are drinking are not wheat beers, so the little bit of barley isnt' enough to make you feel discomfort even though it's still doing damage.

Ksmith Contributor
Ksmith
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So everybody who has read this post does feel the effects of gluten when they drink beer? I am asking because I am confused about the severity of my GI. If anyone can shed some light, that would be awesome.

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frenchiemama
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So everybody who has read this post does feel the effects of gluten when they drink beer? I am asking because I am confused about the severity of my GI. If anyone can shed some light, that would be awesome.

I wouldn't know. I never intentionally consume gluten just to see if it bothers me.

hez Enthusiast
hez
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I am sorry I am not of help. I do not drink beer. I happen to be one of the sensitive ones (I have reacted to a crumb). I can only imagine how I would feel after having a beer :(

Hez

Lymetoo Contributor
Lymetoo
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Sorry, I can't help either. I have 3 good reasons not to drink it. Lyme disease, yeast, and gluten intolerance. That's enough reasons for me to never try it.

teebs in WV Apprentice
teebs in WV
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I would bet that you won't find many people on this board that would drink a drop of regular beer. Drinking beer would be no different than eating a slice of bread or regular pasta, etc. Am I missing something here?

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Ksmith Contributor
Ksmith
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After reading a scientific study (I think swedish study) that actually measured the amount of gluten in many popular beers, I started to take my chances--many of the beers were below the limit at which one would say the product contained gluten. I am not super sensitive, though and I do not react to cross contamination either. Drinking a beer most definately does not effect me like eating a slice of bread--it's not really all or nothing for me, I guess--because many beers contains very low levels of gluten and they don't bother me the same way eating a crouton would...except unfiltered beers--they kill me.

MistressIsis Apprentice
MistressIsis
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I recently tried Shiner Beer in Texas and didn't have any immediate reaction but I'll tell ya the next BM was definitly solid. There's something about the ingredients & distillation process my BF had checked it out before even mentioning it to me. Havign said that, I'm a Grey Goose kinda gal, never was a beer drinker

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gfp
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After reading a scientific study (I think swedish study) that actually measured the amount of gluten in many popular beers, I started to take my chances--many of the beers were below the limit at which one would say the product contained gluten. I am not super sensitive, though and I do not react to cross contamination either. Drinking a beer most definately does not effect me like eating a slice of bread--it's not really all or nothing for me, I guess--because many beers contains very low levels of gluten and they don't bother me the same way eating a crouton would...except unfiltered beers--they kill me.

The actual protein content of most beers is pretty low but I don't think that means there is a safe limit.

As you say you don't react to CC either I suspect that like most of us you react on split levels.....

Those of us that try 100% gluten-free... (including CC) for a reasonable period mainly all find that they had symptoms they didn't realise. Going gluten-free -lite can mean that some symptoms dissapear but that others we don't even recognise do not until we go 100% gluten-free.

In nearly all cases we didn't realise that we had those symptoms until they dissapeared. Hence lots of people might say they have no symptoms and truly believe it BUT most people who try discover they were wrong.

I am certainly in this group ..... it just took me a long time to admit it to myself.

On the other hand if I am glutened I react more than when I was constantly dripfeeding gluten

Guest nini
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I don't drink at all anymore so I can't help you.

What is it in Europe, the codex standard or something, where certain ppm of gluten are considered acceptable on a gluten-free diet? I don't agree with this, but there are people that do. Maybe those particular beers fall under so many ppm (parts per million) of gluten.

gfp Enthusiast
gfp
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I don't drink at all anymore so I can't help you.

What is it in Europe, the codex standard or something, where certain ppm of gluten are considered acceptable on a gluten-free diet? I don't agree with this, but there are people that do. Maybe those particular beers fall under so many ppm (parts per million) of gluten.

Yep and I think if people knew what the CODEX is then they would be less trusting ....

Its not a conspiracy, all the information is on the WHO website.... its just noone seems to bother to actually read it...

The Codex is written by the food industry so the standards in it are determined by the food industry which then seeks to justify them. The 200ppm limit was not based on health issues it was based on what could cheaply be screened ... and represented the lower limit of cheap non instrumentation testing...this isn't because more accurate testing wasn't available but that more accurate testing costs 10x to 100x more... so it was chosen as a purely practical limit for the food manufacturers to be able to abide by.

It was then up to the food industry to justify this limit was safe.... which they did by paying for studies that said it was safe. If the study suggested it wasn't they just don't use that study. If you think this is unlikely the tobacco industry did the same successfully for 50 yrs.

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Endorsement of Methods of Analysis Provision in Codex Standards

A report of the ad hoc Working Group on endorsement of methods was presented by the Chair, Dr. Roger Wood (United Kingdom). The Committee endorsed the methods as proposed with amendments and comments. Much of the discussion on this agenda item focused on method to test for gluten in gluten free foods. The Committee agreed to endorse the R5 ELISA method for gluten as a Type I method.

Sterndogg Apprentice
Sterndogg
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I have no problems with Heineken or Amstel but avoid them anyway. Bud Light affects me. I do miss a good IPA.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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I used to drink the heavier beers so now I have none. I do know that a lot of the cheaper beers are supplemented with rice to make them lighter. So you may just not be sensitive enough to get a reaction from bud light.

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
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You may not get symptoms from it but you are doing damage and thats for sure.

Ksmith Contributor
Ksmith
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I understand that "I am doing damage" I tried to reinstate that again and again, and that wasn't really my question.

Rice Cakes Newbie
Rice Cakes
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Before diagnosis, I drank Guinness Extra Stout constantly. I reacted with sneezing, but otherwise felt great for days afterward - it seemed really healthy stuff for me. Except for once or twice when the left side of my face melted... but I got better. Anyway, now I know why I sneezed and my face melted.

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gfp
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I understand that "I am doing damage" I tried to reinstate that again and again, and that wasn't really my question.

No but its hard to answer it without saying that.....

I can eat a whole pizza and be fine for a few hours.. sometimes till the next day.... OR I can get a crumb in CC and react in 1 hour.....

As I said earlier you need to define what you mean by symptoms..... (probably as much to yourself) ...

What I am trying to say is it may give you symptoms you just fail to recognose.... especially if you have not be gluten-free-gluten-free but more gluten-free-lite (i.e. you are still getting CC)

Guest cassidy
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I'm jealous. I never used to drink a lot but there is something about a foamy cold beer that I really miss. I have tried the gluten-free beers but they aren't as carbonated and don't fill the craving.

I am very sensitive and would never give this a try because I do react to crumbs of cc and I promised myself I would never take risks because it sucks to feel that bad. I keep thinking about the drug they are testing that may let us eat cc amounts of gluten. I wonder if it would let you drink a light beer if some of them really don't have much gluten in them. That would be something to look forward to.

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