Bloated

[BamBam]

It seems like whenever I eat a lot of pre-packaged gluten free items such as pasta, cookies, bread I get a yucky, bloated feeling. On the days I eat naturally gluten free items, I seem to feel okay or better.

Does this happen to any of you guys?

BamBam

[Deej]

Yes, it happens to me. I don't know if the guar or xanthum gum is the culprit. I rarely eat packaged gluten-free foods for this reason and, when I do, I have only a small amount and then make sure I don't have any more for several days at least.

[jerseyangel]

It seems like whenever I eat a lot of pre-packaged gluten free items such as pasta, cookies, bread I get a yucky, bloated feeling. On the days I eat naturally gluten free items, I seem to feel okay or better.

Does this happen to any of you guys?

BamBam

Yes, I feel absolutely the best when only eating naturally gluten-free foods. I use mixes very infrequently--it's actually been a while since I've used one. For me, there are just too many ingredients in them.

[tarnalberry]

Many mixes have bean flour in them, which can bother many people, especially if you're not accustomed to it.

[Ursa Major]

I am intolerant to all grains (including rice and corn), legumes (which includes beans and soy) nightshades (potato flour is in many of those mixes) and tapioca (those are just some of my intolerances). Since all mixes have at least one of those, usually more than one, I can't have any. In fact, the only gluten-free starch I can tolerate a little of now and then is light buckwheat (I don't do well with the dark buckwheat). And even that I can only use infrequently, as I get bloated from it.

Of course, gluten-free pasta, bread, pizza etc. are totally out for me.

So, you're not the only one who can't tolerate gluten-free specialty items. Just like Patti, I usually only eat naturally gluten-free foods (some of them, anyway ).

[emcmaster]

Xanthan gum makes me have drastic bloating and pain. I'm not intolerant to corn in any way, so I can't understand why Xanthan gum does that to me.

I handle Guar gum just fine.

Sadly, most gluten-free mixes are made with Xanthan gum, not Guar.

[ebrbetty]

it happens to me too, I try to avoid the prepackaged stuff as much as possible