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I drink alot of green tea, usually organic. I've noticed since going Gluten-free Casein-free that certain teas have given me either a casein like reaction (tight throat), or as today a stomach ache. Today I had Numi brand jasmine green tea and my stomach has been hurting ever since. I had had breakfast (gluten-free pancakes) 3 hours earlier so I don't think it could have been from that. What's the liklihood of tea getting cross contaminated with wheat?

thanks,

Liz

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I drink alot of green tea, usually organic. I've noticed since going Gluten-free Casein-free that certain teas have given me either a casein like reaction (tight throat), or as today a stomach ache. Today I had Numi brand jasmine green tea and my stomach has been hurting ever since. I had had breakfast (gluten-free pancakes) 3 hours earlier so I don't think it could have been from that. What's the liklihood of tea getting cross contaminated with wheat?

thanks,

Liz

Have you looked into the packaging?

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If its only green tea its fine. Some of the blends even herein Japan have mugi or barley mixed with them. Dont know numi but has soon as I saw jasmine green then it rang a bell as a blend.

Ken

I drink alot of green tea, usually organic. I've noticed since going Gluten-free Casein-free that certain teas have given me either a casein like reaction (tight throat), or as today a stomach ache. Today I had Numi brand jasmine green tea and my stomach has been hurting ever since. I had had breakfast (gluten-free pancakes) 3 hours earlier so I don't think it could have been from that. What's the liklihood of tea getting cross contaminated with wheat?

thanks,

Liz

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Have you looked into the packaging?

I checked the Numi website and they claim their teas are all gluten-free and processed far away from any gluten. Doubt it's the packaging. I'm now thinking maybe it was from the WEstbrae organic baked beans or the gluten-free pancakes I had had in the morning and just had a delayed reaction or something. Guess i'll have to just experiment! I've only been Gluten-free Casein-free for 3 months, and i'm almost thinking I should purposefully gluten myself a little because I really don' t know what to expect or how to interpret my reactions. I know what my casein reactions are , but am very unclear about gluten since i've been so strict in avoiding it and never did have many digestive reactions.

anyway, thanks for the input!

Liz

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I checked the Numi website and they claim their teas are all gluten-free and processed far away from any gluten. Doubt it's the packaging. I'm now thinking maybe it was from the WEstbrae organic baked beans or the gluten-free pancakes I had had in the morning and just had a delayed reaction or something. Guess i'll have to just experiment! I've only been Gluten-free Casein-free for 3 months, and i'm almost thinking I should purposefully gluten myself a little because I really don' t know what to expect or how to interpret my reactions. I know what my casein reactions are , but am very unclear about gluten since i've been so strict in avoiding it and never did have many digestive reactions.

anyway, thanks for the input!

Liz

Think I figured it out. The baked beans have "organic grain vinegar" in them...does that mean wheat? I just don't understand why I felt totally fine after eating them, and not until 3 hours later did my intestines hurt...does this mean the food was in my stomach for that long before going to the small intestine? yikes!

Liz

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