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gluten-free And Caffeine

IMWalt

By IMWalt
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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IMWalt Contributor
IMWalt
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OK. I can live without gluten for the most part. I am getting used to the gluten-free bread I bake, and I like the gluten-free beer, Redbridge.

One thing I have noticed since going gluten-free is that caffeine really seems to affect me more. I have one cup of coffee now and I get a headache and the jitters. I really enjoy coffee, and can get by with decaf, but I prefer regular most of the time.

Is this a normal response? I never drank a lot of coffee, but I could have a couple cups with no problem.

Thanks

Walt

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babysteps Contributor
babysteps
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try doing a search on 'caffeine' on this forum

I seem to remember someone citing a study that celiacs tend to be more sensitive to caffeine than the average population

I have always been a bit caffeine sensitive, and since going gluten-free am slightly more so. But since I wasn't drinking coffee anyway, mostly just means avoiding chocolate (don't worry, test that one out every few weeks to see where I'm at!) and checking at restaurants whether there's any caffeine source in a sauce (one restaurant soaked the lentils for their soup in coffee before cooking them).

I know many people seem to have stages of healing, 6mos and 2yrs get mentioned a lot, so perhaps at some future point your caffeine tolerance will increase again??

Phyllis28 Apprentice
Phyllis28
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Caffene has always given me a headache before and after gluten free. I only eat a little bit of chocolate once in awhile. You might consider living caffine free. I never have to track down a cup of coffee because I need a caffine fix.

DavidAll Newbie
DavidAll
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Caffeine makes my leg muscles turn to jelly for a few days, so i also avoid it

fedora Enthusiast
fedora
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I got way more sensitive after going gluten free. Even to green tea. I use to drink some caffeine every day. I had to give it up. Now I can have a little green tea when I need a boost in the morning after food.

torontosue Rookie
torontosue
Posted

Oh please....say it ain't so! LOL

You took away my bread, my beer, my pasta, my pizza....NOT MY COFFEE!!!!

I sure hope I don't get more sensitive to caffeine, I love my coffee, though I have to admit to cutting way back to 1-2 cups a day from my former 5!

IMWalt Contributor
IMWalt
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Oh please....say it ain't so! LOL

You took away my bread, my beer, my pasta, my pizza....NOT MY COFFEE!!!!

I sure hope I don't get more sensitive to caffeine, I love my coffee, though I have to admit to cutting way back to 1-2 cups a day from my former 5!

HAHA. I agree. I have never been a big coffee drinker, and in fact have usually gone a couple days a week without coffee just so I did not get addicted to it. However, I used to be able to have a few cups with no ill effects. Now a couple cups makes me feel sick all day.

As for beer, try Redbridge. I'm geting to really like it.

For pizza, I really like the crust recipe in Annalise Robert's baking cookbook. I make a few at a time and freeze them. I give some to my daughter and even her non-celiac disease roomates like them.

Walt

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IMWalt Contributor
IMWalt
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I got way more sensitive after going gluten free. Even to green tea. I use to drink some caffeine every day. I had to give it up. Now I can have a little green tea when I need a boost in the morning after food.

Darn. That must be me as well. My head hurts, I get all jittery, and it lasts all day. I used to get jittery if I drank too much caffeine, but the headaches are new.

Lockheed Apprentice
Lockheed
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Oh this is a good sign! It means you're actually absorbing your food again. I had the same thing happen and it sucked. But now I milk down my coffee so it's really half milk and half coffee and that seems to be an okay amount for me.

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Guest sru_gal_8504
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being a college student i need caffinee lol. cant live without. i j ust do it anyway.

modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
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I drink like 3 sodas a day...which is so unhealthy I know...but I can't eat so many other things and I'll be danged if I'm going to give up my soda too.....I don't have reactions to it though that I've noticed, I know that a lot of people are more sensitive than myself though... i don't know how people can do it, living caffiene free...I'd be a walking zombie

Calicoe Rookie
Calicoe
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I never could drink coffee like anyone else, and I figured that one out very young, at 18. The celiac thing just happened to me this year, and I am still undiagnosed. But coffee is delicious and the bigger burden for me will be no more coffee ice cream, or ice cream of any sort (just for now, I hope). I've always been more of a tea drinker.

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