Red Wine With Gluteny Meal

[susanm]

I read somewhere that if you have wine with a gluteny meal, the reaction is 100-fold. I'm newly gluten-free, but whenever I used to have wine, it was usually with a pasta dinner (my favorite). Not only would I feel awful from the pasta meal, but the wine would just knock me out. I thought it was just an alcohol reaction, but now I'm wondering if it's the wine in conjunction with the gluten.

Has anybody heard about this?

[ravenwoodglass]

The alcohol can allow more 'stuff' to get into the bloodstream more quickly and helps increase the permeability of the gut. Even more so if the alcohol has 'bubbles'. If your gut is already damaged this could result in a more severe reaction IMHO.

[saaa-wheat<3]

The alcohol can allow more 'stuff' to get into the bloodstream more quickly and helps increase the permeability of the gut. Even more so if the alcohol has 'bubbles'. If your gut is already damaged this could result in a more severe reaction IMHO.

I think it could also have something to do if you are sensitive to sulfites, as I suspect that I am. Some wines will bother me more than others, symptoms ranging from stuffiness to acid reflux, to even feeling like I am coming down with the 'flu' (strange, I know, but sometimes, I'll go to bed with a hat, socks, sweatpants, fleece AND have the heated mattress pad a few hours after consumption )