Nuts With Honey

[cookiequeen]

The other day I went to Central Market in Fort Worth, TX and bought myself a little baggie of honey coated cashews and another of sugar free chocolate almonds. Both where from the bulk department and I used a small spice bag to control my portions. I was mindful of getting only a little of the sugar free candy since eating to much can cause diarrhea. Anyway, I ate them that night. The next day at work I felt horrible. My stomach had a lot of pressure ("fullness"), i had gas, and always felt like I needed to use the bathroom (even though there was often no/little results when I tried ). My stomach was getting distended and I could even eat my lunch salad due to all the pressure.

I figured it was the sugar free candy, even though they have never given me any troubles in the past. I was sure that I had not eaten any gluten that day. So a few days later I went to Austin to visit my family. We were in Whole Foods at the nut bar (I really like nuts ) and on a whim I asked the server if any of the nuts had gluten (since they were all flavored). His was response was that all of the honey nuts had a wheat ingredient. It must have been the cashews! I'm really glad I asked the guy even though I thought it was a stupid question since we were just getting nuts. Well, now I know.

[lpellegr]

I think we've all had a similar experience - at least we learned something from it. I don't eat anything that doesn't have a label I can read, just in case.