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runlikeagirl

By runlikeagirl
in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

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runlikeagirl Rookie
runlikeagirl
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Hey guys...I'm new to the gluten intolerant world. Diagnosed a few weeks ago. After two weeks I felt the best I've felt in years. The bloat was gone and i had more energy than ever. But lastnight I ate something that triggered a reaction and I can't figure out what did it. I need your help. I would also like to know if reactions occur immediately after ingestion 0-30 min, or hours after b/c this seemed to be an immediate bloat...the kind that makes you look like you've conceived a soccer ball :)

Here's what I ate for dinner...rice spaghetti, kroger marinara sauce (Romano/Parmesan) with no bad ingredients and a honeysuckle white turkey hamburger patty. Dessert: breyers lactose free ice cream with 2 squares of hersheys dark chocolate and a few milk duds. That meal didn't seem to bother me. I went for a run a couple hours later and when I got in ate an egg cooked in clean skillet and some baked Cheetos.

I know I could have some lactose or egg issues but this really feels like the gluten kind of bloat...still puffed out this morning.

thanks guys! And I so can't wait until october 1st when everything has to be labeled gluten free or not!!!!!

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Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
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Hi - and welcome to the gluten intolerant world. :)

It's hard to say what could have caused your reaction because that's a lot of processed food with a lot of ingredients.

Sometimes it helps to stick to more natural, basic stuff in the beginning, so you can really figure out what's going on with your body, and your body won't have to digest a bunch of chemicals while you're healing.

Also, sometimes you go through phases in the beginning where you feel better for a while, and then a bit worse. You could also have a temporary lactose issue, as you mentioned.

Good luck and hope you continue to feel better.

mftnchn Explorer
mftnchn
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As I recall Milk Duds are not gluten free, have malt in them??

Amy Gallagher Rookie
Amy Gallagher
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just wanted to let you know that milkduds have vanillin in them. That is made from wheat. I looked up the ingredients and that's the only thing I saw

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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First I will say that if I ate a meal like that.....I would explode. But I assume this is your normal kinda diet.

I suspect the Milk Duds too......Or like others said....ups and downs in the beginning.

Could also be that ALL that food was not fully digested by the time you took your run. When you exercise, your body shunts blood from the digestive tract to the muscles and lungs. Thus halting digesting. All those carbs and sugars that were sitting there will start to ferment. Then you get bloating and gas. I was a certified ACE personal trainer for 7 years. I saw this in my clients frequently. I tried to get them to eat light the few hours before a run.

lizard00 Enthusiast
lizard00
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just wanted to let you know that milkduds have vanillin in them. That is made from wheat. I looked up the ingredients and that's the only thing I saw

Do you have a source for that? Vanillin is on the safe list on this website and a few others I have searched.

runlikeagirl Rookie
runlikeagirl
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i went to a dietician after being diagnosed and they said vanillan (sp) was safe and milk duds is on the safe snack list. Hmmm...

this is definately the gluten bloat, not just being bloated from running. I'm a marathon runner that is why I eat so many calories :)

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Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
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. I'm a marathon runner that is why I eat so many calories :)

It's not the calories that are the problem, but the artificial ingredients, processed chemicals etc. that can be a problem if you're newly diagnosed and still healing.

I've heard people have problems with Hersheys. There are lots of possibilities though.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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You said you cooked your egg in a clean skillet . . . is it a scratched non-stick skillet that could have had residue trapped in the scratches? Did you use a little butter . . . possibly from a shared (cc'd) tub of butter? Also check your egg-flippers spatulas for wear and tear (areas that may trap residue).

Milk Duds are OK.

buffettbride Enthusiast
buffettbride
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Milk Duds are fine. My daughter eats them all the time. No malt or other gluten ingredients.

She is sensitive to egg yolks, though. Gets a weird bloaty, crampy feeling. Sticks with egg whites and no problem.

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Vanillin is gluten-free.

runlikeagirl Rookie
runlikeagirl
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I have been reading a lot about baked cheetos and looks like there could have been some cross-contamination possibility there. I'm still pretty positive that it is a gluten reaction b/c i'm getting the mouth ulcers this morning. UGH! Doesn't take much does it? those 2 days of bliss were nice though...I can't remember the last time I haven't felt bloated before then.

runlikeagirl Rookie
runlikeagirl
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Well, i just read that the new calcium chews that I bought yesterday had caramel coloring which is a no/no...i took it in the morning. Would my reaction had been that delayed as I didn't notice it until around 8pm???

ang1e0251 Contributor
ang1e0251
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Well, i just read that the new calcium chews that I bought yesterday had caramel coloring which is a no/no...i took it in the morning. Would my reaction had been that delayed as I didn't notice it until around 8pm???

Some say caramel coloring should be safe in the US but I was reacting to it so I stopped eating it. Hope you feel better soon!

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