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Sometimes I Can Tolerate Carrageenan, Sometimes I Can't?


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Emphasis on CARRAGEENAN because it took me 5 minutes to learn how to spell! And I still don't get it.

Sometimes I can drink something like say pacific hazelnut milk and have no problems. It will make me feel kind of full but that's to be expected. But then I'll go and drink something like Silk or pacific almond milk and my stomach will instantly bloat and cramp.

What's with that?

Right after I posted this, I read the health concerns found here:

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Hmmmm... Still I wonder why we do fine with it at least some of the time.


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Emphasis on CARRAGEENAN because it took me 5 minutes to learn how to spell! And I still don't get it.

Sometimes I can drink something like say pacific hazelnut milk and have no problems. It will make me feel kind of full but that's to be expected. But then I'll go and drink something like Silk or pacific almond milk and my stomach will instantly bloat and cramp.

What's with that?

Maybe your problem is soy? Pacific's almond milk contains soy lecithin, but their hazelnut milk doesn't.

Jeanne

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I can't tolerate soy lecithin OR carageenan... and it makes me crazy! :) HAHAHA

Pyro Enthusiast
Maybe your problem is soy? Pacific's almond milk contains soy lecithin, but their hazelnut milk doesn't.

Jeanne

Wow, maybe! Though soy sauce, soy ice cream, tofu, and lechitin don't seem to bother me.

mslee Apprentice

I'm wondering about these too.

Seems like they both cause problems, I've been using rice milk and it seems ok

this is so weird, really we just experiment with all these things until we can tell what exactly is the problem ingredient???

I tried making an allergist apt and they had never heard of celiac, the lady wanted to know if it was something they put in food. They other office I called said they had never heard of it either and that if any of my allergy tests came back neg. my insurance would not cover them.

guess I have more phone calls to make.

Is there any other option???

RiceGuy Collaborator

There's also the possibility of CC, which can vary from batch to batch. So one time it might bother you, and the next time not.

But anyway, if you have a blender, you can make your own nut/rice/soy milks. It'll save you money, and you get to choose the ingredients. Some xanthan gum or guar gum works fine in most cases. I've done this many times.

  • 2 years later...
Austin Guy Contributor

I got glutened this morning and paid the price in the bathroom, but started feeling better more quickly than usual. Then I had canned soup late in the day that contained carrageenan, which I knew nothing about. I was in the bathroom several times within 25 minutes just as if I had been glutened again.

I have had the same soup when feeling non-glutened a couple of weeks ago and was fine. Is my reaction to this stuff perhaps turned up a notch because of accidental gluten ingestion? Can getting glutened make people more sensitive to other food products? Seems like it would.

Still so very new to this - some adventure!


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