Can Someone Tell Me Why?

[Chrissyb]

I have been gluten free for 6 months now and feeling much better. Yippie. In the past I have had some problem drinking milk so I just stopped and if I wanted ice cream I would talk a lactate pill and things would be ok. I had no problem with chesse, sour cream or anything with dairy in it. Within the last 3 month I would say I has got to where I can not have anything no cheese on my taco, no alfrado sauces, no ice cream, the only thing I can eat is yogurt. When I do have dairy I just want to curl up in a croner and die my stomch hurt so bad. It is on fire and feels like something is alive in there. Can anybody tell me why when going off gluten this happens? I know that I know have to take dairy out of my diet which won't be all that hard now that I don't eat cheeseburgers that much anymore or pizza. I have come to enjoy the taste of rice milk, (soymilk doesn't sit to well with me either). What next will have have to take out of my diet, I have also finding that fruits are not sitting well with me why is that. I ate a banana and that too make my stomach feel like it was on fire and I didn't eat it with anything else,

I just dont' understand I was starting to feel better and now there are more things I can't eat, I thought fruit was good for you so why does it make me sick. I am so confused. I just want to feel better.

[YoloGx]

A lot of times before you go off gluten your body is so used to being messed up it can't tell when other things are bothering it too. Its all part of the same thing so to speak.

I too have problems with milk like you, only yogurt and butter seems to be OK. Wish I could eat cheese or even kefir but really get ill if I do.

I also can't have much in the way of fruit either. Only infrequently, and on the low glycemic end at that. It seems to be because of candida overgrowth problems. It also may be a fructose allergy however, of which I hope I don't have but might. Maybe I can have some frozen blueberries once a week, or a few strawberries--not both. Sweetened with stevia. No sugar at all. Ditto with eating much in the way of beans unless they are fresh green beans. High glycemic. You get the picture... Often candida overgrowth is common with celiac...think about it and you will figure out why. Candida is opportunistic after all.

It is really true that with damaged villi in the intestines one becomes more allergic than one otherwise would be since undigested proteins go into the blood stream as a result. The liver also then gets overloaded by the way which is why herbs that detox the liver help with celiac in my experience. But even after the villi have healed some of the allergies often continue. I also have to avoid yeast similarly due to a yeast allergy...ditto with nuts etc. Of course digestive enzymes help allay some of this but certainly not all...

Nevertheless it feels so much better to avoid these things that it is totally worth it to stay away from them. It still is possible to have a varied diet despite numerous sensitivities and allergies after all especially if you think and plan ahead and are even just a little creative with one's diet.

Bea

[frec]

I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Your intestines were damaged by the celiac and, even after six months, they are still healing. Since the enzyme for digesting milk is produced in the lining of your intestine celiacs often can't have dairy. After a year or so some people can have dairy again and some, like me, never can. Fruit is kind of hard to digest and, again, your intestines may not be up to too much fruit yet. Just eat very conservatively for a while.

Another problem is that damaged intestines leak food proteins into your bloodstream, and might have caused you to develop additional food intolerances. You would notice them more now because, as Bea said, you aren't constantly sick from gluten. Lots of celiacs can't have soy.

Have you tried almond milk? I like it better than rice milk.