Pineapple Juice?

[SGWhiskers]

I'm in my 12th week gluten-free and still struggling. I've glutened myself 3 times for various reasons, and am in my longest stretch gluten-free at 16 days gluten-free now. Tonight I'm feeling pretty funky and wondering if I glutened myself or am having a food intolerance to something.

Today's food:

Stash Tea: confirmed gluten-free

Almond Milk

Hershey's Cocoa powder

Brown Sugar

Ground Beef

McCormics Sage, marjoram, salt, pepper,

OLD bottle of basil (Were the laws on single ingredient spices the same 10 years ago?)

Potato

Olive Oil

Apple

Orange

Dole Pineapple Juice: Vitamin E and A added. Could this have been the culprit?

Nail biting again!

Pacific Foods gluten-free Chix Broth

Thai Kitchen noodles

frozen peas/carrots

ground beef

Sage, marjoram, salt, pepper, Same OLD basil

More pineapple Juice: I started feeling significantly worse 15 minutes after dinner. I was feeling poorly earlier in the day, but it got worse all of a sudden after dinner.

MSG also affects me pretty severly

I had Ragu sauce last night, but MSG is not listed and I don't see an ingredient it is commonly disguised as.

Anyone know if Dole Pineapple juice or old single spices are suspect? Can you get just a little sick from just a little exposure? I'm not having the strong reaction that I had the 3 times I know I had gluten. I'm more uncomfortable than miserable.

Happy Turkey feasting!

[Lisa]

It took me about six months before I could tell a glutening from time needed to heal.

Everyone is different. Sometime you can react, other times you don't. Sometimes your reaction time is within hours, other times days.

I've been doing it for several years and I haven't figured it out yet. I just know to be as careful as I can and go about my life.

I'd be careful about the nail biting though. And the pineapple juice might be a little too acidic for you.

[RiceGuy]

First, toss out all old spices. Ordinarily, about a year is the suggested shelf life.

I've used Dole pineapple juice without problems, but as was stated, it may be the acidity which bothered you. I don't know what their source of vitamin E is, but it may be worth looking in to. It doesn't have to be gluten to bother you, and it's quite possible that you have other sensitivities. Many on this board have discovered this only after going gluten-free.

What's in the Thai Kitchen noodles? Are you possibly sensitive to nightshades (potato)? I recently heard that many cheaper brands of olive oil are a mixture of oils, so depending on what you have, it could actually contain corn oil or something.

I've found out many times that even slightly rancid stuff gets me. If your oil is a high quality extra virgin cold press type, I wouldn't be able to use it past about 1 month, unless it was kept in the freezer. The old basil would very likely give me trouble.

Or, maybe the ground beef was a little off? Perhaps someone else will have some further insight for you.

[jkmunchkin]

I love pineapple but find for whatever odd reason it just doesn't agree with me and gives me stomach pains as if I've been glutened. Same thing if I eat raw broccoli.

Like others have said, I'd get rid of the old spices, but it could very well be that pineapple just doesn't agree with you.

[SGWhiskers]

I feel even worse today. It is a full fledged glutening. I get the neuro symptoms, and clumsy. I hardly have digestive troubles. I'm so frustrated and worried about how to keep this up. OK, no more nail biting. I had done well until after a job interview and relapsed. Thanks for the info.

SG Whiskers

[Happytobefree]

SGWhiskers,

I went down the list.

I would question:

Potato- contamination of skin- I tried some sweet potato last night that I scrubbed like mad with veggie wash and tons of agua...alas still a no-go

Thai noodles: cross contamination, I'm not familiar with these

Peas/carrots:cross contamination or additives

Ragu: I'm not familiar with their processing

Fruit: wash all fruit well, the food grade wax used to preserve freshness may gluten (read that I can get source if needed) I use veggie-wash brand. It's gluten free.

I'd say the acidity may have done you in too. Tomato sauce with pineapple. But you know you. If you haven't been sensitive to other acidic foods than it is probably just gluten. A little can go a long way as far as gluten is concerned. I seemed to grow more sensitive as my body healed. I feel great but a little gluten can make me feel quite bad. Be careful of the "certified gluten free" and the "gluten free...processed on equipment that processes wheat" products. While celiac is a disease it is, "gluten-free" is a marketing technique so be careful. Call companies to ensure safety. I've been gluten-free for 4-5 years now; it's work but I'd never go back.

[kareng]

Happy,

Please note: you are replying to a 3 year old post. Hopefully the Original Poster has it figured out by now.

[Lorr]

Although this is an old topic, I have been glutened by Dole Pineapple.  Label states ingredients only juice and pineapple, however, I have been glutoned  twice by this, it might be in the production line, all I can say it was the only thing I had eaten at the time.