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Dasmith

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Last night I sat down and ate a bunch of pumpkin seeds (without shell) and at about 1:30 am this morning I woke up with severe D...and it has continued since. I never had this problem before (new celiac as of 1/9/09), so I am a little upset.

My guess is I should lay off nuts/seeds for awhile to let my intestines heal a bit...am I correct in this thinking?

Thanks in advance for you imput.

Have a great weekend!

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Last night I sat down and ate a bunch of pumpkin seeds (without shell) and at about 1:30 am this morning I woke up with severe D...and it has continued since. I never had this problem before (new celiac as of 1/9/09), so I am a little upset.

My guess is I should lay off nuts/seeds for awhile to let my intestines heal a bit...am I correct in this thinking?

Thanks in advance for you imput.

Have a great weekend!

I'd say your problem isn't indulging, it's overindulging. Nuts and seeds are probably fine, as long as you don't eat a BUNCH of them! We do tend to be sensitive to high amounts of fiber early in the diet, try to use nuts and seeds as accessories instead of meals .

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Mother of Jibril
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It could also be an allergy... my daughter is allergic to pumpkin seeds.

Have you tried other seeds? I understand if you're nervous about it <_< but pumpkin seeds are biologically very different from things like sunflower seeds or sesame seeds.

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LOL when I say a bunch...I am meaning about a cup and a half of seeds with the shell before I took shell off....(for me that is a bunch)....wasn't enough for a meal. It could be that it is to many for me though...I don't eat them often and before diagnosis I always had D...so I wasn't sure what was causing it.

I was just surprised b/c since going gluten free have had no D at all (it has been fabulous let me tell ya)...35 years of D has been annoying to say the least.

Thanks again!

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LOL when I say a bunch...I am meaning about a cup and a half of seeds with the shell before I took shell off....(for me that is a bunch)....wasn't enough for a meal. It could be that it is to many for me though...I don't eat them often and before diagnosis I always had D...so I wasn't sure what was causing it.

I was just surprised b/c since going gluten free have had no D at all (it has been fabulous let me tell ya)...35 years of D has been annoying to say the least.

Thanks again!

We they ones you roasted yourself? There are companies that use gluten in the processing or flavoring mixes.

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For me it's not tolerating the fiber in them...I think.

In any form of nuts or seeds, even gluten-free, I start getting some serious cramps if I eat more than a handful or 2!

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You really do need to check any kind of seeds or nuts you buy for gluten. It is pretty commonly used in the coatings of the seeds/nuts. Especially in mixed varities. Yeast or autolyzed yeast is in the coatings on several brands I've seen. Also be careful of seeds/nuts from overseas where the rules on labeling for allergens might be different.

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