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Intolerances To Other Flours?

MollyBeth

By MollyBeth
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MollyBeth Contributor
MollyBeth
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So I made my own home made pizza crust about a week ago and had digestive issues for three days after. Last night I used some bread I had made for bread crumbs for some delicious cordon blue I made and now again this morning...my stomach is gurgling.

The only new ingredients I was exposed to were teff flour, xanthum gum, and apple cider vinegar.

I've done some searching and I think the xanthum gum is the culprit. Most of the searches I found though says intolerances to this develop over time. I'm pretty sure though that I haven't been exposed to xanthum gum that heavily...

Did anyone else have trouble with xanthum gum right off the bat?

Is guar gum a suitable substitute in recipes that call for xanthum?

As always thanks for the help!!!

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dilettantesteph Collaborator
dilettantesteph
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It might also be the teff flour. Did you get it from the Teff Co which is teff only? Did you get it from Bob's Red Mill? Are you sensitive to oats?

trents Grand Master
trents
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I haven't tried teff very often but the last two times I've eaten it I got very sick with severe stomach cramps. Teff kernels have a resin that if not thouroughly washed off can do this for some people.

MollyBeth Contributor
MollyBeth
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It might also be the teff flour. Did you get it from the Teff Co which is teff only? Did you get it from Bob's Red Mill? Are you sensitive to oats?

I got the Teff flour from Bob's Red Mill. I'm not sure if I'm sensitive to oats. My doc suggested I stay away from them too when I started the diet so I haven't really had them since going gluten free.

dilettantesteph Collaborator
dilettantesteph
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I got the Teff flour from Bob's Red Mill. I'm not sure if I'm sensitive to oats. My doc suggested I stay away from them too when I started the diet so I haven't really had them since going gluten free.

I am pretty sure that they make then in the same facility where they process their gluten free oats. I reacted to their teff flour. I am sensitive to oats. I get it from the Teff Co. now.

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Mother of Jibril
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I've definitely had reactions to things that are supposed to be "safe." In January I decided to get really, really strict and stop eating all grains... with good results! I've slowly been able to add rice back in. Last week it was my son's birthday and I made a chocolate cake using a mix from Namaste... gluten, dairy, corn, and nut-free (although it did contain xantham gum). For a couple of days I thought I was fine. And then the abdominal cramps started :ph34r:

Hard to say if I was CC'd, have another food intolerance, or just need more time to heal, but I do know that my intestines feel great as long as I don't eat any processed food with grains ;)

MollyBeth Contributor
MollyBeth
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Last week it was my son's birthday and I made a chocolate cake using a mix from Namaste... gluten, dairy, corn, and nut-free (although it did contain xantham gum). For a couple of days I thought I was fine. And then the abdominal cramps started :ph34r:

This is why I think it was the xantham gum. The bread mix I used to make the bread I got the bread crumbs from was made from a Namaste mix. I don't know. I've only been on the diet for five months...maybe I'm just still healing.

I don't think I need to give up all grains... I eat this bread made from millet flour and flax seed all the time with out trouble.

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dilettantesteph Collaborator
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Grains and especially flours are really susceptible to CC. Now I get them from places that only process the one grain, and I do better.

MollyBeth Contributor
MollyBeth
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Grains and especially flours are really susceptible to CC. Now I get them from places that only process the one grain, and I do better.

Do you have any companies you could recommend like this?

dilettantesteph Collaborator
dilettantesteph
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Buckwheat: www.thebirkettmills.com

Millet: www.edenfoods.com

Montina: www.montina.com

Teff: www.teffco.com

Quinoa: www.quinoa.net

Sorghum: www.twinvalleymills.com

Corn Meal www.kinnikinnick.com

Xanthan gum and Guar gum: www.gfessentials.com

Couldn't find any pure amaranth.

ang1e0251 Contributor
ang1e0251
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I don't know about substituting Guar for xanthum, guar has laxative tendencies and I react badly to it.

Eliza13 Contributor
Eliza13
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I react to millet the same way I react to gluten. Now I'm wondering if corn is a culprit too and am afraid to eat it.

I also ate chick peas this week and had severe diarrhea as a result. Sometimes I think that I should stop eating grains altogether.

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C.S. Blogsmith
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I also cannot eat any grains, but there were also numerous other starchy foods that bothered me--potatoes, beans etc. Open Original Shared Link guidelines were helpful for me. I now eat Fruitarian, but when I first learned about the SPD, it was helpful to understand why a person's body is sometimes sensitive to these things. Unless it is just an allergy, which I guess happens too.

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