Sleeping 10 Hours/nausea

[luciddream928]

Hi all.

I am having the classic symptoms again - sleeping 10 hours, exhaustion, tired muscles, nausea, poor attention span, "short-fused"....

Yesterday I had a soy milk chai at a coffee shop. I called this morning and they used Oregon chai and Silk soy milk, which apparently are both gluten free. I checked their websites.

I have no idea what "got me".... any ideas? Anyone have issues with soy milk? I've heard that one is made from a barley grain (or was that rice milk?) but I cannot recall which one it is.

Thanks so much. Any help is much appreciated.

Rachel

[Lau3turtle]

I hope you feel better quickly!

Could it be a cross contamination issue? A utensil or hand touching a gluten-y surface and then touching your drink? Or some gluten residue in the equipment they used to make your drink?

I'm very sensitive to gluten, and this is what gets me most of the time, not the actual ingredients in the food I order.

I think, but am not sure, that a brand of milk sub. with the word "Eden" in the name had barley malt.

[luciddream928]

I hope you feel better quickly!

Could it be a cross contamination issue? A utensil or hand touching a gluten-y surface and then touching your drink? Or some gluten residue in the equipment they used to make your drink?

I'm very sensitive to gluten, and this is what gets me most of the time, not the actual ingredients in the food I order.

I think, but am not sure, that a brand of milk sub. with the word "Eden" in the name had barley malt.

Yes you are probably right. I ate out a whole lot this weekend (best friend visiting from out of town) and I asked the waitress if the fryer was a "French Fry Only" one and she said "yes" and on the way out I saw an onion ring skin (I think) on the ground (we were eating outside). So.... possibly that got me.

CC is such a big issue, I guess... unless i have an issue with soy. I had a scratch test done and the 2 allergies I had were wheat and soy. I stayed on soy because I didn't have any symptoms but now I wonder. . . .

[Takala]

Something in a popular name brand coffeeshop with that combination of ingredients (silk soy milk and chai ) gives me headaches. I have never been able to figure out exactly what it is, but now I tend to just get plain black tea or coffee and I am the one who puts anything else into it. Frustrating.

Soy dream soy milk is the one with the barley enzymes problem that bothers sensitive people.

That said, it's more likely it was the french fries made in a big deep vat fryer. Waitresses are unlikely to understand what you meant. She probably interpreted it as "do you deep fry turkeys in that thing?" and of course not, but she was NOT thinking about what goes on an onion ring. Or a hush puppy cornmeal ball. Or hot deep fried apple pies. Churros dusted with cinnamon sugar. Nacho chips. Who knows what went into that thing before or after the fries. And commercial manufactured frozen french fries can have who knows what put onto them as a taste enhancing coating.