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Was It The Sausage,red Wine Or Cheese?

Tra cy

By Tra cy
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Tra cy Newbie
Tra cy
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Thinking I made a gluten-free meal only to wake with bloating and stomach pains. I cooked rice pasta, sausage containing brocclli rabe and tomatoe sauce-organic, red wine and some cheese. I am only 3 weeks in and sometimes feel like it would be better to aviod all food.

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If you know the sausage was 100% safe, my guess would be the red sauce and wine. I know in my first couple of weeks, I had a horrible reaction after red wine and anything acidic...maybe because my body was suddenly absorbing stuff it had not been in a while, and was in "shock"? But, I do remember those first few weeks as pretty frustrating and horrible.

I now able to have red sauce again, the wine, I have no tried yet (except when it has been cooked in sauces I have made)..too scared, but will one day soon :)

lizard00 Enthusiast
lizard00
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I would think cheese and/or red wine. Most newly diagnosed folks can't handle dairy for awhile, and there are quite a few of us who can't handle it for the long term.

I also can't do some red wines because of the sulfites. One of the last bottles I had made me want to crawl out of my skin after about 2 sips... it's hard because I love red wine. I do better with some than others.

Celiac makes us great detectives!! ;)

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Thinking I made a gluten-free meal only to wake with bloating and stomach pains. I cooked rice pasta, sausage containing brocclli rabe and tomatoe sauce-organic, red wine and some cheese. I am only 3 weeks in and sometimes feel like it would be better to aviod all food.

Tra cy

Not to confuse the issue, but would it be possible the sausages were made with a gluten containing filler? Pure sausage is just ground meat w/seasonings, but it's easy to sneak bread crumbs into meat that's processed (or in the casings even).

BTW as to red wine, a friend of mine who was partner in a wine store said European wines are more pure than Calif. Think they have naturally occurring sulfites but none added. I know Italian French and Span. wines don't bother my stomach as much as US.

puddleglum Newbie
puddleglum
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I had a similar situation a couple weeks into my celiac diagnosis, making baked ziti. I was certain everything was gluten-free, then when I felt terrible for two days after, thought I must have been wrong. However, my two daughters, also with celiac, did not feel bad, so I started wondering. I couple "experiments" later, I realized I was reacting to tomatoes/tomato sauce. Could this be a possibility for you?

Tra cy Newbie
Tra cy
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Thinking I made a gluten-free meal only to wake with bloating and stomach pains. I cooked rice pasta, sausage containing brocclli rabe and tomatoe sauce-organic, red wine and some cheese. I am only 3 weeks in and sometimes feel like it would be better to aviod all food.

Tra cy

Yes I have had the same problem with salsa, once a favorite of mine...no more! I believe it was some thing in the sausage as well.

I am having a tough time with how severe the reaction is since I have stopped the gluten. Soy sauce is a no no..and the list goes on!I seem better eating bland and basic.

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GottaSki
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Many sausages are safe. I've had good luck with Johnsonville (suggested by others on this site), Aidells (listed NO GLUTEN on label) and just bought Cantella's based on ingrediants, but haven't tried yet I too have bad reaction to tomato sauces -- hoping this improves with healing, but rarely test it.

As for wine...I drink most reds...I bloat with whites, think its the sulfate. Anyway...at times I've had minor bathroom issues with reds, but no bloating as far as I can tell.

Keep trying new foods...I was extremely frustrated in the first weeks...at about 2.5 months now and have replicated almost all the foods we used to eat...except for the pesky bread group...still need to find a decent sandwich bread that doesn't break the bank!

I also know that at first I didn't trust everything in a meal when I got sick...our whole family has become better Gluten detectives and you will too...hang in there!

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The meal might have been gluten-free with no hidden gluten. I was on the gluten-free diet for a long time until I felt better. I think my damage had occured over such a long period of time it took awhile to heal. In retrospect I should have stayed away from alcohol and dairy, but I didn't. Feel better soon.

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