Allergic To Wheat, Corn, Rice

[antmimi]

Dr. didn't tell me when I started into these problems a month ago that I could be allergic to wheat and this may be causin this pain. I had been eating bread and cream of wheat like it was going out of style. But found out that it is a moderate high allergen.

Reflux started from allergies and them killing off everything in my stomach with three antibiotics in a two week period of time. But not getting better.

Well, sort of getting a little better most days. Ate chocolate today and I knew better... So i am hurting!!! I am on 60 mg of Prevacid and carafate and still hurting... Carafate causes my stomach to sting a little (and sometimes seems to add reflux pain) but no more diareah and the poop is now brown again (not a lovely baby diaper yellow). My intestines still burn on and off. And lidocaine with maalox is a close friend of mine.

My allergies are out of control. And looking at recipes on here for just flour makes me depressed... All have rice, or cornstarch in them.

What foods do you recommend for a bland diet while I am trying to get my body to be less acidic? The allergy test didn't test for oatmeal, and I have been livin on this.

It did test eggs and I am fine with those and shrimp is fine and soy is fine now too (although in my teens I tested as highly allergic to soy).

[tarnalberry]

You may be able to have teff, amaranth, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, or sorgum (though this is related to corn and there's a small risk of cross reactivity). These are available in whole grain and flour form and are even higher in protein and fiber than corn or rice flours. :-)

[Emme999]

I love quinoa!! Try it, it's yummy and has a really cool "mouth feel"

You might also want to look at a couple of these websites:

Open Original Shared Link - (it lets you enter all the stuff you are allergic to and then gives back products that don't have those allergens in them - unfortunately I didn't see rice listed as an allergen But you will be able to figure that out easy - especially if you don't have to deal with all the other stuff at the same time.

Also: Open Original Shared Link

- They have really good icons next to their product listing so you can see what's inside - but again, I didn't see a rice free icon That must be so hard for you! I am so sorry *hug*

Here is a really good article on food allergies that I think everyone who has them should read, it explains why they are so hard to detect, how they affect you & such.

Open Original Shared Link - if you don't go to any other sites, I highly recommend just looking at this one because it explains things so well.

I wish you the best.

- Michelle