Gluten Reaction From Brown Rice?

[Cleangreen]

Yeah so I don't know whether I'm celiac or not but I know gluten soy & milk all have a similar effect on me, and if I can go without them for a few days (perfectly, no slip ups) I feel great! good sleep, good energy, clear mind.

But I still get reactions from things that SAY "GLUTEN-FREE" on them. A small plate of brown rice, nothing else, and 10min after eating I start feeling spaced out and dreamy, my mind fogs up to the max, I can't solve basic problems, everything takes 10 times as long cause I have no sense of time, my memory gets completely screwed, I cant remember what I did 2 minutes ago etc... and physically muscles become significantly weaker.

Anyway, what should I do? I'm nervous to eat anything other than meat, veg & fruit because nearly everything else I get a reaction from that screws up my entire day (and the next day..). Why is this gluten-free brown rice still giving me reaction!?

The only thing I can think of, is they contaminated it when they packaged it (Can I sue them for this? heh), or the sieve I used to wash the rice somehow contaminated the rice (the sieve was clean though...).

This is destroying me... I put so much effort into preparing my meals and staying GFCFSF, but one slip up and it feels like my efforts are wasted because I don't feel right again for a couple of days.

I just want to live a decent life and not feel like I'm constantly drugged up on sedatives...

[GlutenFreeManna]

Hi, I have seen some people post here that they are intolerant to brown rice, but white rice doesn't give them any problems. Perhaps you just need to switch the type or rice you use or perhaps you cannot tolerate rice at all. When you use the word "sieve" are you talking about a colander--what you are rinsing the rice in prior to cooking? Those things are VERY hard to de-gluten because of all the little holes. If you live with people that still prepare gluten items you what to have your own colander and your own separate pot to cook rice and gluten free pasta in. A stainless steel pot can be scoured really well to make it safe, but some people are supersensitive and it is just easier to have your own pot dedicated to making gluten-free stuff only. I hope this helps!

[Skylark]

That sounds more like reactive hypoglycemia than a gluten reaction, especially if it happens with all grains and carbs.

[Cleangreen]

That sounds more like reactive hypoglycemia than a gluten reaction, especially if it happens with all grains and carbs.

Yeah, the symptoms seem really similar to hypoglycemia... but:

I get this same reaction from things like tea, with tiny bit of barley in it.

I get this from something like a can of tuna with soy oil.

I don't get this from fruit.

So far, ALL grains I've tried mess me up (I havent tried the more obscure ones like amaranth though).

And yeah, by seive I mean the metal thing with little holes that you filter stuff through - I wash the rice in that. Never heard it called a corander before though.

(Western) Doctors are useless. Sick of wasting money on blood tests and visits only to be told "Eh, I dunno" and sent on my way

[Skylark]

Well, you know your body better than I do!

I wonder if you are sensitive to lectins? Soy, grains, legumes and nightshades contain the most, and some people think lectins cows eat can make it into the milk.

[Cleangreen]

Well, you know your body better than I do!

I wonder if you are sensitive to lectins? Soy, grains, legumes and nightshades contain the most, and some people think lectins cows eat can make it into the milk.

Interesting thought, I'll have to experiment more. I'd be a bit sad if legumes are bad too though, that cuts out even more food groups! If it has to be done it has to be done though

On a side note, anyone else find other people make diets like these even harder to follow than they already are? I mean I'm always turning down stuff I'm offered, and it's so tempting when you are offered something tasty and feels awkward constantly turning down all these tasty things because you have allergy to like 90% of processed foods. And they act like you're some kind of health nut even though you'd love to be able to eat all the tasty foods with no ill effect. SIGH!

[mushroom]

Interesting thought, I'll have to experiment more. I'd be a bit sad if legumes are bad too though, that cuts out even more food groups! If it has to be done it has to be done though

On a side note, anyone else find other people make diets like these even harder to follow than they already are? I mean I'm always turning down stuff I'm offered, and it's so tempting when you are offered something tasty and feels awkward constantly turning down all these tasty things because you have allergy to like 90% of processed foods. And they act like you're some kind of health nut even though you'd love to be able to eat all the tasty foods with no ill effect. SIGH!

Cleangreen, Skylark may be right on the mark when suggesting lectins. I suggest you do some online reading on them - they are nasty things to those susceptible to them. I am one of those. I have had to eliminate soy, peanuts, nightshades, corn, legumes (even green peas and beans), and citrus (I am hoping this is only temporary and I have been slowly consuming small amounts, like in a salad dressing, after cutting it out for a year). These are all high-lectin foods. I am lucky I am not reactive to dairy lectins, but I cannot consume non-organic beef because of all the lectins fed to cattle, whose stomachs are not set up to digest it either and it seems to pass into the animal tissue. I am currently stateside, and have brought my own powdered yogurt mix and maker with me from New Zealand because I don't know what the cows eat here and I am afraid of becoming intolerant to dairy too, and I eat tons of yogurt - a yogurt smoothie every morning.

I had a pantry stocked with beans and lentils and wondered why I wasn't using them (on a subconscious level). Then I had a terrible reaction to green peas (given what I had eaten that day, that's all it could have been). I read about legumes and they said I could probably eat green beans. So after several good days I ate green beans in a stir fry mix, and suffered horribly that night. So it was obvious why I had not been using the beans (refriend beans always did a number on me )

I would suggest you eliminate all those lectins, and try adding them back in one at a time, and see how it goes. By the way, I have gone back to white rice rather than the 'healthy' brown rice, because all the lectins in rice are contained in the bran