Surrender Dorothy!

[conniebky]

Well, I have decided to quit playing games with myself and surrender to this gluten thing.

And it's amazing how I notice so quickly now what's going on with my body and mind.

so, here's some good advise:

do not eat Peter Pan Honey Roast peanut butter.

No matter HOW much you love it.

[Frances03]

Why not?? Peanut butter is gluten free. And Peter Pan says all their varieties are gluten free on their website.

[ravenwoodglass]

Connie, I know your really not going to want to hear this but.....Does the label list soy oil by any chance? It is not uncommon for us to have problems with soy.

[GlutenFreeManna]

If it's this one: Open Original Shared Link

It lists hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed and rapeseed). Sugar is also the second ingredient. there's nothing gluten, dairy or soy based in this, but I would not eat it just because of the oil they used to make it (hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils are bad for you, plus cottonseed oil is usually a genetically modified food). Perhaps you are sensitive to one of those ingredients.

I like the Smart Balance Natural peanut butters (or any natural peanut butter, really). The ingredients are: Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, natural oil blend (palm fruit and flaxseed oils), salt and molasses. If it's not sweet enough, you can add a little REAL honey to it.

[GlutenFreeManna]

Upon further thought, could your PB have been tainted by someone else dipping a knife with crumbs in it? Make sure you have your own jar of peanut butter. All it takes is someone else spreading it on their toast and you have crumbs in the jar. THEN your PB is glutened unsafe no matter what kind it is.

[conniebky]

Maybe it's the sugar. Something in it doesn't agree with me.

But.....

But that PB makes me dizzy is all I know. It's my own private jar at work. I stick celery sticks in it all the time, but that's it. My mom gets that peanut butter that they grind right in front of you and she gets it UNSALTED!

SICKENING! She has always been VERY concerned about health and food. I didn't ever get a hot dog until I was 12. We had raw veggies for snacks and apples. EVen our Christmas stockings had fruit and nuts only.

P.S. my mom is 82 and is often thought to be in her mid to late 60's. So I don't make fun of her no more

[dilettantesteph]

If you react to it, don't eat it. Some of us react to foods that other's of us don't. We have varying sensitivities to trace gluten. Some don't appear to react to anything at all. I can't eat peanut butter, but I can eat peanuts that I shell myself.

[Nor-TX]

I finally figured out after about 50 years of eating peanut butter that I must have a slight allergy to it. It became more intense in the last 4 or 5 years since I was diagnosed with Colitis. Whenever I eat peanut butter, my lips get tingly and feel like I have put peppermint lipbalm on. I happened to mention it to my GI and she told me it is an allergic reaction. I just never connected the dots. *sigh* and they say you get smarter the older you are.

Now I buy the Justins Almond Butter - expensive (9.99) but no tingly lips! Although I must admit I miss the feeling of peanut butter on my tongue eaten right from a spoon. The almond butter isn't as smooth and creamy.