Cherrybrook Kitchen

[curiousgirl]

Back to bed this morning trying to figure out what I ate out of the ordinary yesterday. It was the brownies (really out of the ordinary for me....since I'm diabetic and don't typically have desserts).

I'm looking at the ingredients and there are a few I'm concerned about because I've seen them before: dextrose, tapioca starch, potato starch and xanthum gum.

Did I read postings from people saying they have sensitivities to these ingredients?

[ravenwoodglass]

Peoples sensitivities really vary. It is going to be hard for anyone to tell you what precisely you reacted to. I'm really sorry you are feeling so lousy. It may also have been just to much sugar for you. You could try items that contain only one of your suspect ingredients and not the others to see if you react. Like for example get some potato starch and make some beef stew using it as a thickener. If you know you tolerate dairy you could try tapioca pudding etc. The dextrose is simply sugar and if it was wheat derived it would say so by FDA regs. Xanthum gum is very common in gluten free baked goods so if you have had other products with that in it and not had a problem it's likely that is not an issue.

[Aphreal]

Me too girl. I made a gluten-free pizza yesterday. I know for a fact it was gluten-free but I spent the WHOLE night with horrible horrible gas and D. That is the only thing out of the ordinary I ate so no telling what it was.

Tiff

[ravenwoodglass]

Me too girl. I made a gluten-free pizza yesterday. I know for a fact it was gluten-free but I spent the WHOLE night with horrible horrible gas and D. That is the only thing out of the ordinary I ate so no telling what it was.

Tiff

You may need to avoid dairy for a bit. Or at least stick with hard cheeses like cheddar and yogurt. Many of us can't tolerate dairy until we heal a bit. I hope your feeling better today.