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Pain With Spaghetti

onehappylady

By onehappylady
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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I have been on a gluten-free diet for a little over two weeks. I have had stomach pain off and on since I was 10 years old and have been diagnosed with IBS. For the last three months I have had to take immodium approximately 3-4x a week and strugged frequently with bloating/diarhea/stomach cramping. Upon starting the gluten-free diet I swung to constipation which is now controlled via medication. My worst trigger food has always been spaghetti, so I purchased gluten-free (brown rice/white rice/quinoa) spaghetti and ate it tonight. I have not had diarhea but I am having gas and bloating. What could be the issue? I had meat sauce. I enjoy tomatoes and had tacos with tomatoes last night (corn tortilla) with no issues. I'm just at a loss. I can also eat some hamburgers most often without issues. I *sometimes* have stomach pain and bloating with burgers or steaks or even spaghetti with alfredo sauce or chicken noodle soup. Thanks for your help! (I have had upper and lower GIs and colonoscopies in the past.)

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Welcome!

I would say possibly the quinoa. Do you normally eat it? Tink'yada has a brown rice pasta, it is made with brown rice and water. Also have you replaced your pasta strainer? If not you will want too. Gluten could be hiding in your old one. Replace any old, scratched non-stick cookware, wood absorbs gluten, scratched plastic does too.

Alfredo sauce has dairy which could cause bloating. Are you eating gluten free chicken noodle soup? Bunless burgers?

Make sure to check labels and come here and ask lots of questions.

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dilettantesteph
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Some of us have problems with processed foods. You might want to stick to a whole foods diet until you feel better and then add processed foods one at a time to see if you can handle them or not.

shopgirl Contributor
shopgirl
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My GI doc explained to me that while I was healing random foods could cause bloating without me necessarily being intolerant to it. I might have a "reaction" to something one day and be perfectly fine with it the next. Weird things can happen while your body works on mending the damage.

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