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Food Intolerances - Sometimes Makes No Sense!

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catarific Contributor
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I have not eaten gluten products for about a month now and have been keeping a food diary to know which foods I am sensitive to. But when I get an attack, it is not gluten that gets to me - it is the food intolerances that sneak up and do you in!

I had been eating gluten free chocolate cake (without soy or fructose) and I did great with it.

I had been eating cereal with Silk almond milk and did great with it.

But then, I bought a half gallon of Silk chocolate almond milk - made sure there was no soy in it and alias I had been having attacks of diarrhea for the past two days. I just don't get it - Why did it seem okay to have the chocolate cake and to have the almond milk - but the combination really was a disaster??

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ravenwoodglass Mentor
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Perhaps your intolerant to something else in the milk. Also you haven't been gluten free for very long. You may have had some gluten sneak in somewhere. Intolerances can have delayed reactions so look at what you may have eaten two or three days ago also. It is often a good idea to go with less processed stuff and more whole foods until we are fully healed.

catarific Contributor
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  On 1/18/2011 at 2:58 AM, ravenwoodglass said:

Perhaps your intolerant to something else in the milk. Also you haven't been gluten free for very long. You may have had some gluten sneak in somewhere. Intolerances can have delayed reactions so look at what you may have eaten two or three days ago also. It is often a good idea to go with less processed stuff and more whole foods until we are fully healed.

Possibly there is another intolerance I am not aware of in the milk - although the milk is made by the same manufacturer, Silk - the ingredients in the milk differ somewhat.

But I have been extremely careful in what I have been eating - and I eat a very, very limited diet right now - with no deviations except for the almond chocolate milk. The milk didn't bother me the first day - and I had only a cup of it - but I did notice I was going to the bathroom a bit more since I had been constipated somewhat from my limited diet - but the second day, after having another cup - within a couple of hours I had issues. Stupid me - I should have realized after the first day - I was going to have a problem but did not catch it in time. The only other deviation I had during this time frame was to have Udi's bread instead of gluten free crackers - so I am wondering if this could be the culprit or a combination of the two together :(

shopgirl Contributor
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My cartons of Silk Almond Milk say they "may" contain coconut products which can be a pretty potent laxative in some. Have you ever eaten coconut regularly?

ravenwoodglass Mentor
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  On 1/18/2011 at 1:31 PM, shopgirl said:

My cartons of Silk Almond Milk say they "may" contain coconut products which can be a pretty potent laxative in some. Have you ever eaten coconut regularly?

Yea coconut seems to be an issue for me also. OP which UDI's bread did you try? Was it the whole grain or the white. For me the whole grain is out because of the flax in it. Neither may be the case for you.

catarific Contributor
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  On 1/18/2011 at 2:36 PM, ravenwoodglass said:

Yea coconut seems to be an issue for me also. OP which UDI's bread did you try? Was it the whole grain or the white. For me the whole grain is out because of the flax in it. Neither may be the case for you.

I use the Udi's white and I have no problems with the Silk Almond Vanilla. I also bought some Coconut Chocolate Ice Cream (gluten free) and no problems there as well :(

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Sometimes if I'm constipated (which I am alot) I can get D just from the build up. Like if I don't go for several days and then eat something fatty or greasy (even if it's gluten free) I will suddenly get bad diarrhea and everything comes out. I don't know if that's your issue but it's happened to me enough times to suspect that it's not necessarily gluten just backed up bowels. Then again I've always wondered about it

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catarific Contributor
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  On 1/19/2011 at 12:26 AM, Lily127 said:

Sometimes if I'm constipated (which I am alot) I can get D just from the build up. Like if I don't go for several days and then eat something fatty or greasy (even if it's gluten free) I will suddenly get bad diarrhea and everything comes out. I don't know if that's your issue but it's happened to me enough times to suspect that it's not necessarily gluten just backed up bowels. Then again I've always wondered about it

I think that could be it, too. I had been constipated for about 4 days - and then something set it off - how weird that one can alternate like this - from one extreme to the other.

Lily127 Rookie
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Yes it is wierd! I definitely do better overall when I include more vegetables for fiber but you know how it goes, sometimes you just can't get yourself to eat them but without them you can get backed up.

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  On 1/19/2011 at 12:26 AM, Lily127 said:

Sometimes if I'm constipated (which I am alot) I can get D just from the build up. Like if I don't go for several days and then eat something fatty or greasy (even if it's gluten free) I will suddenly get bad diarrhea and everything comes out. I don't know if that's your issue but it's happened to me enough times to suspect that it's not necessarily gluten just backed up bowels. Then again I've always wondered about it

What you are describing is part of a typical food intolerance reaction for me. C first and then D as the body rids itself of the offending "food". I figure the C part is basically a temporary freeze-up of the intestines as they are freaking out over the nasty stuff they are loaded with. Just my opinion, but when they get past the shock they purge the crap. Literally.

So if you are having this reaction regularly I'd suggest checking everything you eat and try eliminating some items that could be causing it. It is not normal digestion.

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