A Hard Time With Fatty Foods?

[emeraldskies]

We just got a deep fryer, which I am happy about because now I will have a greater variety of foods with higher calories to help me gain weight. After eating these fried foods (chicken and donuts), I have had short-lived and insignificant reflux, trouble concentrating (only during digestion), minor intestinal cramping, and loose stool. I don't think I have ingested any gluten. The donut recipe was gluten and casein free, and the chicken was breaded with gluten-free rice flour. The spices were all free of gluten and casein, and the only thing that I hadn't had before was corn oil, which is supposedly safe. I don't think I have a corn allergy. My symptoms are also different than they usually are when I am glutenized--my gut isn't bloated, I'm not in a horrible mood, I am only having 3-5 bm a day (which is normal now. Before it was 30 with Imodium), and I'm not starving and craving the same foods repeatedly. It's possible that I am just reacting less to gluten now that my intestine has healed a bit, or the lower amount of bm's could be due to the fact that my thyroid hormone dosage was recently cut in half. Do any of you have a reaction when you try to consume foods that contain a lot of fat, especially while still in the healing phase? If so, what resulting symptoms do you have?

[tarnalberry]

I have issues when consuming things that have a fair amount of cooked oil. I don't know what it is, but serious pan frying (more oil than sauteeing or stir-frying) or deep fried stuff just does NOT sit well in my stomach. I can eat a whole avocado in one sitting, or (back when I could have bread) put plenty of virgin olive oil on my baguette, but the cooked stuff left me feeling unpleasant, and still does.

[Jnkmnky]

Could it be your gall bladder?

[emeraldskies]

tarnalberry: Very interesting. That may be my problem as well. I've always had trouble with fried foods but not baked goods or stir fries made with olive oil. I wonder what causes this?

Do any of you without casein intolerance experience this reaction?

Jnkmnky: I had an ultrasound on my gall bladder and liver before, and they said they were normal, but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't have a problem now. I was told I didn't have thyroid disease a few years before I ended up being diagnosed. I'll look into it, especially if these issues continue. I do have some of the risk factors for gall bladder disorders.

[Merika]

Yeah, I can't digest really fatty foods either. Modest fat at all times for me I've heard some celiacs can't even digest nuts much at first. I think it just takes the body a long time to heal before we can eat the heavy stuff.

Merika

PS. i had "gall bladder symptoms" off and on for a while last summer, they got really really bad for a few days and the doc scheduled me for a test. Luckily, I called the hospital first to find out how much it was ($1300!!) and put it off. Turns out my problem was caused by eating vast quantities of guacamole and avocados. I assume it was the fat content in the avocado, but I don't really know. I stopped eating avocados and the pain hasn't returned.....