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I have been diagnosed Celiac (through being scoped), and have been trying to stick to a Gluten-Free diet for years now, but there are soooo many little ways you can get some gluten accidentally. It's just terrible. I started seeing a Naturopath, who helped me understand that because the villi in my small intestine have been so damaged by the Celiac, I haven...

Okay, here is the answer, direct from their website. It sounds safe to me. Think I will continue to use it occasionally Does Beano contain gluten? The smallest amount of gluten that can be chemically detected in a product is 0.00016 percent. Results of our testing have shown that Beano contains less than 0.00016 percent gluten. Although the amount...

Oh boy, confusion is right! I will write to the Beano company and get a direct answer from their customer relations people. Sorry to have started such a fiasco LOL!!!

YES indeed, my health has played havoc with my life! I just recently was "laid off" a wonderful job I had held and loved for 10 yrs, due to my increasing illness (Celiac/IBS/Hypoglycemia/Depression). They knew they couldn't cite my health as the reason, so they made up a lot of very hurtful, malicious reasons. Of course, the stress of being unemployed is...

To Lovegrov and Kareng, Thanks for the info on Beano. Sounds like it SHOULD be okay. I hope it is, and will try it again. All the best, karen

Hi Milkmommy, Interesting to hear that you share this same cluster of problems. I was skeptical of the IBS diagnosis many years ago, but now I have pretty much a text book case of it. There is a great website for IBS: www.helpforibs.com I can't handle dairy products either, which is pretty common for Celiac/IBS. All my fruits and veggies (the easily...

I have been using Beano for about a week, unaware of the gluten-free/or-not controversy. It has been helping me with veggies. Now I read that Bean-zyme is gluten free, and would be better to use. However, since I also suffer from IBS, the sorbitol and mannitol in Bean-zyme would cause IBS symptoms (they are triggers). Sometimes I feel like I can't win for...