NoGrainNoPain

This is an old post, but I'm glad to read it. My friend made me dinner last night, and it included Trader Joe's lentils. Totally made me sick. I've noticed this with other benign items like beans. No glutin listed in the ingredients, but the cross contamination kills me. I don't have this problem with other brand names or in store brands.

In answer to your question, three months ago I could NOT pass up two bites of a Belgian Lacy Cookie with a roasted marshmellow. It was to die for, literally. I've forgotten the digestive distress it caused, but I remember the rash I had for a month. It was so painful. I hadn't remembered it being so painful before. When I'm tempted, I remember that rash....

Glad I saw this. When I can't make my own beans, I buy La Castellina from my local grocer. They are imported from Italy, made from beans, water and salt. I eat them without any ill effect. Since they cost a bit more, I decided to try Trader Joe's canned beans, made with beans, water, salt and calcium chloride. I did this a few times and eliminated any other...

I just opened a bag of Beretta brand from Italy, and it made me sick. Lundberg has gluten free arborio rice, and it's never given me a problem.

I know this is an old thread, but want to put my two cents in. I'm a new kid on the block. I love Lundberg rice. I made a big batch of Berreta arborio rice to bring to work, and head aches, itchiness and skids came back. I can eat Lundberg rice for days without any reaction at all. They make arborio and basmati rice and my local co-op sells it in 20# bags...

Glad I read this, it's similar to my biopsy report. Waiting to take the genetic test.

Just in the midst of a gluten challenge for two months now. My old friends diarrhea, bloat and bad gas are back along with reflux...which I didn't realize I had until it was gone, and eczema. There's a newbie though—migraines. My IgA test was negative before going gluten free, but my MD thought I should try the diet anyway. It was great, but I was shocked a...

My friend invited me over for breakfast, but completely forgot about my diet and was making French Toast. No matter, I brought gluten-free pancake mix and breakfast sausages. Is making my own gluten free food in a french toast environment enough to make me sick? We did share a spatula that was supposedly washed, but maybe it was just rinsed. I wasn't paying...

If you do a search on how much gluten can make you sick, you will be floored at how sensitive we all really are. From what I've read, before your gut has healed even "gluten free" grains will make you sick. Why? Because wheat is everywhere. Crops are rotated on the same field, transported in the same bins, stored and proceesed and packaged in the same facility...

I've been gluten free for a couple of months. At first I was feeling great, but I wasn't eating any grains. I just couldn't swallow them. Then I added BRM "gluten free" grains and felt like some of my symptoms returned. Quinoa for example tore me up for days, and I couldn't figure it out until I read about cross contamination. I'm trying to go off grains...

The crouton part really made me laugh, too. Sadly, I just had an accidental crouton ingestion; forgot that Cesar Salad comes with croutons. Duh! Just not used to thinking abou it yet. I had picked most of the croutons out, but this fraction of a croution was hidden between the greens. When I heard the crunch I knew. If I was not eating with someone, I probably...

I know what you're talking about. My coworkers made brunch at work and told me to bring along my gluten free waffle mix. One of my coworkers lovingly referred to me as a glutarde, as if I wasn't already feeling outside the circle. Later that afternoon, I just wanted to have a chocolate chip cookie. I thought "screw this; it's all in your head," and had a...