Stomach cramps from wheat? page 2

[Griff]

Annika: Then perhaps you need to get tested for allergies. I'd bet that, like most people, you're allergic to wheat and/or gluten and just didn't know it.

[Katt]

Happens to me as well, just like that. Sometimes I could eat a biscuit and have no trouble, then I'd eat cake and be laid out for hours with those very symptoms.


When you go off them, and try again, I think it's a shock to the digestive system to suddenly introduce something it considers toxic once more.


Many people have these symptoms, but attribute them to something else, like bad seafood, as you did. I finally decided no more and haven't had any more distress. I don't even want to see wheat again for the rest of my life.

[MightyMite]

Interesting--I've been almost completely off grains of any sort since the beginning of June. Bloating and gas went away, "arthritis" in hands went away, and nasal allergies decreased as well. Last night I had 5 slices of a large pepperoni pizza from Pyzano's (the guy won a Food Network contest for best pizza) and I had NO bad gut or other reaction at all. Well, I am retaining some water this morning due to the sky-high salt content, but nothing else. Everyone is an experiment of one and YMMV.

[MightyMite]

No, posting at ~4 AM PST is not insomnia from the pizza. I get up at 3:30 so I can get to work by 5. Most everyone in my family is an extreme lark--Mom's probably already got a second load of wash going by now.

[gazb]

I used to get indigestion almost every day, and giving up grains cured it completely. Maybe I was mildly gluten intolerant? But then I guess you could say all humans are "grain intolerant"?

[Annika]

A happy update: I ate pizza last night with no ill effects! Maybe the fat was protective, or maybe the whole thing was a coincidence. I will keep track and see if there is any sort of pattern.

[OnTheBayou]

I"m scheduled for communal pizza for lunch tomorrow. I'm thinking of bringing my scale, scrape off the cheese and pepperoni, and bring a salad or something.


I'm not afraid of a bit of wheat here and there, but the carbs will kill my weight loss.