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Gluten free diet

NewTnme
NewTnme Posts: 258 Member
edited February 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I've noticed the last few days that when I eat bread or crackers I feel really bloated. Very uncomfortable. A girl friend of mine said that maybe I'm becoming gluten intolerant. Any advise.

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,439 MFP Moderator
    I would consider seeing a doctor and getting tested. It's not the easiest to be gluten free. And if you don't actually have an intolerance, then it would be a bigger pain than anything. My wife has to be gluten free and it was a struggle for awhile and still is very inconvenient when we go out to dinner.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    I would consider seeing a doctor and getting tested. It's not the easiest to be gluten free. And if you don't actually have an intolerance, then it would be a bigger pain than anything. My wife has to be gluten free and it was a struggle for awhile and still is very inconvenient when we go out to dinner.

    This. And if you do decide to get tested, don't change your diet, then get tested, I read somewhere it can throw off results.
  • StacyPhillipsTSFLcoach
    StacyPhillipsTSFLcoach Posts: 83 Member
    Dittos what the MFP Moderator said. Also, a couple of days does not an intolerance make. Is that all you are eating? If it continues definitely, is it a new brand of crackers or bread you are eating? Sometimes they put so much junk in that stuff it could be a sensitivity to another ingredient, etc. High Fructose Corn Syrup does that for me, as well as certain other sweeteners, like Maltitol (an alcohol sugar).
  • NewTnme
    NewTnme Posts: 258 Member
    Thank you guys very much.. It seemed when I was eating a unhealthy diet the only problem I had was the wt gain. Now that I am trying to eat healthier I suffer in other ways. Thanks
  • NewTnme
    NewTnme Posts: 258 Member
    Dittos what the MFP Moderator said. Also, a couple of days does not an intolerance make. Is that all you are eating? If it continues definitely, is it a new brand of crackers or bread you are eating? Sometimes they put so much junk in that stuff it could be a sensitivity to another ingredient, etc. High Fructose Corn Syrup does that for me, as well as certain other sweeteners, like Maltitol (an alcohol sugar).


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