problem with oxalates?
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problem with oxalates?
After eating quinoa (un-rinsed) a few nights ago I spent half the night with severe cramping, sweats, insomnia and bloating. After doing some reading I believe it might have been from oxalates. Does this sound plausible? I have seen some scattered posts on this site but would like to know if there is information I am missing. Also, if anyone has recommendations regarding foods lists (of course there are many discrepancies) I would be grateful. Though I am still recovering I am looking at this as a learning experience!
Jan,
Some brands of quinoa have been found to be contaminated with gluten, due to South American farmers mixing barley with the quinoa to speed up the drying process. The safest brands to buy are those marked as kosher.
However, it is also true that oxalates can be a problem for many of us. Here is a link to a thread from almost 8 years ago that you should find interesting. There are other threads that also discuss the issue, that can be found by doing a search of the archives.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=oxalates
Tex
Some brands of quinoa have been found to be contaminated with gluten, due to South American farmers mixing barley with the quinoa to speed up the drying process. The safest brands to buy are those marked as kosher.
However, it is also true that oxalates can be a problem for many of us. Here is a link to a thread from almost 8 years ago that you should find interesting. There are other threads that also discuss the issue, that can be found by doing a search of the archives.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... t=oxalates
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Quinoa
I appreciate your question because I have also had a hard time with quinoa despite it being "gluten free." I am 16 months into my healing process and I am just beginning to be able to digest it without having a bad reaction. When I ate it early on, I would get explosive D. It could be the issue Tex raises, that it may not be gluten free or it could be the oxalate issue-but one of my theories is that when you have a sensitive colon and food can't be digested, e.g. the seeds in quinoa, that irritates the colon and causes a reaction.
Alice
Alice
Thanks for the information, and the link, Tex. I usually have a pretty immediate reaction to traces of gluten (respiratory - positive IgE) though I will be more careful in purchasing grains. I definately have problems with some other high oxalates including collards, sweet potatoes, sesame and nuts (even though those were neg in the enterolab test). Well we'll see how this pans out. Great to know it can improve.