Hello Everyone,
I've been lactose intolerant and df for many years so have bounced around trying/using different Milk alternatives.... and since CC and Celiac diagnosis had narrowed use down to So Delicious Coconut milk, which I enjoy and seemed to be tolerating relatively well.
A recent trip had me without it and feeling really, REALLY well, so I took a look at what 'regular' things I had not been ingesting and realized I might be more sensitive than I thought to the 'gums' in my milk. (So Delicious contains no carrageenan but does have gellan gum and locust bean gum).
It seems that many of us on this site are not able to tolerate certain gums.
So in a search for an alternative, came across Rice Dream Rice Milk and that seemed safe- the organic version had minimal ingredients and no gums. It seemed to work well, but that was only a few weeks of using.
Then, I accidentally purchased and used the 'enriched non-organic vanilla' option and immediately was wary because of the natural flavors and that it was not organic. I was really sick the next day, not full-blown relapse but fatigue, stomach pain, gas bloating and loose stool worse than I've had in over a year of this 'recovery' journey. The mental, emotional turmoil was in-line with the physical set-back... these diagnoses are no joke. I have wondered from time-to-time if my purist attitude and rigidity with meals/ diet plan in the past year have been too overly strict but I got my answer-- there is a real reason to stay the course and remain vigilent with foods that work, it matters. I am so grateful for reading that over and over in these posts from those experienced in the journey and for taking it so seriously myself.
... so back to the Rice Dream adventure...
I did research and immediately found many anecdotes online about how they label GF but actually utilize a 'barley enzyme' process that contaminates their product with gluten-- ugh. So I had an answer and was very relieved at knowing the source of my distress.
I was even more grateful that my symptoms did not linger and things seemed to turn around by the very next day. I'm not 100% back to normal but very close in only 48 hours, so that is a huge relief.
I'm curious if anyone else has come across this issue or heard of it?
I am using (an expensive) three ingredient almond milk today and have plans to begin making my own tomorrow!
Any and all insights greatly appreciated--
Thank you!
Jacqueline
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Jacqueline
Hi Jacqueline,
I ran into the Rice Dream dilemma about 15 years ago when I was initially recovering. I used it back about the time they admitted using a barley enzyme as a "starter" for their malting process. They couldn't convince me that they were able to filter it all out of the final product. Their claim that their final product is below the 20 ppm gluten limit is irrelevant because the primary reactive protein in barley is hordein, not gluten, and there are no common tests even available for detecting the level of hordein in any product (nor do the regulatory laws passed by congress even mention hordein).
I used hemp milk for a while, but I finally decided that it was the reason why I was sometimes mildly bloated, so I gave that up too and did without for a while, then ended up using almond milk.
Tex
I ran into the Rice Dream dilemma about 15 years ago when I was initially recovering. I used it back about the time they admitted using a barley enzyme as a "starter" for their malting process. They couldn't convince me that they were able to filter it all out of the final product. Their claim that their final product is below the 20 ppm gluten limit is irrelevant because the primary reactive protein in barley is hordein, not gluten, and there are no common tests even available for detecting the level of hordein in any product (nor do the regulatory laws passed by congress even mention hordein).
I used hemp milk for a while, but I finally decided that it was the reason why I was sometimes mildly bloated, so I gave that up too and did without for a while, then ended up using almond milk.
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.
Jacqueline,The mental, emotional turmoil was in-line with the physical set-back... these diagnoses are no joke. I have wondered from time-to-time if my purist attitude and rigidity with meals/ diet plan in the past year have been too overly strict but I got my answer-- there is a real reason to stay the course and remain vigilent with foods that work, it matters.
The above is very well put. I'm glad you are doing well overall.