Does Anyone Else Have Problems With Grapes?

Post by **tex** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:06 pm

I ate some white grapes a week or so ago, and noticed that I had a little D afterwards, but it was nothing serious. The day before yesterday, I ate a good-sized helping of red grapes, and two or three hours later, had a fair amount of gas, soon followed by D, that pretty well cleaned me out, in a couple of hours. I had no BM yesterday or today, which is pretty good evidence that they did indeed clean me out, while they were at it.

I noticed that these were a lot riper, and a few had evidence of mold/yeast, but, of course, I tried to avoid those. Now I'm wondering if it was yeast, or just the grapes themselves that caused the problem. A couple of years ago, when I had a similar problem with grape juice, I had a yeast antibody test done at Enterolab, but it came back negative.

Yeast intolerance is claimed to be caused by a yeast overgrowth, but now I'm wondering if a yeast overgrowth actually has to be present, for one to be yeast intolerant. Could it be that once it is triggered, we are always yeast intolerant, but it just can't be detected, unless we actually have an active yeast overgrowth at the time of the test?

Does anyone else have a similar problem with grapes? Any opinions on my "theory"?

Tex

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:29 pm

Hi Tex...I can eat grapes with no problem so far...green give me gas red ones give no reaction. I did one time eat some grapes I had in the Ice box for awhile that I probably should have thrown out, that gave me a small run for the money. Love Oma

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:44 pm

Fructose, mold, yeast and/or possibly sulfites. Oh and could possibly be a pesticide or other chemical used in the growing/processing.

Other than that I can't really think of anything else right now.

CAMary · Post by **CAMary** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:13 pm

Well, I'm not sure about *any* theories!!

I have no problem with grapes (or wine for that matter

) as long as I don't eat lots and lots of them (that was the same, pre-MC!)...

I tested positive for yeast w/Dr. Fine. I tried to avoid it for a couple of years (in supplements etc.). I found it challenging in the GF bread department (very limited yeast-free choices!) - so I started buying regular GF bread products which contain yeast. I have had no problems, though I don't consume a lot of bread/pizza crust/bagels - maybe 2-3 servings a week??

Mary

Post by **tex** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:49 pm

Mary,

Hmmmmmmmm. That's interesting. That suggests that the literature is correct, about yeast intolerance being present, only when yeast overgrowth is present.

Thanks,

Tex

cludwig · Post by **cludwig** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:59 am

Hi Tex,

I tested positive for yeast with Dr. Fine as well and still react to it like when accidentally eating low salt broth with yeast. Yet when I was tested earlier this year, both blood and stool tests came back negative for yeast overgrowth but positive for bacteria. I took cipro for a month and saw improvement. However, I did take fluconadazole last Nov. and saw some temporary improvement so you could argue that that killed it...but I still react to yeast. So, I feel like I react to yeast but do not have an overgrowth of yeast.

Love,
Cristi

Post by **tex** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:50 am

Okay - back to square one. No wonder researchers sometimes come up with conflicting results. It seems that nothing connected with MC is simple. There are always a lot of "ifs, ands, or buts", involved - proving once again, that we all react differently to different things.

Thanks for the input.

Love,
Tex