Your journal, Christine

[Lucy]

Hi,

Just wondering if perhaps the soy in the teriyaki (sp) sauce you had on Sunday didn't cause the Monday diarrhea.

Corn can cause gas in normal people, too, and especially if you've not had it in a while.

Just thought I'd throw this out for you to think about.

Also, don't forget that enterolab also has a test for soy, even though it's not been on their order list. You have 6 months I think, before they throw out the stool you've already sent em. If they still had a good one of mine, I'd go ahead and get mine done now as I've just done that one by elimination. Sure would be nice to be able to have a little gf soy sauce every now and then! gf Teriyaki and gf Hoisen sauce as well (saw the later in a celiac publication advertisement for some mail order place).

Yours, Luce

[TendrTummy]

Hey Luce :)

The Teriyaki didn't contain soy. I've had all of the enterolab tests and am indeed reactive to soy. So I made sure. It was a powder "sauce mix" and I was sure not to mix anything containing soy into it, plus the ingredients didn't list soy.

I'm not so concerned with diarrhea.. seems whenever I screw up, I get HORRIBLE pains, back and front. And nausea. Right now, I'm suffering because I screwed up yesterday and had a Culver's salad. I excluded all dairy items, but I guess the salad still contained soy and gluten. I didn't know this.. anyway, now I'm paying. uuuuuuugh I feel like I wanna throw up.

Christine

[Lucy]

Hi Christine,

Is Culver's a restaurant or a pre-made product that you pick up at the store?
If it's a restaurant, you might ask the management there for a list of what's in all their foods due to your "allergies.
I got a list like this once at Wendy's and think before I knew about the allergies, I got a phone no. from one of their restaurants, and called for and was sent a flier with dietary information in general on their products.

The list I got from Wendy's gave about a paragraph for each INGREDIENT. In other words, the chicken that went into chicken salad had enough "mystery words" to make up a paragraph. It had at least one thing in it that I couldn't eat, btw, so you probably couldn't eat that either.

OK, just thought I'd make the suggestion about getting one of those brochures if you eat their stuff often, and that goes for anywhere you might find yourself eating out later.

Wow, what's in a soyless, wheatless teriyaki sauce?? What ingredients does it list? This is interesting!

Yours, Luce

[TendrTummy]

LOL Crap, I'll have to buy more. Since it was a seasoning packet, I threw the package away when I was done. I'll look into that next time I'm at the groc store and PM you.

Yeah, I looked on the Culver's website and verified there was indeed wheat flour in what I thought was corn! It tasted funny, so I stopped eating that part after a few bites. NOW I'm paying tho.. OMG. Life sucks last night and today.

Christine

[MaggieRedwings]

Hi Christine,

Just a thought. I have yet to find a GF-free seasoning packet. They may be close but not true. Since they use dried spices they might more than likely contain flour as a "separator" and the manufacturer not even be aware. I miss the oriental sauces but like you soy is out and I can find wheat free but defnitely not soy free.

Maggie

[TendrTummy]

Huh.. good to know, Maggie..

I guess I'll stick to the organic/health food aisle premade sauces. At least they KNOW what's in their own products.

Not sure I reacted to that tho..

Christine

[Sally]

Hi, Christine,

Those seasoning packets may also contain monosodium glutamate which is like ingesting an atom bomb for me. Talk about D!!!! I'm not on the GF diet, but the older I get the more foods I find that I can't tolerate. Which is really sad for someone who used to brag about having a cast iron stomach.

We must be forever vigilant!!

Lots of love,

Sally