Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone was sensitive to peanuts or aspartame? I'm still trying to figure out what's bugging my gut. I read that you should suspect any food that you really like and crave (in my case, peanut butter).
Also, I've had to give up coffee and have been substituting diet Pepsi. But, I have to wonder if all those chemicals, including aspartame, are contributing to my misery.
Thanks,
Magyar
Peanut Butter, Aspartame
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Peanut Butter, Aspartame
Celiac (gluten-free since 2000), Lymphocytic colitis since 2000.
Hi,
Peanuts were the first food that I connected with my reactions, and the first one that I eliminated from my diet, (about seven years ago). I've been GF for about five and a half years now, and I find that I can eat peanuts again, but the first few times I reintroduced them, (just a few months ago), they caused a fair amount of GI distress. After four or five sessions, though, I can now eat them again without any problems, (except that they contain a lot of calories, of course).
Aspartame gives some of our members serious problems. I notice that it is on Jean's list of corn derivatives:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =aspartame
In this topic, Carrie mentions why she thinks that aspartame originally caused her LC:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =aspartame
Artificial sweeteners in general, can be problematic for many people with MC.
Tex
Peanuts were the first food that I connected with my reactions, and the first one that I eliminated from my diet, (about seven years ago). I've been GF for about five and a half years now, and I find that I can eat peanuts again, but the first few times I reintroduced them, (just a few months ago), they caused a fair amount of GI distress. After four or five sessions, though, I can now eat them again without any problems, (except that they contain a lot of calories, of course).
Aspartame gives some of our members serious problems. I notice that it is on Jean's list of corn derivatives:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =aspartame
In this topic, Carrie mentions why she thinks that aspartame originally caused her LC:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... =aspartame
Artificial sweeteners in general, can be problematic for many people with MC.
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.
I pretty much just read on this site, lurking in the shadows, but I had to jump in here about the aspartame. My girlfriend started having seizures several years ago. Ultimately, long long story short, she quit all aspartame and her seizures went away. She no longer takes any anti-seizure medications. Her doctors had told her she would have to take them forever. I'm not saying you will start having seizures, everyone is affected differently by different chemicals. I would just think twice about ingesting aspartame.
Pat
Pat
Hi Tex,
Thanks for the info. about sweeteners and peanuts. I suspect I can't tolerate aspartame at the very least, so I will do my best to avoid sweeteners in general.
Did you find that you needed to cut out all nuts and legumes or just peanuts?
I'm glad you're able to enjoy peanuts again.
Thanks,
Magyar
Thanks for the info. about sweeteners and peanuts. I suspect I can't tolerate aspartame at the very least, so I will do my best to avoid sweeteners in general.
Did you find that you needed to cut out all nuts and legumes or just peanuts?
I'm glad you're able to enjoy peanuts again.
Thanks,
Magyar
Celiac (gluten-free since 2000), Lymphocytic colitis since 2000.
Hi Magyar!
I can't eat the phony sugars either - I get GI symptoms tho and luckily not seizures. WOW, Pat, that is something!
Peanuts and other legumes contain lectins, which have been shown to "open those gates" in the intestine that allow larger foreign proteins to enter the body. So they are often a problem for those of us with food intolerances. Luckily, the other nuts (the tree nuts) seem to be OK.
Love,
Polly
I can't eat the phony sugars either - I get GI symptoms tho and luckily not seizures. WOW, Pat, that is something!
Peanuts and other legumes contain lectins, which have been shown to "open those gates" in the intestine that allow larger foreign proteins to enter the body. So they are often a problem for those of us with food intolerances. Luckily, the other nuts (the tree nuts) seem to be OK.
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
Magyar,
When I was having problems with peanuts, (and peanut butter), almonds, and almond butter, also caused some GI distress, but almonds didn't seem to be as troublesome as peanuts. I tested negative to soy intolerance, at Enterolab, but I avoid it anyway, as much as possible, because it has been shown to cause too many problems for the human body, especially developmental problems for young people.
I consider soy to be the primary reason why girls tend to reach puberty way too soon these days, and "alternative lifestyle preferences" have ballooned, since soy has become so prevalent in the American diet.
Tex
When I was having problems with peanuts, (and peanut butter), almonds, and almond butter, also caused some GI distress, but almonds didn't seem to be as troublesome as peanuts. I tested negative to soy intolerance, at Enterolab, but I avoid it anyway, as much as possible, because it has been shown to cause too many problems for the human body, especially developmental problems for young people.
I consider soy to be the primary reason why girls tend to reach puberty way too soon these days, and "alternative lifestyle preferences" have ballooned, since soy has become so prevalent in the American diet.
Tex
Reggie,
The fact that Asians have historically eaten soy, is used as a selling point for soy in this country, but what they don't tell you, is that the soy beans that Asians have eaten for so long, are a different type of soy bean than the ones grown in the rest of the world. If I remember correctly, they're called black soy beans.
I googled it, and apparently, black soy beans are sometimes used as a component in Asian medicines, to treat diabetes and high blood pressure. It's also claimed to curb inflammation, and aid blood circulation. Here's an article on that, by the American Diabetes Association:
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesnewsart ... ewEDIT.xml
That's very interesting, about the memory connection with diet coke. I've tried a few of them over the years, and while I never thought to check for a memory problem, I just feel kind of cruddy afterwards, so I don't mess with diet drinks.
Tex
The fact that Asians have historically eaten soy, is used as a selling point for soy in this country, but what they don't tell you, is that the soy beans that Asians have eaten for so long, are a different type of soy bean than the ones grown in the rest of the world. If I remember correctly, they're called black soy beans.
I googled it, and apparently, black soy beans are sometimes used as a component in Asian medicines, to treat diabetes and high blood pressure. It's also claimed to curb inflammation, and aid blood circulation. Here's an article on that, by the American Diabetes Association:
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesnewsart ... ewEDIT.xml
That's very interesting, about the memory connection with diet coke. I've tried a few of them over the years, and while I never thought to check for a memory problem, I just feel kind of cruddy afterwards, so I don't mess with diet drinks.
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.