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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:07pm on 16/02/2006
I had no beer for five years, then I had a half pint of Landlord or Pedigree or something at Novacon. And the next day I was in agony. Joints I never knew I had were inflamed. I intend to do another beer experiment at some point, to make sure. I don't like beer though, so it's no great hardship to avoid it ;-)

I am only avoiding dairy at the moment; I suspect yeasty things may be a problem. I've been gobbling bread, pasta, and cereals for yonks with no problems, though I eat a fair amount of potato and rice so I'm fairly balanced.

I could experiment with porridge, and marmite, I suppose (but not both in the same bowl!)
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posted by [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com at 01:26pm on 16/02/2006
Well, if the bread and pasta and cereals are all OK, then you've not got wheat or gluten intolerance. So that's good. And you'd probably have encountered the various non-wheat graisn as well (maize and oats in cereals, possibly rye in bread).

And yeast intolerance could give you occasional problems with bread, so unless you have it sufficiently mildly that the beer tips you over, but bread never does ...

Hmm, I wonder if it might be maltose that gives you problems? That's the sugar from barley malt, but it might be used in interesting breads and flapjacks as a sweetener.

Hmm, do you have the ingredients list for those flapjacks. Or a [livejournal.com profile] yonmei's bread recipe?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:55pm on 16/02/2006
The interior of the delectable Brazil Nut Cluster features:
Oats (44%)
Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup
Hydrogenated Vegetable Margarine (Vegetable Oils, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers E471, E322 (Soya); Colours E160b, E100, Nature Identical Flavourings)
Dark Chocolate Topping (10%) (Sugar, Hydrogenated and Non Hydrogenated Vegetable Fats, Cocoa Solids, Emulsifier (Lecithin (Soya)), Flavouring)
Glucose Syrup
Brazil Nuts (6%)
Natural Lemon Flavour

Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans.
Wheat and Whey Free.
This product contains Gluten and Brazil Nuts.

Doesn't look too dangerous, but I have rather gone off it now!
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posted by [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com at 02:11pm on 16/02/2006
I don't see anything in common with a pint of Pedigree there at all. (Well, excluding water, and I'll make the arbitrary assuption that that's not your problem.)

Maybe it was something else. Or maybe there's more than one thing you have a problem with. A friend was a vegetarian for at least a decade, because he suspected meat. In the end, it turned out to be dairy and wheat (note, not gluten) that were the problem.
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