My stomach makes no freaking sense

[alias_sqbr]

I have a lot of food intolerances and stuff, they can be tricky to keep track of and figure out. And sometimes they make no sense

For example: sometimes I feel crappy after eating too many carbs. I had long had a niggling suspicion that it might be a gluten thing, since bread is worse than rice. But I went off gluten and felt terrible, and have since realised that I feel crappy if I go too long without eating bread (in a different way to when I eat too much bread). I decided this was a yeast thing since pancakes don't cut it and vegemite tends to help.

Cutting out soy and dairy leaves me with very few options for bread, pretty much the only commercial ones are certain pita breads and crumpets. Except lately my stomach has rebelled if I try to eat pita bread. (Even toasted. My stomach has always rebelled against untoasted pita bread)

So I've been making my own. Yesterday I screwed a batch up (not enough sugar, ingredients too cold) and it didn't rise much, and my stomach rebelled against that too.

"Hmm." I thought to myself "It must be a yeast thing again, I wonder if the yeast reaction changes the chemicals".

But today my stomach told me in no uncertain terms that the one sort of "bread" it would be ok with was crumpets. And they don't contain yeast! They're basically just pancakes! THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

On the plus side it gave me an excuse to eat crumpets for lunch :D

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Your digestive system is a toddler?

[alias_sqbr]

Yes! This was really annoying as a kid, because mum put all my complaints down to me being an irrationally picky eater(*). And then her next 3 kids were just as "irrational" and she was eventually somewhat beaten down to our whims.

(*)Of course I was actually being irrationally picky some of the time :)

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Who needs an excuse to eat crumpets?

[alias_sqbr]

Good point :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

is it the commercial brands that don't have yeast? Because all of my recipes for crumpets (not that I have used any of them) are a yeast rise dough then cooked like a pancake and then toasted in the toaster.

My recipes also feature milk though. *shrug*

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

I was going to say that about crumpets. My (one) recipe is _definitely_ yeasted. But yes, it does contain milk.

[alias_sqbr]

The commercial one I bought didn't list it as an ingredient, just "raising agents".

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I haven't quite figured out bread/wheat yet. The data are noisy :-(

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, that's a good way to put it.

[haute-kitten.livejournal.com]

can you get spelt here? or do you use that already? or chhestnuts.. hmm yummy

[alias_sqbr]

I tried non-wheat flours (though not spelt. You can get it but it's pricey), they're useful sometimes but I like wheat.

Also, while I'm at it: you are in Perth! Should you wish to visit, say the word and I will likely be free.

[haute-kitten.livejournal.com]

yes I am! Cool, I'm free on friday. I think. where do you live?

[alias_sqbr]

I am also free Friday, any time between 9 and 5 is cool. (I am not an evening person)

I live here: http://alias-sqbr.livejournal.com/92159.html

[haute-kitten.livejournal.com]

cool, I'll come on friday probabl.ly quite early, but I'll msg you to let you know when. see you soon

[redbraids.livejournal.com]

One thing worth checking with a dietician or naturpath is what are the "withdrawal" symptoms after going off a suspect food. From memory often you get worse symptoms after going off something as your body detoxes. The idea is to get through this stage and then things would improve. I would definitely consult someone more knowledgeable though!

[alias_sqbr]

*nods*

My doctor told me to try it for a few months to make sure, and it definitely didn't notice any improvement.

[kitsune-iii.livejournal.com]

In my experience, not all yeast is the same. I have problems with yeast, but not all the time. Home-made stuff, beer and good pizza can really mess up with my system. Most shop bought stuff and marmite doesn't, assumedly because it's either been very well cooked or treated until all the stuff I have issues with breaks down. Or it's a different type of yeast to start with.

You can do sourdough type things at home. There is even a movement towards using local yeasts that basically involves leaving something like grape juice (or something, I haven't looked into it much) out in the open until it picks up yeasts from the air and does its thing. This then becomes the mother culture, like in sourdough, which you use a bit at a time and keep feeding. I don't know if you can buy 'normal' sourdough culture on line?

[alias_sqbr]

Thanks for the suggestion, but sourdough seems to disagree with me in a way that regular yeast bread doesn't, possibly because it's so sour. But luckily regular yeast bread seems to be fine most of the time .