Rice Nearly Kills Mishalak!

[mishalak]

I'm not cut out to be a vegetarian. Today I tried eating just rice and some vegetables and I got the worst stomachache I've had in a good long while. I remember now why I stopped having oatmeal for breakfast even though I like it. I have a new theory, unless I have something with my grains, like meat or cheese, or something fatty I'll get a stomachache. I'll have to test this theory sometime when I don't mind feeling a bit uncomfortable for a while.

Meanwhile I'm going to have rice... with some bologna I was given by a neighbor.

Comments

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Maybe you have a food allergy to certain grains. I know at least one person with a wheat allergy.

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

And I know a couple of celiacs. Worth looking into.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I rather hope that isn't it. Assuming celiacs are what it sounds like to my ear. <checks> Yep, gluten thing, I was about right.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Further checking and I definately don't seem to have the symptoms described here (http://www.e-celiacs.org/2%20Celiac%20Disease_in_Adults.htm). I have some upper abdominal pain, but nothing else. No diarrhea or anemia.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Wheat seems to be a rather common alergy, but that isn't what seems to happen to me. Or at least I've never noticed any discomfort eating toast, rice cakes, or whatever. I seem to just have discomfort when I eat plain cooked grain without anything else. Though I shall have to do a few experiments to be sure.

I mean I've never had any trouble with sushi or anything else with rice. My working idea is that if I have rice with enough oil or fat I won't have this problem. I'm going to test it this next week sometime.

Rice

[(Anonymous)]

I'm assuming that you cooked the rice?? Actually, have you tried adding some oil to the cooked rice. Like a tablespoon of olive oil? Maybe there is not enough moisture which is making your stomach produce more acid? Just a thought.

Re: Rice

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Yes I did cook the rice, quite well actually. I did it in my crockpot because my stove is out of service. I didn't add olive oil, because I had not realized I would have this problem. I just was not thinking about possible problems at the time I started eating. I would asume there was more than enough mostiure since I drink a lot of water with every meal and I cooked the the rice with the proper ratio of two cups water (and a bit more) to one cup of rice.