Corn Intolerance

[darlindeb]

Does anyone here have a brand name list of foods that are corn free? I can't find a list online, only all the things you can't have and I'm thinking it would be easier to find the 5 things I can have:( . Thanks, Deb

[aklap]

Hi Deb,

Have you been to any of these sites? Corn is a tough one!!

http://cornallergens.com/ - It covers a lot of ground. This one has an ingredient listing for corn, but I'm not sure on a Corn Free list of products. Maybe you can figure it out by ingredient. If that doesn't help, call the mfg and ask.
http://allergies.about.com/od/corn/ - this one lists a corn allergy forum - might be worth asking questions there.
http://www.vishniac.com/ephraim/corn.html

Maybe MrsP or Eorific (Kristie) will stop by, they deal with corn free food.

[darlindeb]

Thanks Al:)

[annelb]

Here is a list of corn free foods - did not look at all the pages but the first page is stuff from GF Pantry :)
http://www.foodchoices.com/store/catalog/index.php?cPath=166

On Shop by Diet you can eliminate the poisons of your choice http://www.shopbydiet.com/

Anne

[darlindeb]

Thank you Anne--what I meant though, was corn-free name brand items. I was told you have to be careful with coffee because sometimes the coffee beans are washed in a corn based wash--tea bags are glued with a corn base paste, fruits and veggies are washed with a corn based wash, citric acid is corn based--it's all so scary. Going gluten free was a breeze compared to adding my other intolerances to the mix. I feel like all I have done is sabotage my own health. I can't seem to get it right. Doctors just want to treat my neuropathy, yet the meds scare me. I would prefer to deal with the pain, than to mess with my tummy. I can work in pain, but I can't work when my tummy is bad. Right now, I feel claustrophobic--I feel trapped in a body that wants to reject me. I have gained weight again and I knows it's because of the intolerances, not because of how much I eat. My body gains weight when it is fighting intolerances, that was proven when I was eating gluten. I was so sick and still gaining and I dont want to go back to that.

I should just be grateful I have celiacs and not some devastating disease. I'm sorry, I can seem to shake this depression--I will though, I promise!

[annelb]

Sorry, you did mention "brand names" - I missed that on first reading.

Here is another site. http://allergies.about.com/od/corn/ There is even a link to a Delphi corn forum. They may be able to answer your questions about corn.
Anne

[diamondheart]

Hi Deb,

I'm sorry you are having a rough time eliminating corn. Have you considered the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm)? This will make gluten-free, corn-free look like a cake walk. I lost weight on this diet, but didn't need to. If you do it for a month and it helps you, then you are on the right track. If you do it for a month and it doesn't help you, then it probably isn't going to help you. I was intolerant to some of the allowed foods, so I stopped because the diet was too restrictive for me. Others swear by it.

Have you thought about further testing to get at the bottom of your food intolerances? Have you thought about getting tested for pathogens, including parasites, bacteria, and yeast? Are you taking ibuprofen? If so, that can damage your small intestinal lining. I got tested for pathogens and food intolerances (IgG). So far, both these have helped me.

Claire

[halsgluten]

Have you seen this recipe site? May have been posted here before. Tell them what you want to cook and you are avoiding.
http://www.foodyoucaneat.com/

Weight loss.
I was first dairy free, felt somewhat better for a few years :) then got worse. :(

I then went GF, I got a lot better. :D So I started trying wheat substitutes. :(

Then I was healthy enough to able to tell that corn chips gave me tarry stools and the tendonitis that follows the stools. So I went corn free.

Then I was better enough to tell that eating a lot of rice did the same, but that a baked potato a day does not seem to.

I’m 5'9". I started at 180lbs, plus. Reduced wheat: I dropped to 175. Wheat free and reduced grain: I dropped to 165. Grain free: I’m now peeking under 160. Nice slow drop over 4 years. I can fit in my old SCA costumes and they hate me for it. :D My armor (see avatar) is so loose it flops. :o

I eat four meals per day with two heavy snacks: Meat every meal, lots of fruits and vegetables. I don’t avoid sugar, just the heavy doses of glucose in grain starch.

Mammals are meant to get fructose and glucose together, and get hurt if they eat just one or the other alone. Fruits have a rough balance of fructose and glucose. Grains, beans and potatoes just have glucose. Carrots have extra fructose so I eat them in balance with my potatoes in a pot roast. :D

I’m aiming for my laurelling weight of 155lbs, so I guess I’ll have to start regular exercise, now. ;)

Except for the potatoes, my diet is fairly Paleolithic, in theory.
http://members.cox.net/harold.kraus/gluten/paleolithic.htm

My G.E. says, “Yeah, a lot of celiacs have problems with corn.”

Corn trivia: Corn is the only common grain that contains salicylates. But then, so do all the fruits I’ve been cramming down, sigh.

Something on sugars I posted elsewhere. Should I repost here?
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/cancelthatglutenorder/message/948
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/cancelthatglutenorder/message/949

Hal

[annelb]

that is very interesting about the fructose/glucose balance. You also mention that pears are more fructose than glucose. I have a friend who says pears cause her terrible gas - that could be the reason?

You may want to post the sugar info here. In order to read it from the Yahoo site, one has to be a member of the group.

Anne

[NancyM]

I'm also following a Paleo diet, not 100% all the time, but close!

That web site is nice, I've been looking for a simple explanation of what to eat/avoid.

But one question, what tree nuts rely on animals to distribute? I can't think of any.

[halsgluten]

I have a friend who says pears cause her terrible gas - that could be the reason?
Anne

It is simple enough to try sweetening her foods with store-bought fructose instead of sucrose.

Hal

[halsgluten]

But one question, what tree nuts rely on animals to distribute?


Acorns, pecans, and walnuts are distributed and planted by squirrels. It is interesting is that the palatability of these nuts is improved by reducing their tannic acid by soaking, say, in moist soil.

Some pine nuts are distributed and stored by squirrels and birds.

Brazil nuts need an animal to chew the pod open.

I'm not sure if cashews have a distribution relationship with monkeys.

Hal

[Simply_V]

Does anyone here have a brand name list of foods that are corn free? I can't find a list online, only all the things you can't have and I'm thinking it would be easier to find the 5 things I can have:( . Thanks, Deb

A few of us avid corn avoiders have compiled a list. It is now posted at
http://corn-freeproducts.blogspot.com/

[darlindeb]

Thank you, that's great.

[annelb]

Thanks for adding the link and posting the great list.

Today at the International Celiac Symposium during the question and answer period, one physician mentioned that there is some evidence that a protein found in corn is very similar to one found in wheat! :eek: She would not say anything more about this. I looked at my notes and I did now write down her name. I asked OZZ if she heard the same thing and she said "yes".

Maybe it is like oats. It is thought there is a subset of people with CD who cross react to oats.
Anne