Wheat and stomach cramps

[MelanieC]

This week I decided to try to add some whole wheat flour to our pizza. I subsituted half of the white flour, with stone ground whole wheat. About 20 minutes after eating it, my stomach bloated and I had stomach cramps. I ended up in the bathroom at least once.

Yesterday, I made a dish with penne pasta and subsituted whole wheat pasta. Again, about 20 minutes after eating it my stomach blew up, was hard and hurt really bad. I ended up in the bathroom 2 times.

Could I be having a problem with the whole wheat? I wouldn't think it could be the fiber because I usually get quite a bit of fiber through 1-2 servings of Kashi a day. That has 10 grams of fiber in it (1g soluble, 9g insoluble). Whole wheat is insoluble and there are 5 grams of fiber per serving in the pasta. Both nights the dish had brocoli in it, but I don't normally have problems with brocolli. Plus the week prior my pizza had brocoli on it.

I was too scared to bring the dish to work today. While I thought both versions of the whole wheat product were decent tasting..........my family was not happy about the switch. I really am thinking that maybe I should take it back out.........enjoy the food the way we like it, and up our fiber in other ways. Which we have been doing anyway. I have been trying to eat 2 servings of the Kashi a day, which is 20 grams of fiber. 25%-35% is recommended.

Anyone else have this experience with wheat? Oh, and I do get IBS (irritable Bowel Syndrome) occasionaly (mostly when I eat oily foods). Since I started back on WW's, I have hardly had a problem, and actually have had more problems with constipation. So maybe it's just my IBS.

Thanks for your help.

Melanie

 

[Rajah]

Just curious, have you ever been tested for a wheat allergy? Some members in my family can't touch wheat without getting really sick and it's due to some kind of allergy. You might check it out.

Good luck!

 

[MelanieC]

Well, It must not be the wheat. I ate the leftover pasta dish last night, (2 cups worth) and had no problem at all. Not sure why my stomach got such horrible cramps. I guess I will have to keep trying the wheat to see if it happens again.

Also, DH didn't even eat any Sunday night when he got home from the Nascar races. Last night was the first night he tried it, and he told me he thought it was good. He want's me to loose the whole wheat in the pizza, but say's he will give the pasta another try. He had 3 plates worth last night..........so I guess he must have thought it was good.

I am hoping I am not alergic to it, but I would think I would have found out prior to this if I was? Not sure though! Keeping finger's crossed that it was a fluke.

Melanie