Coffee

[KrisT]

So what's the deal with coffee?? For many years, most of my life, I was never affected by it AT ALL. Now if I have a cup, and I only make organic coffee, its like I took a harsh laxative! Its really only been like this since going gluten free. So does coffee have gluten, or is it just my body is changing on the new diet?? I'd love to be able to have a cup once or twice a week without having to spend the rest of the day on the toilet.

[Franceen]

Regular 100% ground or whole bean coffee is totally gluten-free. What brand are you drinking?

Got to be careful of mixes and flavored coffees or things like coffees with added stuff like chicory (but I think chicory is ok).

Also POSTUM is a BIG BIG no-no since it's made from a grain (barley?).

I have no trouble with ANY regular coffee.

Coffee does, however, give some people diarhea though. And I think going gluten-free does change your digestive sytem some so you could become sensitive to something - like coffee or chocolate, or whatever - having nothing to do with Gluten!

But coffee is made from the coffee bean which is not a grain. It isn't grown with/near a grain (since the climate and environment that support coffee plants don't generally support grains like wheat). The mountainous S. American areas are known for great coffee, but not for grains. I suppose coffee packaging plants could package other things, and CC could occur if that were the case, but it's really unlikely.

SO, I think it must be something else.

[CarlaB]

Do you put cream in your coffee? Many people have other intolerances that show up after a few months gluten-free. I know I did, and my other intolerance is dairy/casein. If I had a cup of coffee with cream, it was just like I was glutened.

It also could just be the coffee. As your intestines are healing, maybe they just don't want that right now.