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derry60

derry60

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I wonder if anybody has had the same problem. Hubby bought me a 85% Lindt Bar of Chocolate I only had 2 squares. About an hour after I started to feel bloated, and had a tummy ache. I read up on the ingredients and it said that it may contain Wheat. Wonder if this was the cause. I hardly ever eat Chocolate as a rule. Just seemed strange that about 40 mins to an hour after eating it I felt bloated with tummy ache. I took an antacid and it has gone now.
 
I have no problem with Hotel Chocolat products 85 percent or higher. I am wary of Lindt after finding malt in one of their products, husband is highly allergic.
 
Hi @derry60, Dark chocolate, yes please !! Just from reading, not as medical advice or opinion:
If you normally eat bread and other wheat-containing food it seems unlikely that it would be the traces of wheat in the chocolate.
There appear to be variations of the Lindt 85% with no traces of wheat mentioned in the ingredients, just to make life confusing!
But if your diet excludes wheat then it maybe worth seeing your doctor about it .
I gather that wheat can trigger irritable bowel symptoms in some people and be part of a reaction to gluten for those with coeliac disease.
Finally chocolate can cause or increase the chance of reflux - where acid comes up into one's food-pipe and maybe the antacid settled that. see mayoclininc.org - reflux.
If i have a square of 90% Lindt chocolate at night not long before bed, I sometimes have reflux and need an antacid.
I hope the episode does not put you off chocolate.!!
 
xfieldok said:
I have no problem with Hotel Chocolat products 85 percent or higher. I am wary of Lindt after finding malt in one of their products, husband is highly allergic.
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You have a point there. My mother used to feed us a teaspoonful of malt every morning before school as it was considered good for us. I would feel very sick and throw up after taking it. My mother asked my doctor as a child off the cuff, why malt made me sick. She replied " Not everybody can take malt, it can cause tummy upset" Maybe there was malt in the choc bar. I won't eat it again, no miss as I can do without chocolate. When I was eating it, I was thinking " This is not really nice, to strong lol"
 
derry60 said:
You have a point there. My mother used to feed us a teaspoonful of malt every morning before school as it was considered good for us. I would feel very sick and throw up after taking it. My mother asked my doctor as a child off the cuff, why malt made me sick. She replied " Not everybody can take malt, it can cause tummy upset" Maybe there was malt in the choc bar. I won't eat it again, no miss as I can do without chocolate. When I was eating it, I was thinking " This is not really nice, to strong lol"
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Count yourself lucky, we had to swig cod liver oil.
 
derry60 said:
You have a point there. My mother used to feed us a teaspoonful of malt every morning before school as it was considered good for us. I would feel very sick and throw up after taking it. My mother asked my doctor as a child off the cuff, why malt made me sick. She replied " Not everybody can take malt, it can cause tummy upset" Maybe there was malt in the choc bar. I won't eat it again, no miss as I can do without chocolate. When I was eating it, I was thinking " This is not really nice, to strong lol"
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I used to love that stuff. Malt extract.
 
Robbity said:
Well count yourself lucky too, we had to scoff both....
(But I didn't really mind the mailt)

Robbity
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I like malt, we had it when I was a kid. Still like it nowadays, although I have not made home brew beer for years. I always had a good lick of the spoon when starting a brew off..

It was better than the cod liver oil capsules the old man stole from some where. The dog did have a nice shiny coat from the ones I managed to give him.
 
Husband's allergy to malt manifests in migraines. At their worst, he can lose speech and his arm is paralyzed. Malt and its derivatives are not notifiable on in lists of ingredients. Really annoying.
 
kitedoc said:
Hi @derry60, Dark chocolate, yes please !! Just from reading, not as medical advice or opinion:
If you normally eat bread and other wheat-containing food it seems unlikely that it would be the traces of wheat in the chocolate.
There appear to be variations of the Lindt 85% with no traces of wheat mentioned in the ingredients, just to make life confusing!
But if your diet excludes wheat then it maybe worth seeing your doctor about it .
I gather that wheat can trigger irritable bowel symptoms in some people and be part of a reaction to gluten for those with coeliac disease.
Finally chocolate can cause or increase the chance of reflux - where acid comes up into one's food-pipe and maybe the antacid settled that. see mayoclininc.org - reflux.
If i have a square of 90% Lindt chocolate at night not long before bed, I sometimes have reflux and need an antacid.
I hope the episode does not put you off chocolate.!!
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I used to suffer IBS as I had Campylobacter from a chicken that I had in a Chinese Restaurant. This, in turn, caused IBS... It was quite bad for a few months but then settled down. I don't eat wheat as I am on very low carb food. Maybe the chocolate was to strong for me as I am not really a chocolate eater, and kicked off my tummy pain. I am fine now though.
 
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