So i've been having acid issues lately and this is a first for me.. I'm only 20! I started eating right about a year ago, and apparently whole wheat foods can cause stomach acidity. This kind of scares me since it's all I eat and white bread makes me feel super nauseous for the rest of the day...
Whole wheat products are rarely actually whole wheat but that is another topic entirely.
Some people are not tolerant of wheat. The only way to know is to stop eating it and change nothing else. By changing only the single variable if you feel better you'll know that you are not tollerant.
Yep. This sounds like a food sensitivity/intolerance issue. If you don't want to go the doctor route for investigating further, consider at least reading up on elimination diets. Eliminate wheat in a structured way and go out of your way to observe what happens when you reintroduce it.
Plenty of people get along fine without eating any bread. Or there are many non-wheat kinds. They don't taste like "bread," but they serve the same function for sandwiches.
It's so interesting that you posted this, because I'm around your age (i'm 23), lost about 30 lbs and then all of a sudden started feeling naseous after many meals and getting heartburn.I would literally have to take a nap for my pains to cease because they were that bad, I couldn't even walk or stand up sometimes, Have you gone to the gastroenterologist yet? I went to one about a week ago and he diagnosed me with GERD (acid reflux) but he also gave me a blood test to see if I had any sort of infection. He prescribed me Dexilant which is a proton pump inhibitor, I think they mostly give out PPIs when it's GERD. But, when I was talking to him he said that acid reflux is usually aggravated with teas, coffee, chocolate, alcohol, tobacco, spicy foods, and even yogurt. I researched a bit about the disease, but I thought whole wheats could be helpful with acid problems, idk i could be wrong; although i know that oatmeal is helpful with acid symptoms. My best advice is to see a doctor and have him rule out what you have, if you haven't seen one already. The one thing I don't understand though is that I started having my acid symptoms AFTER losing weight not when i was heavier which I think is so weird. Also, don't take Tums, my dr says they help at first but then increase acid production after a few hours. Hope you feel better!
Wheat and grains in general are evil. Okay, slight overstatement, but not by much!
I am more an more convinced few people tolerate them as well as they believe, but because they've never been without them for a long enough time to detox they don't realize the way they feel isn't normal.
And I'm quite biased, because wheat doesn't play nicely with me at all. The lower my exposure to whole grains the better I look, feel, AND lose. Same with beans and sugar. Just not nice to my system at all. And I'm not alone in finding this. May I kindly point you to the Perfect Health Diet book? It speaks quite in depth on this and other subjects relating to nutritional benefits vs. toxicity, on wheat and many other foods.
Like others said, many of us aren't tolerant of wheat products and do better without them entirely. You might want to check out Primal and Paleo resources which are diets that subsist without grains. Many people have found that they have little to no health issues on these diets
I tried going Primal for six weeks, but found that I needed grains! So I am the opposite of many who find success. I tried it though, but just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean it won't work for you.
Funny thing is though, many people who stop eating grains and then reintroduce them face bad digestive side effects. Me? Nothing at all. Guess I was just meant to eat grains.
One thing people don't consider is that sometimes heartburn and acid issues is not due to too much stomach acid, but actually not enough stomach acid! I suffered for years! I'd take powerful acid inhibitors and always had Tums on hand. I'd wonder how I could have too much acid and indigestion at the same time.
When you think about it, the acid of the stomach is what signals that cardiac sphincter to close and if your acid level is low, then that sphincter won't close properly and then you end up with heartburn.
I'm no expert, I'm no doctor. I just came to these conclusions on my own. It makes sense to me.
I have issues with certain sugars and fats. Like too much bread or ice cream can be problems for me, pastries and other desserts. It could be an intolerance. Ice cream contains two common problematic ingredients- gluten and casein. The others... sugar, wheat, gluten, etc. Weird because I can drink milk, but ice cream leads to regret.
My solution, what worked for me- Betain HCl (acid, at most healthfood stores) and digestive enzymes (Houston brand is my favorite, order on line). Both really solved the problem for me. I don't go after the sweets as much, but before a big meal, or before I eat a problematic food, these two things can really help!
There is a book out there - WHEAT BELLY - explains why some people can not tolerate today's wheat (not the same our ancestors ate). There is also a blog by the author. Some peoples' stories are beyond dramatic. Start with the blog and then read the book if you think it might help you. http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/
I've stopped eating wheat and most grains and it helps me.
Acid problems and whole wheat food?
Or there are many non-wheat kinds. They don't taste like "bread," but they serve the same function for sandwiches.
