hi l have ibs , used to be very painful both ends .but l have gone gluton free and cut out everything that give me wind.l take mebeverine before every meal, but l also eat one liquorice sweet everyday.
.seems to keep everything working better .plus l like the sweets .l have a blip about once a week .but l can handle that
Hi Pipken, Interesting that you find liquorice helpful. I don't know where in the World you are, but if you are in the UK, please be aware that most liquorice here contains wheat. The Danish stuff mostly doesn't, but is expensive and can be an acquired taste.
based in uk.
hi l just buy liquorice all sorts.or any liquorice based sweets .seems to work for me .and feel a lot better than l used too.used to be quite ill when l was bloated with wind and felt sick .and spent most days on the loo .as l throught its working for me ,
.somebody else might give it a try.but only take one sweet a day .
Here are the contents of a randomly selected Sainsbury's liquorice all sorts. They are not gluten free. INGREDIENTS:Sugar, Treacle, Fortified Wheat Flour (wheat flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Glucose Syrup, Desiccated Coconut, Palm Oil, Beef Gelatine, Maize Starch, Humectant:Glycerol; Colour:Plain Caramel, Curcumin, Beetroot Red, Capsanthin; Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Liquorice Extract, Flavourings, Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Spirulina Concentrate, Glazing Agent:Carnauba Wax, Beeswax; Fruit And Vegetable Concentrates:Black Carrot, Blackcurrant Concentrate. xjrs also has a fair point ref glycyrrhizin. I love liquorice, but can't eat the UK stuff because it contains wheat. The Danish stuff is often salted, and is very much an acquired taste.
thanks for that but it seems to work for me until diffrence l will still use. .everyone's body is difference
If it works for you, great. I wonder why you have gone gluten free, perhaps you don't need to?
most things like bread and pastry's l can't eat even milk which l love . and cauliflower cheese which l love just don't agree with me.gluten free stuff seems to work and feel much better .l only had to eat a sandwich with normal bread and l would throw up.done all the tests via doctor and we ruled out everything else . so now l can control what l eat and got more of a life than l did before
I'm glad you have found a solution. I love cauliflower cheese too, but make the sauce with cornflour because I am allergic to wheat.
l buy a flour from the gluton free shelf .l think it's one you can make pastry with everything in it.
it works ok for sauces
Me too, but oddly enough, I have always used cornflour for sauces. It also makes a cracking Yorkshire pud.
l cheat on the yourshires .l buy the gluton free from the frozen shelf .as hubby doesn't like them .they are quite nice
Much easier. Most of them are made in Yorkshire too.
I used to like those liquorice sweets which are rather like caramels, and individually wrapped. I haven't bought any for a very long time, but they tasted very nice, very liquorice-y and made your tongue black!
I don't know if those would have gluten in them? Maybe not, but possibly, but it doesn't matter if you aren't actually coeliac. A tiny bit of gluten like that would most likely not bother you.
You may need to be careful with regular consumption of pure licorice since it contains glycyrrhizin which can raise blood pressure.
You may be better off with deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) which has this component removed. It comes in suckable tablet form:
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or powder:
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thanks for reply.
well at the moment it's working ok for me .feel far better then l used too .
Yes! It can be an issue even without pre-existing hypertension. My blood pressure crept up over seven days or so, by just using one herbal teabag daily (that contained licorice)! It then took another seven days or so to settle. It has more potential to cause a problem with increasing age and being female apparently.
Hi I am gluten free too and yes liquorice does contain gluten as someone previously said. Liquorice lines the stomach, is in some supplements for ibs this is why you are getting relief. Try going without the liquorice and see if you feel even better.And please look out for processed food too in the free from aisle. It is not great for those of us with gluten sensitivity.
thanks for the information .l did stop for a bit and went back to not feeling too good .so going to stick with it
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