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Feeling weak after eating white bread - coelic, intolerance or just low blood sugar?

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hgfghytfgh · 04/07/2022 23:41

I've noticed a few hours after eating white bread I feel weak and shaky and like I have low blood sugar levels. I presumed it was due to my blood sugar levels dropping after white carbs but I tested my levels with a friend's blood glucose monitor and they were pretty normal (6.0). I'm wondering whether it could indicate an intolerance to gluten? I never notice this feeling with any other food, only white bread. It doesn't happen after eating sweets.

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choirmumoftwo · 04/07/2022 23:59

There's gluten in all types of bread and many other foods - pastry products, cakes, biscuits being the obvious ones but in lots of less obvious foods.
If it's only white bread that upsets you you're unlikely to be coeliac.

Maytodecember · 05/07/2022 00:35

If coeliac you’d be affected by all gluten containing foods, you could always request a blood test though.
White bread used to have added gluten, might still, to make it more stretchy, give it a lighter texture so if you’re intolerant ( not the same as coeliac but still uncomfortable) it could be that.

CherryRipe1 · 05/07/2022 02:04

I'm gluten sensitive and white bread, especially french bread/baguettes used to make me vomit, shiver, headachey and sleepy. I don't eat wheat bread anymore & limit gluten in other products as much as possible. As@Maytodecember suggested, a bloodtest would show anything up.

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hgfghytfgh · 05/07/2022 22:31

CherryRipe1 · 05/07/2022 02:04

I'm gluten sensitive and white bread, especially french bread/baguettes used to make me vomit, shiver, headachey and sleepy. I don't eat wheat bread anymore & limit gluten in other products as much as possible. As@Maytodecember suggested, a bloodtest would show anything up.

Funnily enough baguettes are what made me notice the pattern, I feel really weak after eating french bread. I think it would be helpful to have a blood test to see, but in mean time I will just avoid white bread!

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