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Almond Milk and GI symptoms from additive carrageenan
I thought I was doing something healthy by substituting Almond Milk instars of dairy milk. I am a 7 heart bypass survivor and a senior.
I am writing this to warn people about my experience.
I felt just terrible and didn't know why, until my wife researched what I had been consuming lately. It turns out that Almond Milk was the culprit.
I had nausea, severe stomach pain, bloating and gas all at once.
After 1 to 2 days it disappeared. I had the worst sleep of my life.
I just wanted to pass this along.
You think you are doing something good for yourself and Yikes, that was a mistake.
Mike
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The more I dig into Carrageenan history, the more I believe it is poisonous and it is slowly killing people. People do not realize how much it is in our diet, health care products, beer, pet products… It needs to be banned.
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1 ReactionI drink Silk almond milk exclusively and it is free from carrageenan. I was so relieved when I checked after reading your post. I love the Dark Chocolate mixed with a half and half with the Original flavor. Yum! Hope you can find the Silk brand near you.
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1 ReactionI always read the ingredients for anything I buy and avoid carrageenan. It is in many products but easy to avoid.
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1 ReactionThank you - didn’t know about that ! Will check. It’s like aspirtain as a sugar sub. Poison for anyone with arthritis or aches and pains - never! Why is it still in food!
Is there someone else who has also discovered this?
They put me on goats milk as a baby and I guess they assumed I would outgrew it. As I got older, I just avoided milk and things with it in it. Or I would have something with cheese and suffer the consequences with constipation for days at a time.
I was tested and it came back severely lactose intolerant. After my test came back, I have tried to be really good. I bought the almond milk and use just enough to wet my cereal, but then it hit me this morning after trying to make myself use it thinking it was “good for me.” I CANNOT do this!
Ot is unsweetened almond milk. I feel bloated and blah. The brand rhymes with milk.