Question by ry dogs: Celiac disease symptoms even with non gluten alcohol?
The same symptoms I get from eating wheat or gluten appear when I drink, even if it is distilled spirits/non-wheat based. I know it makes sense to think that they are independent allergies, but other celiacs report the exact same thing. Where’s the link?
-Makes sense, but I got diagnosed early in life and don’t think i damaged my intestines too bad
redbridge is good but still makes me feel as if I had a real beer. Maybe I just have a separate sensitivity to alcohol
Best answer:
Answer by Real
Many things may cause the same symptoms even though they are not from the same causes. You may have allergies or sensitivities to other ingredients, or the product may be contaminated by being processed in facilities that process wheat or other gluten-containing products.
Also, the damage to your intestines caused by celiac may make digesting other products more difficult. I suggest you ask this question on a celiac website–or two.
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I am a celiac too and drink wine without any problems and also Redbridge beer which is gluten free. Distilled spirits are supposed to be safe but the problem is that some of them have flavorings or colorings added that could have gluten in them. You would have to contact the maker to find out in each case. The other thing is it could be like oats and celiacs, some can tolerate it and others can’t.
It could be many things, the colorings in the alcohols could contain gluten and they arent required to tell u that. YOu could be inadverntantly eating gluten in other ways and not realize it (toothpaste, chapstick, cross contamination from restaruants) and then u drink, get ‘glutened’ and assume its the alcohol.
You could have secondary allergies or intolerances.
You could be sensitive to things like niacin, a common B vitamin found in alcohols.
Some ppl are just sensitive to different liquors, such as colored rums and red wine.
I would try avoiding the alcohols that cause symptoms and see how it goes. If u still get ‘glutened’ then it wasn’t the alcohol.