Comments on: I Discovered Annatto Caused My IBS Symptoms http://www.ibsnomore.com The solution for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kris http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-962 Kris Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:54:34 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-962 I wish I would have found your website a long time ago... I might have figured it out earlier. I did the elimination diet. I added dairy and thought I was lactose intolerant for a while; but I was eating yellow cheese. I re-visited dairy after a discussion with my sister who told me that she gets hives when eating foods with dyes. To my surprise I only had reactions with "yellow" cheese. I still didn't know the culprit until I started investigating further and found Annatto was the dye used in yellow cheeses. I have been "mostly" Annatto free (few mistakes here and there) and feel SO MUCH BETTER. I'm embarrassed to say but there was a time where I kept an extra set of underwear w/ me at all times because accidents were frequent; this is no longer the case... The FDA needs to mandate that companies list Annatto as an ingredient !!! I wish I would have found your website a long time ago… I might have figured it out earlier.

I did the elimination diet. I added dairy and thought I was lactose intolerant for a while; but I was eating yellow cheese. I re-visited dairy after a discussion with my sister who told me that she gets hives when eating foods with dyes. To my surprise I only had reactions with “yellow” cheese. I still didn’t know the culprit until I started investigating further and found Annatto was the dye used in yellow cheeses.

I have been “mostly” Annatto free (few mistakes here and there) and feel SO MUCH BETTER.

I’m embarrassed to say but there was a time where I kept an extra set of underwear w/ me at all times because accidents were frequent; this is no longer the case…

The FDA needs to mandate that companies list Annatto as an ingredient !!!

]]> By: Donna http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-285 Donna Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:24:44 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-285 I have suffered from severe loose bowel movements, abdominal pains, bloating, sickness and general embarressment daily for 3 years and i am only 24 yrs old. This has been ever since I was hospitalised with the superbug C.Diff. The NHS has been investigating this for 3 years and i have had every test possible (including various invasive procedures) to no avail. My doctors have now turned around and said i must be taking laxitives! This is obviously ridiculous as why would i go to them in the first place to complain about my problem if i was doing it to myself!! I feel absolutely distraught as i have been told they dont do food tests and therefore cannot tell me if it is actually my diet. They have ruled out IBS, IBD and most other diseases however everytime they have taken a stool sample they seem to find various aspects of it that are inflammed and irregular. I am at my wits end so this site has encouraged me to just try elimating some foods etc to see how i get on as the thought of carrying on like this for the rest of my life is awful. I think everyone here understands how incredibly embarressing it is and i have even had to tell my boss as i have comments from male colleagues when i run off to the loo, i miss so many evenings out and dinners because food and/or an available toilet seems to rule my life. I pray that i get something sorted soon. I have suffered from severe loose bowel movements, abdominal pains, bloating, sickness and general embarressment daily for 3 years and i am only 24 yrs old. This has been ever since I was hospitalised with the superbug C.Diff. The NHS has been investigating this for 3 years and i have had every test possible (including various invasive procedures) to no avail. My doctors have now turned around and said i must be taking laxitives! This is obviously ridiculous as why would i go to them in the first place to complain about my problem if i was doing it to myself!!

I feel absolutely distraught as i have been told they dont do food tests and therefore cannot tell me if it is actually my diet. They have ruled out IBS, IBD and most other diseases however everytime they have taken a stool sample they seem to find various aspects of it that are inflammed and irregular. I am at my wits end so this site has encouraged me to just try elimating some foods etc to see how i get on as the thought of carrying on like this for the rest of my life is awful.

I think everyone here understands how incredibly embarressing it is and i have even had to tell my boss as i have comments from male colleagues when i run off to the loo, i miss so many evenings out and dinners because food and/or an available toilet seems to rule my life.

I pray that i get something sorted soon.

]]> By: Beverly http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-231 Beverly Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:24:45 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-231 Annatto, as well as caramel coloring and Red Lake 40 food colorings, make me weak, go to sleep, and if enough was consumed...probably pass out standing up. It's nothing to mess with and took me a decade to figure out. (No help from doctors.) That heavy, lethargic, severe fatigue often came over me...but I failed to attribute it to any one thing. No wonder! It was coming from many things consumed. These three colors are extremely common additives to anything from soup to the margarine. I wish they'd get the stuff out of our food!!! Annatto, as well as caramel coloring and Red Lake 40 food colorings, make me weak, go to sleep, and if enough was consumed…probably pass out standing up. It’s nothing to mess with and took me a decade to figure out. (No help from doctors.) That heavy, lethargic, severe fatigue often came over me…but I failed to attribute it to any one thing. No wonder! It was coming from many things consumed. These three colors are extremely common additives to anything from soup to the margarine. I wish they’d get the stuff out of our food!!!

]]> By: Jacque http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-227 Jacque Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:34:25 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-227 I am 56 years old, female and active. I have had to resort to wearing a diaper these days because I have mush that for the most part stays inbetween my cheeks, but does sometimes go in to my panties. I have NEVER had this problem and am very embarrassed. I never know when it will happen or even when it is there. I will be watching what I eat to be sure it does not have this ingredient. I was eating a lot of Ritz crackers but have stopped. I hope this works. I am 56 years old, female and active. I have had to resort to wearing a diaper these days because I have mush that for the most part stays inbetween my cheeks, but does sometimes go in to my panties. I have NEVER had this problem and am very embarrassed. I never know when it will happen or even when it is there. I will be watching what I eat to be sure it does not have this ingredient. I was eating a lot of Ritz crackers but have stopped. I hope this works.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-132 Eileen Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:27:12 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-132 Hi Marlene, Just wanted to say that it is great that you are spreading the news on these things. The more of us that do this, the greater the awareness and then eventual change. Annatto makes my daughter very cranky. We are an additive, preservative free household and on the raw food path. Keep up the great work. Eileen. Hi Marlene,

Just wanted to say that it is great that you are spreading the news on these things. The more of us that do this, the greater the awareness and then eventual change.

Annatto makes my daughter very cranky. We are an additive, preservative free household and on the raw food path.

Keep up the great work.

Eileen.

]]> By: Shawn from Solving the IBS Puzzle http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-131 Shawn from Solving the IBS Puzzle Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:52:53 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-131 Hi Marlene that's amazing! I write a site about ibs called solvingtheibspuzzle.com. I've just written a page about annatto after finding your site. I've pointed people to your food list since it's so comprehensive. Thanks for sharing all this. Shawn Hi Marlene

that’s amazing! I write a site about ibs called solvingtheibspuzzle.com. I’ve just written a page about annatto after finding your site. I’ve pointed people to your food list since it’s so comprehensive.

Thanks for sharing all this.
Shawn

]]> By: annatjie joubert http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-123 annatjie joubert Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:25:47 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-123 What is annato? I suffer from constant lower stomach pain and would like to know what type of foods I should eat and what to avoid. Thanking you Annatjie What is annato? I suffer from constant
lower stomach pain and would like to
know what type of foods I should eat
and what to avoid.
Thanking you
Annatjie

]]> By: Cielo http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-113 Cielo Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:10:29 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-113 Hi Marlene and everybody Just wanted to let you know that Coca Cola products contain annatto, and caramel color... here is the website that says every colorant and ingredient they use, which unfortunately doesn't say in which products they use each colorant: <a href="http://www.beverageinstitute.org/ingredients/glossary.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.beverageinstitute.org/ingredients/glossary.shtml</a> Hi Marlene and everybody

Just wanted to let you know that Coca Cola products contain annatto, and caramel color… here is the website that says every colorant and ingredient they use, which unfortunately doesn’t say in which products they use each colorant:

http://www.beverageinstitute.org/ingredients/glossary.shtml

]]> By: mandy smith-harding http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-110 mandy smith-harding Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:06:55 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-110 I'm 19 and in october 2009 my sister made a cheese pasta. It was yummy, and I ate two bowls. That night I suffered with cramps and a runny yumy. I went to the doctor and he said it had to do with my protein intake. Yet it only happens with cheese milk and yogurt (dairy). Is this IBS... how should I deal with it? I’m 19 and in october 2009 my sister made a cheese pasta. It was yummy, and I ate two bowls. That night I suffered with cramps and a runny yumy. I went to the doctor and he said it had to do with my protein intake. Yet it only happens with cheese milk and yogurt (dairy). Is this IBS… how should I deal with it?

]]> By: anna monaghan http://www.ibsnomore.com/comment-page-1#comment-99 anna monaghan Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:30:41 +0000 http://www.ibsnomore.com/?page_id=2#comment-99 Hi Marlene... Just wanted to send you this link to another product with annatto - dunkin donuts. in particular this is the chocolate glazed cake donut. i didn't check every single thing they offer yet, but annatto is listed in the "donut dough" so i am assuming that most of the cake donuts have that as a base. Liam had a reaction last night/this morning and I have been trying to figure out what it might be from - lo and behold, there is annatto in the donuts dad brought home after church yesterday. Aside from this episode, he has been doing pretty well, I have gotten him on a diet that (usually) doesnt include annatto and he has had significantly fewer digestive problems. just thought you might be interested and want to add the dunkin donuts - (cake donuts) to the list. > > https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-515 Hi Marlene…

Just wanted to send you this link to another product with annatto – dunkin donuts. in particular this is the chocolate glazed cake donut. i didn’t check every single thing they offer yet, but annatto is listed in the “donut dough” so i am assuming that most of the cake donuts have that as a base.

Liam had a reaction last night/this morning and I have been trying to figure out what it might be from – lo and behold, there is annatto in the donuts dad brought home after church yesterday. Aside from this episode, he has been doing pretty well, I have gotten him on a diet that (usually) doesnt include annatto and he has had significantly fewer digestive problems. just thought you might be interested and want to add the dunkin donuts – (cake donuts) to the list.
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> https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-515

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