Anyone else sensitive to natural gums?

tosh24

I can't have natural gums. If I eat something with say xanthan gum in it, I will be in the bathroom within 30 minutes, wishing for my own demise. It's bad.

Well, being gluten/wheat free, it's damn hard to make a good sandwhich bread or bake pretty much anything without using natural gums. I'm almost at my wits' end. For some things (like muffins or cakes) I will use thick fruit purees, fruit jams with pectin, or even powdered gelatin (although I haven't had a ton of success with gelatin yet...work in progress), but for things like bread, I'm at a loss. All I want is a freakin' dinner roll or some pizza dough. But because of the absence of gums, I can never get a sticky dough...they are always the consistency of thick muffin batter.

This also means I can never use any pre-packaged GF mixes from the store...I'm overwhelmed.

Anyone have experience going gum free?

magdusia

i have heard of someone being sensitive to xanthan gum on one of the yahoo groups i belong to.

either here -> https://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/foodallergynetwork/

or here -> https://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TerrificKidsWFA/

but i personally don't know anyone.  You should join one of these groups and ask. 

good luck.  

tosh24

magdusia:

i have heard of someone being sensitive to xanthan gum on one of the yahoo groups i belong to.

either here -> https://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/foodallergynetwork/

or here -> https://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TerrificKidsWFA/

but i personally don't know anyone.  You should join one of these groups and ask. 

good luck.  

Thank you for the links!!!