Garlic intolerance = digestive nightmare!

I've been frantically looking for anything that can help me with my garlic intolerance. Last night after eating out I spent the night awake with severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea after a meal at an Indian restaurant. It wasn't smart I know, but for years I've been avoiding eating out because it seems nobody understands when you tell them you just cannot eat garlic. I find garlic gets thrown into pretty much everything - seasonings, salad dressings, pastes, and even if you ask that they leave it out, it still finds its way into your food. I self-diagnosed after along period of carefully excluding and re-introducing foods into my diet and numerous visits to the GI specialists who diagnosed me with IBS even though I let them know the only foods that I have problems with are garlic and dairy (which I avoid or take a lactaid for), I just don't know what to do about the garlic! Help! I thought I was going to die yesterday!

After severe allergic reactions to certain food items, garlic being one of them, I was diagnosed with IBS. My symptoms is "spastic colon". It is triggered by any amount of garlic, caffeine, chocolate, and any kind of peppers. My Gastroenterologist prescribed a medicine called dicyclomine, which keeps my intestine in a relaxed state during non-bowel movement times, but will not allow me eat these items without problems. The allergic reactions to garlic and peppers are a burning in my rectum, resulting in sore inside my anus that bleeds during any bowel movement. The allergic reaction mimics peristaltic action and makes go to bathroom, thereby causing the, now, anal irritation to bleed. I too have talk to waiters and chefs, while dining out, and read food labels at supermarkets. My concern is that will this get worse as I get older and wifi it become debilitating. So far, my doctor can shed no light on this. Gastroenterologists don't seem to have a full understanding of this ailment and how to combat or eliminate it.

I have experienced some similar symptoms; however, they are not quite as severe. I am beginning to think that my issue with garlic might fall under the category of being "sensitive" to it rather than allergic. The thing I dislike the most is how the taste of garlic tends to remain, no matter how I might try to get rid of it with mints, toothpaste and mouthwash. I will just do my best to avoid it in the future.

Hi, I am a 63 yr old business man and I self diagnosed this in myself 40 years ago when there was no help out there. Everyone thought I was being 'difficult' and family meals were a nightmare. I had to chose between not being 'difficult' and getting ill. Over the years I have developed the following tactics as I have to eat out all over the world at business dinners.
I have a simple green side salad for my starter with no dressing, and of course no onion family. Most places are happy to make up a fresh salad and leave out those. I ask for lemon juice and olive oil on the side for the dressing. For my main I ask for the cheese plate from the desert menu, but with no relish or pickle. For over thirty years now I have never been accidentally poisoned is I follow this rule. One other trick: always have a small tube of plain tomato puree on you. It means you can have pizza anywhere, as they are always made fresh and always happy to use puree instead of their own tomato base if they know you have a garlic allergy. And of course the great thing with pizza is you get to choose the toppings.

My husband and children have the same sensitivity to garlic. My husband is 45 and loves to cook. Through years of trial and error we have narrowed their reaction to strictly raw garlic. The cramping and digestion issues are ridiculous. I would have thought my husband was just being weird if it were not for giving to three children with his identical issue. We still cool with garlic, but it has to be dehydrated garlic powder or better yet, we occasionally roast a whole bulb, just brush with olive oil and bake for an hour. Maybe that will help some of you enjoy the taste without the discomfort.

I look like an insane person at the grocery store as I flip over bottle of salad dressing and jars of marina. As much as I wish I had time to make everything from scratch, I just don't with 5 people in the household. Paula Newman Marinara is one of the only jarred sauces we buy because they use dehydrated garlic. Not all of that brand's sauces use dehydrated, you really have to read the label and look for the asterisk.

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