Intolerance to Tapioca flour?

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Intolerance to Tapioca flour?

by Barb

Hi guys. I've just become a member today and wondered if someone can help. In addition to having to follow a gluten free diet, I cannot tolerate soy, dairy and am allergic to pistachio nuts. I have had a reaction to 'something' else and it seems to be tapioca flour.

However, I am informed that this is unlikely as it is usually safe for anyone who is Coeliac.

Does anyone also have this problem?
Barb

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Gluten Free Kiwi's Reply.

I Barb - Thanks for joining us here at gluten free kiwi. Sadly multiple food allergies is common in many of us.

Personal I am allergic to gluten, dairy and have oral allergy syndrome so get a red rash and itchy mouth when i eat stone fruits and some raw vegetables (it also gives me incredibly itchy hands when peeling or preparing potatoes. I am not suppose to have high doses of sugar as it gives me candidiasis and to much starch upsets me.

I have a friend who like you has allergies to various gluten free flours - she likes to experiment with different flours to make her own baking mix - like you she can not have soy flour.

There is no "rule" to what you can and can not eat when you are gluten intolerant or celiac. It is different for anyone. Corn, rice, potato flour might be good things to try.

Its all about trial and error. I find I feel healthiest when I eat whole foods (not refined white ones).

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Jan 20, 2012
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Cyrex Labratories does testing for Tapioca NEW
by: Kathy newly diagnosed to hypersensitivities

Hi,
Like everyone here, I came to understand my issues with gluten & tapioca. I was lucky by getting tested by my "Functional Neurologist" who just changed labs for his patients. He was "conventioning" with other Functional Neurologists and the new theories were being presented by speakers. Apparently, gluten testing has had some false negative results. This new lab was who diagnosed me. If you look at their site, you can see Array 3 test and Array 4. Once Array 3 results showed my gluten hypersensitivities, I went through Array 4 since they already had my blood sample. This test tests Gluten Associated Sensitivities & Cross reactive foods.
For instance they tested Cow's milk with the immoglobin IgG + IgA combined.
Other items tested included:
Potato,Rice, Corn, Coffee, Oats, Tapioca, Yeast, Quinoa, Amaranth, Spelt, Millet, Sorghum, Buckwheat,Polish Wheat, Barley, Rye, Hemp, Sesame,Chocolate,American cheese, Milk Butyrophilin and Alpha-Casein & Beta-Casein.

http://www.cyrexlabs.com/

Dec 12, 2011
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Allergy to Cassava/Tapioca has been documented NEW
by: Anonymous

My daughter is allergic to tapioca (and I am gluten intolerant) so I only use gluten free flour mixes that do not have tapioca in them. This allergy was researched and documented in 2007 but I doubt many allergy doctors are familiar with it. Here is a link to a research paper on the subject. http://www.jiaci.org/issues/vol17issue06/11.pdf

You may want to avoid some of the related foods as well.

Sep 12, 2011
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Tapioca allergy is hard to diagnose NEW
by: Anonymous

I was told two things, one that there is no such thing as an allergy to tapioca and two there was no test for it. Its the starch form of tapioca that gets me the worst. I would rather drink a gallon of milk that have one bite of food with tapioca starch. Try to test all the forms of tapioca; flour, starch, syrup ect.

Sep 12, 2011
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Tested for Tapioca Allergy NEW
by: carol

I had an allergist do a skin prick test for a tapioca and sorghum allergy and it turned up negative! The sorghum prick site itched ever so slightly but no hive developed. My allergist said I was most likely had reacted to a chemical additive that may have been in a greater quantity in Bob's Gluten Free Pancake Mix. I read over the mix ingredients again and the only thing in there is calcium monophosphate. I really am stumped to explain the intense reaction. Anybody have any thoughts or comments on this?

Aug 20, 2011
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Additional Symptoms NEW
by: Carol

I forgot to mention that I rapidly had three bouts of diarrhea after consuming the pancake mix. Also I had to pee copiously and frequently. My face turned white/green. The next day I also had carry over nausea whenever I just smelled a grain like rice or whole wheat bread--my brain would supply another memory of taste/smell that I experienced with the pancakes. I still felt somewhat nauseated the next day.

Aug 17, 2011
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I AM ALSO ALLERGIC TO TAPIOCA NEW
by: CAROL

I bought Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Pancake Mix and became intensely nauseated after a few bits of pancake and also had hot and cold sensations under my arms and intense anxiety. I was nauseated for the full day and could only drink gingerale and take gravol which did not totally wipe out the nausea. I read this is a Class 1 allergy--these symptoms can escalate into anaphalaxis in some people. The only ingredient that matches these allergy symptoms is the tapioca flour listed as an ingredient. I have never eaten tapioca before--but did have a few graham crackers with tapioca flour in them a few days before. I know I may not have reacted with a first exposure. The sorghum flour is another possibility in the mix but I read sorghum allergy causes blood blisters around the mouth and I did not get that at all. Can you tell me if your symptoms are like mine when you consume tapioca and what other things you avoid? I read that tapioca is a filler in some prescription drugs. Now I don't know where I'll find tapioca. It was a very frightening experience and definitely the beginning of an intense allergy.

May 21, 2011
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Same problem with tapioca starch NEW
by: Anonymous

I've had the same trouble with cramps and diarrhea from eaten gluten free products with tapioca starch. It's very frustrating since I was trying to improve my digestive problems by switching to gluten free diet and then had this bad experience with the tapioca additive.

Apr 25, 2011
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I thought it was wheat but I am allergic to Tapioca NEW
by: Anonymous

Hello I was looking to find if anybody else is allergic to tapioca like I am. I am allergic to both the flour and starch forms of tapioca as well as "modified food starch" which I suspect includes tapioca. My allergic reaction begins immediately after eating something with tapioca in it. One time a dairy and gluten free doughnut got me before I swallowed my first bite.
The feeling is akin to being poisoned because I get an intense pain in my stomach right off. The pain is followed by physical weakness especially in my legs, dizziness, nausea, bloating like I am 7 months pregnant, lots of gas and lots of diarrhea.
I hope this helps because this has been a very strange allergy to diagnose.

May 30, 2010
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Tapioca NEW
by: Anonymous

Tapioca seems to be the culprit for shocking stomach pain/wind, bloating. I have found this in gluten free s.r. flour and plain flour. Not sure if it is also in some gluten free cakes mixes. No fun.

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