Yes.  I have some basic metabolic problem that causes me to have
somewhat thick mucus, not as bad as cystic fibrosis would be.  Certain
things aggravate that (make the thickness worse).  One of the things
that does that is wheat (I also have celiac disease, but this might be
a separate reaction from the celiac stuff).  Certain medications also
increase the thickness of the mucus.  My only way to deal with this is
to take guaifenesin to loosen things up, and swallow pancreatic enzymes
when I eat because I seem to be able to excrete only part of the
enzymes I need, due to the mucus.  So that makes me feel lots better
(taking the enzymes).  I ordinarily get pneumonia and sinus infections
if I eat a lot of wheat, in addition to it messing up my insides and
causing malnutrition, panic attacks, brain fog, and muscle pain.

Patty


Rachel Brill wrote:
> I've been eating low carb Paleo for some time now, but I just recently
> ate a
> cereal product that mostly contained, among other things, wheat bran
> (don't
> ask).  I immediately got sick with a cold-type illness, full of mucus,
> and
> getting chills/sweats.  The only other time this happened was when I
> ate
> some low carb bread that also had wheat/what bran in it.  My guess is
> that
> the wheat bran was extremely irritating to my digestive track, causing
> my
> body to produce mucus in defense and thus giving me something similar
> to a
> cold, but not caused by a virus.
>
> Now, back when I still ate grains, this didn't happen obviously.  It
> seems
> there can be 2 possibilities when eating Paleo:
> 1.  Paleo diet strengthens your immune system, and thus you are better
> able
> to handle grains on the rare occasion that you do eat them, or
> 2.  Paleo strenghthens the immune system and still makes you
> healthier, but
> your body is no longer used to grains/grain products and reacts
> harshly when
> you do eat them.  They are recognized as a foreign substance.
>
> For me it seems to be #2, i.e. I'm now extremely more sensitive to bad
> foods
> than before when I was eating them on a regular basis.  Has anyone else
> noticed this or experienced something similar?
>
>