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Several respondents suggested that something like barley, which
contains gluten, could be in the coffee I am drinking.  This is a
very controversial opinion on this board, but I'll show the responses
anyway.  I don't think the coffee I am drinking is mixed with gluten-
carriers, because I've experimented with many different varieties,
beans
and ready-ground and seem to be getting canker sores from all of
them.

"Some coffee can have barley in it...be sure it is really only coffee
bean."

"Some coffees are gluten-free. Check out CSA Commercial Products list
at
<csaceliacs.org>."

"A shot in the dark...but any chance the coffee would be fortified
with malted barley?  I see you referenced coffee beans, but when I
had a problem with coffee, I suspected barley was added to make it
more 'robust.'"

"...if you are grinding the coffee beans yourself, then you know it
is pure coffee, however if you are purchasing ground coffee, be aware
that
some coffee has cereal grains as a flavor enhancer and a filler, so
you
could be getting gluten from the coffee."

"Coffee and tea have given me a lot of trouble in the past until I
started
drinking Tetley tea and Gevalia or Starbucks coffee. Supposedly
Folgers
Coffee is gluten free.  Often flavors are added to coffee and tea
that con
tain gluten. Also teabags are sometimes glued together with wheat
paste.

I believe that often the coffee filters have had gluten put into them
(something has to keep the paper fibers and the filters together)."

"That isn't a flavored coffee is it?"

"Are you drinking flavored coffee? If so some of the flavored coffees
are
not GF. If you get something like Columbia coffee beans--French
Roast, or
any other roast you should not be have gluten symptoms. My guess is
that
the coffee has had something added to it, either flavoring or filler.
Have
you tried another brand?"

"There are several gluten free coffees available. Yes, I would bet
that it IS the coffee causing problems. GEVALIA (Kraft Foods) Ground
and
roasted and Regular/Decaf

MAXWELL HOUSE (Kraft Foods) Roasted; Ground, Regular, Reduced
Caffeine/Lite; Naturally Decaf; Filter Packs and Singles; Instant,
Regular, Reduced Caf/Lite, Naturally DeCaf; Coffee Bags Regular and
Decaf; Cappuccino Mix--Hot/Iced, Regular, Decaf

MAXIM (Kraft Foods) Instant-Regular, Decaf, Lite

SANKA (Kraft Foods) Naturally DeCaf, Instant DeCaf, Roast, Ground

WATKINS INC All

YUBAN (Kraft Foods) Ground, Instant, Regular and Decaf

There are probably others but this will give you a variety from which
to
choose.  (The information above comes from the Tri-County Shopping
Guide.
The companies listed have signed, notarized letters to the effect
that
what they say is true so I feel secure with their information.)"

<My coffee is unflavored.  Some is ready-ground, and some I grind
myself, so I don't think I am getting any canker sores from a
flavoring.>
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"I sometimes get unexplained canker sores, blisters when I ingest a
lot of salty food outside of my GF house.  It could be iodine is the
culprit and not your coffee. I use iodine-free salt at home in all
cooking/eating."

<This is interesting, because I find that applying Betadine, which is
an
iodine-containing antiseptic paint, can actually help to stop a
canker
sore from developing.  More often, it seems to contain the sore
beneath
the mucous membrane of the lip but after a few days, it breaks
through
skin and seems to go the whole course above the membrane.  I got the
idea
to use Betadine from a site on the Internet of a doctor who mixed an
iodine compound with a super glue to make what he claimed to be a
canker
sore cure.  I bought a bottle the size of a nail polish bottle for
$28 and
thought it worked, but the solution seems to lose potency with
storage,
and I didn't want to fork-out another $28.>

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There was one response commenting on the water used to make the
coffee and the tooth paste being used.

"Is your water chlorinated? How about your tooth paste is it floride"
Both
of these cause cancer sores. I switched to a non-floride tooth paste
and
my problem went away. Toms of maine is excellent if you can get it"

<Yes, the drinking water is chlorinated from the tap, but when all
this problem with coffee and canker sores started for me, I got a
Brita filter that combines an ion exchange resin (for softening the
water) and activated carbon (for removing chlorine and organics).
Using filtered water to make the coffee hasn't improved matters for
me.

No, I don't use floridated tooth paste.  I used to use ordinary tooth
paste and got scared away from it by the claim that the foaming
agent/detergent in it can cause canker sores.  Then I went to an
enzyme
tooth paste, and now I am only using floss and brushing with baking
soda
(which certainly cleans the teeth well!)> ---------------

Finally, there was one response on prescription medication causing
canker sores.  I am fortunate not to need the medication.

"I have canker sores and fever blisters and I attribute mine to the
use of medication like nasacort, an inhaler, or prednisone. First
Zovirax and now hydroxyzine 25 mg. One capsule seems to stop the pain
and
usually arrests the virus.  Also, I drink one cup of coffee in the
morning. None throughout the day. Dark chocolate I have read is good
for
lowering cholesterol."

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