Chix soup reaction

[Guest guest]

After a summer hiatus from chix soup, I made a batch last week to combat a cold

bug of some sort I felt coming on. To my surprise, the first cup provoked some

moderate cramping within minutes of consumption, lasting on and off for hours.

Similar reaction over the next couple of days, though perhaps a tad less

intense. No effect on stools, just the cramping. At first I thought it

might've been due to onion and garlic I used, as they sometimes give me

trouble, moreso garlic; the rest of recipe was my usual: a few chix thighs,

carrots, thyme and bay leaf, and I put the meat back in after straining and

blending the carrots.

To be on safe side, I made a fresh batch yesterday, leaving out onion and garlic

(and thyme). And I left the meat out afterwards, though I did eat some of this

meat for dinner. But the reaction was even worse: intense cramping that started

almost immediately and lasted throughout the evening and into this morning,

accompanied by D this a.m. .

I wondered if the reaction wasn't due, in part, to some intestinal bug that has

accompanied cold symptoms in past, but no other foods seem to trigger that

problem, and the timing of reaction was just too obvious to ignore. And

besides, isn't chix soup supposed to soothe exactly that kind of problem? I

bought the chix from two different stores, that latter batch from Whole Foods,

so I don't think that's the source. I'm stumped. I hate to toss a whole batch

of broth but I'm very hesitant to test this stuff again. I've never had this

problem with home-made chix soup before. Is it possible to develop an

intolerance to chix soup?? Maybe I left too much fat in the broth (though I did

skim it some)? Lawd knows, I eat a ton of chix and eggs (and I've been careful

to check the Lot #s on each carton to avoid the " bad " eggs that were coming out

of Iowa). Hate to think I'm developing an intolerance to chix products in

general, though I have noticed an increase in cramping after eating eggs on and

off over the past several weeks, but with no negative impact on stool. Anyone

else ever have trouble with broth?

thanks,

tom

ibs / cfs