carrageenan

quincy,
tom's DOES contain carrageenan. I've used it for years and so have my kids. they even have a justification for it on their website, so it's clearly an issue that's been raised many times by customers. you can get ayurvedic toothpaste without it in many health food stores. anything with neem in it is good (traditionally used to clean teeth in India pre toothpaste).

All natural doesn't necessarily mean good for you. It just means all the ingredients are made from botanical or biologicals. Not all are good for you. Think of deadly foxglove, amaranthus mushrooms, and the many poisonous garden plants.

I am glad, few people agree that CARAGEENAN CAUSES THE FLARE or inflammation.

It is interesting story how i noticed it.

It hinted me after seeing HOUSE MD serial,

In one episode, a young man visits Dr. House in the clinic hours saying he is trying to quit smoking and he is chewing lots of gum daily around 7 or 8 Packs (some gum to quit smoking) but he complaints he has diahorea for the couple of days and he is not smoking anymore.

Immediately dr. House Says, SORBITOL is the sweetner in the gum and too much of it induces diahorea.

this hinted me to search for SORBITOL SIDE EFFECTS in search engines....

sorbitol is the main sweetner in toothpaste, and then reading the ingredients label in almost all the toothpaste in the shelf .

all those ingredients are so scary.. sorbitol, manitol, xylitol, carageenan, sodium lauryl sulphate.. bla bla ...

and searching for the side effects all those ingredients.... out of this CARAGEENAN ranks the top(my conclusion).

carageenan is added in almost all the food items... soymilk, almond milk, cream, coffee creamer, yoghurt, tooth paste.

Even though if you see Herbal or Natural toothpaste, check the ingredients, mail them to get a complete list.

If you avoid these additives, you will see a considerable change... substantially minimised bloating and pain.

I agree Burli, it's not going to cure your IBD but it's probably a good idea to avoid it anyway.

I have to have this coffee creamer in my tea and coffee...After reading all this I have to experiment taking this out of my diet. I do love the suff though...I just love that non-dairy creamer with sugar in my tea and coffee. You guys take all the fun out of my eating :)

Like I mentioned earlier in this post, researchers do suspect toothpaste as being a possible trigger for crohn's and I'm sure that it could be for UC as well. Baking soda is a fine substitute for toothpaste and a little rinse with hydrogen peroxide (carefully of course and only on occassion with the peroxide).

:)

When researchers want to induce UC in laboratory animals they feed those animals carrageenan! Look it up. Unbelieveable

I have no doubt that carageenan has caused my current flair.

Silk unsweetened almond milk does not have carageenan and is very tasty. Just a heads up for anyone interested!