Can Hummus be dangerous to eat (colonoscopy, boil, disease, organic)
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If your hummus has a host of other ingredients such as:
Guar gum
Carageenan
Preservatives
Etc
Etc
It's not hummus. It's just another possibly toxic-ish processed food. And it might make you sick.
Fixed that for you. Obviously, if it makes everyone sick then they would have no customers.
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Alternatively the only store I've seen that sells real hummus is Whole Foods. Maybe Trader Joe's would sell the real thing too, but I've never looked there.
Funny, all the supermarkets I shop at carry real hummus, now that it is so trendy. I don't think the OP has a Trader Joe's in Glasgow, Scotland, although they did get a Whole Foods. On the other hand Glasgow has long had Greek and Persian and other Middle Eastern shops and restaurants which sell real hummus, and probably health food stores too, although I haven't been to Scotland in a while to check personally.
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Originally Posted by parentologist
carageenan is an inflammation inducing substance, used to induce inflammation in lab animals. Some think It should be banned as a food additive.
Fixed that for you. Obviously not everyone agrees with you, because carageenan is sold in many health food stores as "vegan gelatine." It's been made from the red seaweed known as "Irish Moss," and consumed as a food for more than 1,000 years. Some studies have indicated a possible health risk from eating large quantities of it over long periods of time, yes, but others say the risks have been grossly exaggerated, especially when consumed in the tiny quantities used to thicken certain foods.
But if carageenan deserves a cautionary note, guar gum most likely does not. It's a natural food product, derived from a bean that is commonly used in Indian cooking. And indeed research is finding that it may in fact be a valuable nutritional additive that can be useful in treating a variety of medical conditions, such as diabetes and high cholesterol. And it's used in a lot of gluten free products. Bob's Red Mill makes it for home use.
My point being that absolute statements about food components rarely hold up to scrutiny. Rather than stating one's personal beliefs as if they are proven facts, I find there is far more integrity in acknowledging the whole truth of the matter. For example, I find it far more likely that the OP is having a reaction to the sesame seeds than to any of the GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) ingredients that might be used to give a product like hummus stability and protection against developing mold on the refrigerator shelf.
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It's probably not the hummus at all, especially if you haven't eaten it in two weeks. It sounds like "food poisoning" which is some sort of bacteria such as certain strains of e. coli or salmonella, which you could have gotten from any number of foods from chicken to raw veggies.
You might possibly get rid of it by eating Activia yogurt or some other source of beneficial bacteria. Probiotics (wiki it).
As a poster above stated, these are the only ingredients in hummus:
Chick peas
Tahini
Olive oil
Garlic
Lemon juice
Salt
Upon reading the ingredients on hummus in some grocery stores, I have noticed canola oil and even hydrogenated oil used instead of olive oil. It could be these ingredients that are making you sick. Or there could be something wrong with the store bought hummus that is making you sick. Chick peas and other types of beans can cause one to have a bowel movement, particularly if they are not used to eating foods like those.
Pills from the doctor have cured this thankfully as the pain on going to the loo was quite bad. thank you all for taking the time to reply to my post... Ill do without this stuff though in the future as it was either off or my stomach cant take whats in it...
Pills from the doctor have cured this thankfully as the pain on going to the loo was quite bad. thank you all for taking the time to reply to my post... Ill do without this stuff though in the future as it was either off or my stomach cant take whats in it...
Dizzy, if it was the fiber and you not being used to it, you can go back and build up gradually. Just start out with smaller amounts and don't go crazy. I have fond memories of Glasgow--dumped a lover there this past summer. He he.
Chickpeas can cause gas/bloating/distention & thus bowel probs. But Hummus is healthy -- IF u can take it.
Chickpeas (Garbanzos) have a higher sodium level too vs other beans, so I limit them in bean dishes when I mix about 5-6 types beans in cooker to soften. I then eat them in a porridge-like meal w/ buckwheat, steel cut oats, oat bran, brown rice, quinoa, etc. Adding cocoa powder makes it tasty, along w/ ginger/cinnamon/pumpkin or any other spices to fancy it up
Just my fyi...
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Obviously, if it makes everyone sick then they would have no customers. 
