# Raw Blueberries and Intense Stomach Pain.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803 "2018-03-01T06:31:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803/21 "2018-03-02T02:50:12Z")

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Qadgop, I stand corrected.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803/22 "2018-03-02T04:05:22Z")

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I take Metformin and could eat buckets of raw blueberries without gastric distress. My lovely partner doesn’t take Metformin and can only eat a few before developing distress.

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803/23 "2018-03-02T08:47:16Z")

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Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.  
Doctor: Stop doing that.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803/24 "2018-03-02T13:39:04Z")

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> [@ioioio](#):
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> Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.  
> Doctor: Stop doing that.

My patient: No. You fix it.

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**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-blueberries-and-intense-stomach-pain/809803/25 "2018-03-02T13:56:27Z")

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Have you tried one of those acid reducers? I had a problem eating raw veggies and I found ranitidine worked very well. Take them a half hour before eating suspect food.

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