I was a regular consumer of regular vanila Huel for about five years, maybe a bit longer. I would have at least 1x125g/day but regularly would have 2 and rarely 3 depending how busy my day is. I consume about 3k kcals a day and the rest was whole homecooked foods.
How soon after it started I’m not sure, but I dont think it was immediate. However for the past 3-4 years I pretty much always had mouth ulcers. I’d get maybe a week break between 3-4 weeks of ‘outbreaks’. It would range from a handful all the way up to 40 or so. All over my mouth, mostly on contact surfaces but also under tongue/gums below teeth etc.
I chalked it up to stress (I have a hectic lifestyle with a high stress job, I had occasional ulcers as a child) and got on with things. When I stopped Huel (usually around holidays) theyd settle down but I falsly correlate that with lower stress/time off.
I switched to a competitor about 6 months ago and since then I’ve had zero ulcers. None in six months is life changing for me. I no longer have to carry creams constantly, avoid foods and I can talk freely.
I’m considering re-introducing huel to see what happens. I have two theories, either I developed an intolerance to something in Huel and started having allergic reactions to it or I’m not able to absorb something from Huel which led to a deficiency. I think the latter is less likely because I was still eating a good volume of normal food.
Do you have any idea what in Huel could contribute to debilitating mouth ulcers? If I could figure out what it is I can avoid it in future too.
