# Terrible tummy upset on my 3rd day of taking huel - whats the reason for it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Experiences\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/terrible-tummy-upset-on-my-3rd-day-of-taking-huel-whats-the-reason-for-it/2838 "2016-06-09T07:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Ruth](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Ruth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/terrible-tummy-upset-on-my-3rd-day-of-taking-huel-whats-the-reason-for-it/2838/1 "2016-06-09T07:11:52Z")
I was supper excited to try Huel, it seemed perfect solution and a great way to get protein in my vegetarian diet quickly and easily. I started replacing my lunch time meal with Huel. After the 1st lunch I tried it I was so impressed, it tasted good, and really filled me up and I had plenty of energy more so than normal but by the 2nd day I wasn’t feeling my usual self I had to force the Huel down a little as my body just didn’t seem to want it. on the 3rd morning I started throwing up and had a terrible upset - I didn’t have any more Huel that day. The throwing up, diarrhea and tummy ache continued for a few days after. I have never in my life suffered from food poisoning and haven’t had an upset tummy since I was a young girl in primary school! This was the worst thing I ever experienced! I could not leave the house in days. I didn’t wee I was just stuck in the toilet every hour with nothing solid coming out for days - sorry about it being so detailed I even had hot sweats in the night when trying to sleep. 😖 Why would this have happened? its so unusual for me? I’ve always considered myself to have a strong tummy. I wanted to believe it wasn’t the Huel, but as I say I have never in my life been so ill throwing up ect, and the only thing in my environment that changed was the Huel. **I’m curious if anyone knows what it is that could possibly have caused this**? I have no food allergies, I eat a lot of organic and fresh foods normally -I was slightly apprehensive about the way Huel is made and some of the ingredients I couldn’t name but decided to put that to one side as I eat healthy most of the time but I’m not really strict I will often have other types of foods including some more processed meals ect and I thought overall Huel is supposed to be quiet good for the body. I always try to eat healthy and train extremely hard in the gym, but really there is nothing I don’t eat, I’m actually known in my family for having a really good digestive system never had a problem with my tummy feeling funny or bowl movements before like I’ ve heard many others complain about. Maybe because I’m a vegetarian my body didn’t respond well to the protein? but I get plenty of protein in my diet from eggs milk and grains so again I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![JosRoot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/josroot/32/902_2.png) [@JosRoot](https://discuss.huel.com/u/JosRoot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/terrible-tummy-upset-on-my-3rd-day-of-taking-huel-whats-the-reason-for-it/2838/2 "2016-06-09T10:14:24Z")
Sorry to hear that your experience wasn’t what you expected. I am no expert on the matter, but some people have reported some changes in their bowel habits on Huel, but not to the extend you did: [Errrm. Huel Poop.](https://discuss.huel.com/t/errrm-huel-poop/1148) Maybe you find some answers there - otherwise there will certainly be someone better qualified then me answering to your post soon. ---
**Author:** ![nickymoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/nickymoo/32/1373_2.png) [@nickymoo](https://discuss.huel.com/u/nickymoo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/terrible-tummy-upset-on-my-3rd-day-of-taking-huel-whats-the-reason-for-it/2838/3 "2016-06-09T10:29:04Z")
> [@Ruth](#): > > I was slightly apprehensive about the way Huel is made and some of the ingredients I couldn’t name… Sunflower seed, brown rice, peas, flaxseed, coconut & oats according to the picture on the front page of [Huel.com](http://Huel.com) ---
**Author:** ![Marcus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/marcus/32/11457_2.png) [@Marcus](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Marcus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/terrible-tummy-upset-on-my-3rd-day-of-taking-huel-whats-the-reason-for-it/2838/4 "2016-06-09T17:40:54Z")
Sounds like it was either a virus or an allergic reaction. The best way forward at this point is probably to leave it until you feel completely better, then try having Huel again.