Diet Sodas? And Popcorn...

I personally can't drink any dark colored caffeinated sodas. I do ok with sodas like Sierra Mist or Sprite. I believe it has something to do with the artificial sweetners in them. As for popcorn, I can eat this while in remission but I can't eat the hard shell. So when I eat popcorn, I eat the "fluffies" and not the casing. While flaring though, I can't even do that.

Have you ever tried fiber supplements to help regulate your bm's?

I don't eat popcorn or artificial sweetners. I wish I could but I am too scared I will get sick.

OMG, I have not been able to eat popcorn for years and am scared to try it again since I now have diverticulosis too. I can have an occasional soda, either diet or regular, but I just can't have a lot of them. I try to limit caffeine so I can keep hydrated. If I am flaring though, I stay away from all of that and just drink water. Fruits and veggies are so important for vitamins and our health but you have to experiment to see which ones you can tolerate. Cooked usually works for me and I can only have so much a day. These are my favorite food group so I hate I can't eat all that I want. Salads are tough on me and so are tomatoes, seeds, nuts. Good luck.

Red_34 said...
I personally can't drink any dark colored caffeinated sodas. I do ok with sodas like Sierra Mist or Sprite. I believe it has something to do with the artificial sweetners in them. As for popcorn, I can eat this while in remission but I can't eat the hard shell. So when I eat popcorn, I eat the "fluffies" and not the casing. While flaring though, I can't even do that.

Have you ever tried fiber supplements to help regulate your bm's?

I didn't drink diet soda even before I had UC...it always tore up my stomach, I think it tastes nasty, and artificial sweetners are potentially dangerous. I don't seem to have a problem with regular soda. I'm not a huge popcorn fan, so I haven't had any since being diagnosed.

I don't drink soda, just never have. Once in a blue moon I'll have a ginger ale or root beer, usually with pizza, but that's it- they make me burp a lot! I was one of those kids who never had soda in the house while growing up, & I swear it's rubbed off on me. Popcorn I can eat fine, unless I'm flaring pretty badly. But again, I'm not a huge fan of it, so I rarely eat more than a few handfuls.

I do great with popcorn, gives me good solid formed stool for the next couple of days after eating it, I'm not a huge fan of it, I could live without it but once in a while I crave it so I eat it...I won't drink soda (I can but I chose not to) cuz it's horrible for you, the sugar/artificial sweetners and the carbonation are not worth the risk.

FightingChance, you won't know what does or doesn't agree with you until YOU try it, foods have never made me feel worse, but I altered my diet cuz I know that refined sugar, artificial sweetners, caffeine, animal fats, processed foods/beverages and fast-foods can all aggrivate/exacerbate IBD symptoms and overall are just not healthy so that's why I've taken them out of my diet, and I have to say for myself I've noticed I have better looking stools (formation, size and such) since doing so, and I have more energy and just feel all around better, I'm able to sleep great everynight, my weight stays stable too so it's been well worth it, even my skin looks amzaing compared to how it looked when I especially ate alot of sugar and junky foods/beverages.

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PB4 said:

I altered my diet cuz I know that refined sugar, artificial sweetners, caffeine, animal fats, processed foods/beverages and fast-foods can all aggrivate/exacerbate IBD symptoms and overall are just not healthy so that's why I've taken them out of my diet, and I have to say for myself I've noticed I have better looking stools (formation, size and such) since doing so, and I have more energy and just feel all around better, I'm able to sleep great everynight, my weight stays stable too so it's been well worth it, even my skin looks amzaing compared to how it looked when I especially ate alot of sugar and junky foods/beverages.

I completely agree with you. I really enjoy healthier foods a lot more than I enjoy processed stuff; however, with our disease, what foods are left? I mean if you take out processed foods than you mostly have veggies, which are very hard on us...so what do you eat? I am curious to know what keeps you with a stable weight, doesn't flare your symptoms and keeps you with better looking stools...

As for trying things, yes I know that it's individual but I never know what is truly causing my symptoms. I mean, sure I could speculate, but I never really know. And, as far as with UC, if the same thing bothers most, there's a good chance that it's going to cause a problem for me too. I have been trying to see if taking the popcorn out of my diet would help, but I still had symptoms. I kinda have symptoms no matter what -- it feels like --so it's hard to know what is causing it, because they don't really go away :( .

My UC either is characterized by very very bad constipation or very bad diarrhea, so I never know what is causing what...it's frustrating...as far as with the diet sodas, they actually make my stomach start moving, it's probably the caffeine, so I kinda wonder if that's a good thing...because at least I am not constipated, but then I get the other problem of the dia and that isn't good either. My GI pretty much is treating the symptoms...saying ok, if you're constipated, take a lax and if you have dia either let it run or take and immodium...I don't feel that is a good solution though...and yes I am on Asacol...I just want to do everything I can diet-wise also.

Thanks for all the feedback though!!!