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Posted 8/11/2013 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
I am watching my diet right now, while my colon is full of colitis right now. I am addictive to chocolate, but am not touching it. But I really want some kind of sweet. Is there anything that would be okay to have a little of?

Currently on pred 40 daily for.
Posted 8/11/2013 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
you could try yogurt if it doesn't give you gas/cramping/discomfort.

Fruit? again, if it doesn't cause you more discomfort. Dates with raw almonds are super sweet and satisfying.

I, as well, like to have something sweet after supper...I like biscotti.

q
Posted 8/11/2013 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
Does chocolate cause you problems?
Posted 8/11/2013 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
Idk if choc causes problems. I just figured it would increase the diarrhea. My colon is really hurting today and I don't want to piss it off anymore than I have to.

I will just eat my yogurt, I need it anyway.
Posted 8/11/2013 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
I eat chocolate with no problems, and during a flare, I personally don't care. If I eat it, it's out the next day anyway...i'm happy.

Try not to fill your head with ideas that aren't true.

By the way, yogurt gives me tons of gas...but I do have it on occasion because I love the taste, and it's great for dipping my biscotti!

q
Posted 8/11/2013 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
Good for you for noticing that food full of sugar is likely bad for you.

Bittersweet or dark chocolate would be a better choice then just saying screw it and eating whatever your taste buds want.
Posted 8/11/2013 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
sugar isn't as bad as that for you....a bit of good chocolate, not bittersweet (ugh) isn't going to be a problem.
sheesh.

q
Posted 8/11/2013 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
Dark chocolate has as much sugar as milk, only milk chocolate is a lot nicer. Healthwise or caloriewise, there really is nothing to choose between dark and milk, so if you feel like a bit of chocolate have a bit of chocolate - it's better than torturing yourself.

I well feel like a Wispa bar now... >_>
Posted 8/11/2013 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
When I want something sweet I've been successful with biscuits - I can't spell my favorite but I think it Leibnotwitz? It's in a yellow package. Social Tea Biscuits are ok for me, too. Depending on how bad I am I can have simple pound cake. My dad had crohn's and loved angels food cake with canned peaches and rice pudding. I would stay away from anything rich - it's not worth the momentary pleasure! I hope this helps.
Posted 8/11/2013 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
Try tapioca or rice pudding ready made by Kozy Shack not too sweet but will satisfy you I am a80year old grand mom dealing with this UC. For a year all meds failed now I am on humira every other week still have loose b w s oh we'll at least I can eat !!! turn
Posted 8/11/2013 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried KIND or Laura bars? The KIND bar I ate the other night had Nuts, Coconuts, and Honey. It tastes like a candy bar to me. Also the Laura bars have a variety that usually combine dates, cherries or bananas and honey. They're pretty good too. Not good like a Mound bar or a Kit Kat, but still satisfying.
Posted 8/12/2013 12:50 AM (GMT 0)
I like coconut macaroons or vanilla check cereal.
Posted 8/12/2013 4:30 AM (GMT 0)
This place is such a bizzaroland. Id love to see one published scientific study that says sugar is anything but bad for us. One. Please. Cause you know, everyone is just lying and trying to be a buzzkill when they do report after report after report on how bad it is for us. You know all those uc studies that came out a couple months ago linking uc to sugar and processed food? Hogwash!!! It's awesome to eat a pathogen feeding cancer feeding substance when your immune system is so weak you have an autoimmune disorder and are crapping your pants or near to it.

Yeah.

And I have no idea what kind of milk chocolate these other folks are eating that has 6 grams of sugar like my absolutely excellent Vahlrhona noir. Even a cursory search shows a low of 17grams of sugar per serving in milk chocolate products and that is a low.. most are 24+ Even if we just look at a pat nutrition data site and look at milk chocolate chips one ounce of them has double the amount of sugar as dark.

Misery evidently loves company and I need to embrace the ignore feature.
Posted 8/12/2013 4:52 AM (GMT 0)
i've been eating clif bars. super calorie dense and was tying to eat 1 or 2 a day to prevent further weight loss during this flare. even so, still losing the weight but they sure are tasty
Posted 8/12/2013 5:54 AM (GMT 0)
PK...really? you're that offended that you need to use the ignore feature? or are you making it personal again?


Regarding cliff bars...I'd never consider to eat one. But if they don't give you excess gas, loose stool or discomfort, seems good as a "dessert"?

q
Posted 8/12/2013 9:33 AM (GMT 0)
AMEN PathogenKiller. It does seem like Bizzaroland at times. Or maybe more like Plants vs. Zombies.
I couldn't help but also notice some of the comments about sugar being fine to eat are also from those who claim to suffer from "depression". I'm not trying to be mean in this observation but perhaps if they also read this thread they might try eliminating it and see if things lighten up a bit.
Posted 8/12/2013 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
I don't know what's better or worse for us because I think dessert is one of those enjoyments in life where the mental benefit may actually out-weigh the physical benefit, thus making it actually good for us. :)

Even though I'm in a flare I can't get peach cobbler out of my mind. I'll probably make it homemade in the next week.
Posted 8/12/2013 11:42 AM (GMT 0)
Honey. It is sweet and good for you. Try getting something natural and not full of preservatives and fake carbs.
Posted 8/12/2013 12:54 PM (GMT 0)
"Is there anything that would be okay to have a little of?"

a little of ANYTHING probably will do no harm - you sound like you're trying to make good decisions - that will help over the long run - I don't see any harm in a treat once in a while -

chocolate (only dark for me thanks) give me loose poops - nothing major, but noticeable - whatever you do, try to establish if indeed it is bad for you or not -

Posted 8/12/2013 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
To me the bizarre feature of this forum is the idea that, if you deny yourself enough, your UC will miraculously go away. If this is the case for you, you're very lucky. In my case, what I eat has never made any difference in my UC.

Anything in excess is going to be bad for you. If you don't eat sugars, your body will create them from the complex carbs in your diet. Or break down muscle tissue to make them. If you eat too many, you can develop a host of problems.

But good luck with the magical thinking. I hope it works for all of you, because this condition is a b*tch.
Posted 8/12/2013 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
I vote for homemade tapioca pudding (unless milk is out). When I make this (often times just to use up about to expire milk), my family raves about it. I put berries on top of their servings. And a dollop of whipped topping.

You'd think I made them cherries jubilee or bananas foster or something!
Posted 8/12/2013 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
This place is such a bizzaroland. Id love to see one published scientific study that says sugar is anything but bad for us. One. Please. Cause you know, everyone is just lying and trying to be a buzzkill when they do report after report after report on how bad it is for us. You know all those uc studies that came out a couple months ago linking uc to sugar and processed food? Hogwash!!! It's awesome to eat a pathogen feeding cancer feeding substance when your immune system is so weak you have an autoimmune disorder and are crapping your pants or near to it.

Apart from Robert Ludwig and Gary Taubes hamming it up, I haven't seen any scientific studies that proves that sugar is unequivocally bad for us. What do you think is in sugar? Fructose and glucose; glucose is literally the brain's energy source and fructose is fruit sugar. Sugar is basically a simple carb and there's absolutely nothing wrong with carbs either. There is absolutely no reason why we can't have a bar of chocolate every day as long as we get our fats and proteins and essential vitamins every day as well.

Sugar is currently the new demonised food (20 years ago it was fat), but that doesn't mean that any of it is backed up by actual scientific evidence, no matter how many alt health blogs proclaim that sugar is an inflammatory cancer-feeding substance.

Edit: I've got to go now, but the most cursory search of Valrona chocolate (which is beautiful chocolate btw) is not showing me such low sugar. I'm going to the supermarket, so I'll compare milk and dark chocolate there ;p

Post Edited (NiceCupOfTea) : 8/12/2013 7:55:34 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/12/2013 1:45 PM (GMT 0)
I have a very old dessert recipe that dates back to my high school home ec days (yes I'm that old). I will try to find it for you, my kids who are in their 20s now still rave about it and my husband always liked it. Stay tuned. Had orange jello, orange juice, cool whip but it's not the whipped dessert with marsh mallows you often see at picnics, it's different than that. So simple to make but it was great.
Posted 8/12/2013 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
PS: IBD is also associated with an increased intake of animal protein, although no study has ever managed to strongly correlate any food with increased risk of getting IBD.

Edit: Sounds nice, Marsky :p
Posted 8/12/2013 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Pretty much ditto Judy2, excpet that I wasn't flaring for all that long, so really didn't have a ton of time to mess with diet and figure out if anything really caused me problems. However, I've been in remission for over 4 years now and nothing bothers me that didn't pre-UC (MSG and artificial sweetners). I have a little bit of sugar every day (gasp!) because I drink coffee every morning (double gasp!) and I like it with sugar.

As for depression, I'm not at all depressed! I enjoy eating a wide variety of foods, and that includes sweets!
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