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Posted 9/3/2012 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
After my most recent bad flare I made some diet changes and decided to buy some all natural fruit popsicles. I think I had 5-6 yesterday. That evening I felt like I went through a cleanse. Today I read the box and how stupid I was.

"This product may have a laxitive effect with sensitive individuals " skull
I think I'm gonna go easier on the grape juice too.
Posted 9/3/2012 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
Is there sorbitol in the list of ingredients?

Try Italian Ices.
Posted 9/3/2012 7:29 PM (GMT 0)
Fruit juice has vitamin C and fructose, both of which can cause increased activity in the colon and diarrhea.

It's like eating a huge amount of fruit, but the juice is concentrated in small amounts without a lot of the fibre.

Live and learn...

q
Posted 9/3/2012 8:56 PM (GMT 0)
The brand I bought is Edys. It does contain sorbitol. They were sugar free. Sweetened with splenda also. They are gastronomic poison!
Posted 9/3/2012 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Gastronomic !! Lol !!
Posted 9/4/2012 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
so, NOT all natural? hope it doesn't say THAT on the front of the box!

q
Posted 9/4/2012 8:32 AM (GMT 0)
I used to know a nurse who worked in an old age home. She once told me they fed the patients Veliments, sugar free breath mints sweetend with sorbitol (they use something else now to sweenten them) so they would have bowel movements and not become constipated. That is what made me think of sorbitol in the fruit pops. Before I was ever diagnosed with UC, I once ate a whole package of vanilla cream wafers without realizing they were sweetend with sorbitol. Well, you know the rest of the story...I could have used them as a cleanse for a colonoscopy!
Posted 9/4/2012 10:32 AM (GMT 0)
Here is even more bad information about those sugar free fruit bars. They also contain Polydextrose. Here is what polydextrose is all about and what to expect from side effects.

Polydextrose is generally well tolerated in those who use it in moderation. However, in large quantities or in particularly sensitive people, polydextrose can cause a variety of side effects, including abdominal cramping, bloating and excessive gas. Those who are newly integrating polydextrose into the diet should begin with small amounts, as new users may experience a laxative effect.

So Edy's brand sugar free fruit bars contain 2 types of laxitive and obviously not well tolerated if your in a bad flare.
Posted 9/4/2012 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
Wait, so the box doesn't actually SAY "all natural," does it? I've purchased the Edy's fruit bars that contain sugar, and am pretty sure that box says all natural, but they don't have anything like sorbitol or splenda.
Posted 9/4/2012 6:51 PM (GMT 0)
I get the Blue Bell All Natural fruit bars, and they don't seem to bother me. Most other kinds have pear juice in them, and that is a no no for me (and found out the hard way lol). Every time me and my husband go over to his grannys for sunday dinner, I hardly eat because they stick that artifical sweetener in everything. And they are always like "a few bites won't kill you"....but oh it will lol!
Posted 9/4/2012 7:00 PM (GMT 0)
yes, that's what I want to know as well....if the box states that it's all natural. It wouldn't (I HOPE) if it has those ingredients in them.

Read, read, read the labels...for sure. Especially if there are promises of anything (i.e. low or no sugar added)

q
Posted 9/4/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
I have learned long ago that artificial sweetners and sugar alcohols are no-nos ... now, excessive sugar in one sitting is a no-no too! Usually dairy doesn't bother me but this time - yummy caramel shake did me in and I am paying for it two days later! Man, but it was so good though - it had been about 3 years since I had a shake and probably 6 months since I have had any type of ice cream.
Posted 9/4/2012 8:40 PM (GMT 0)
Eeeks. I read these type of posts often and i really feel sorry for anyone trying to be healthy in the US. It's not just the US of course but it seems that it's worse or more extreme there (I haven't lived in america but have travelled there a few times) than here in NZ and in the UK.

It seems that almost anything that is perfectly fine tasting in it's 'natural' state eg fruit juice, yoghrt etc has to be tampered with by the food industry. Why? Why does yoghurt need to hadve 25% sugar added? Why do fruit juices need extra sweetening? So messed up.

It really incentivises you to prepare your own food or become an obsessive label reader. Even then they get sneaky with ingredient names that will confuse the average Joe.

rant over :)
Posted 9/5/2012 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
if it comes in a box ............. it aint real food !
Posted 9/5/2012 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
5-6 ! Maybe try a few less and see how it goes. I think if I ate that many even without UC it might be a shock to the system. If I ate 6 pieces of fruit it would hit me like that even. System overload
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