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Any ideas why chocolate chips (but not other forms of chocolate) specifically would cause bleeding?

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Posted 11/13/2018 4:45 AM (GMT 0)
According to the diet journal I have been keeping, I am seeing a pattern where I get bleeding when consuming foods with chocolate chips. At first I thought maybe the chocolate is irritating, but I realized other chocolates don't hurt me like chocolate ice cream. Why would the chips hurt so much?
Posted 11/13/2018 5:14 AM (GMT 0)
Might be combo of chips and ice cream, or something in the ice cream if that is how you are getting them.
Posted 11/13/2018 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
check the ingredients of the chips v. the other foods. also, how are you consuming the chips? could be the vehicle for the chips and not the chips themselves.
Posted 11/13/2018 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
Its not only ice cream but also in chocolate chip cookies. I thought maybe its the emulsifier Soy Lecitihin because I know the emulsifier carrageenan hurts me. But, I bought foods without both of those with Chocolate chips made out of no emulsifiers and it still gave me bad symptoms the next day.
Posted 11/13/2018 12:38 PM (GMT 0)

suchatravesty said...
check the ingredients of the chips v. the other foods. also, how are you consuming the chips? could be the vehicle for the chips and not the chips themselves.

I agree. Thoroughly check out the ingredients of chocolate chips besides chocolate.
Posted 11/13/2018 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
Does caffeine make you bleed? I’d assume that actual chocolate has more caffeine in it than chocolate flavored ice cream.
Posted 11/13/2018 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried foods with chips besides ice cream? Dairy is a trigger for some of us (or many, depending on the GI you ask) and carrageenan is a thickener that can cause major problems for me. There are some small studies specifically regarding food-grade carrageenan and UC. I would also consider eliminating dairy.
Posted 11/13/2018 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
Have you tried foods with chips besides ice cream? Dairy is a trigger for some of us (or many, depending on the GI you ask) and carrageenan is a thickener that can cause major problems for me. There are some small studies specifically regarding food-grade carrageenan and UC. I would also consider eliminating dairy if you think you might have issues with it - and as someone said above, caffeine can cause issues as well.
Posted 11/13/2018 2:21 PM (GMT 0)
I've seen folks post before about their UC not standing chocolate. A quick search of this forum:

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=3489810

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2660732

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=3796269
Posted 11/13/2018 8:04 PM (GMT 0)
are you saying chocolate chip cookies give you problems ? or just eating the chocolate chips alone are giving you problems ?
Posted 11/13/2018 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
I would check out the ingredients of the chips. Usually there are more ingredients in there than you think. Maybe one of them is the culprit. If that's all it takes to stay free of symptoms, that's great!!!

For me, I would blame anything and everything. One day it was chocolate, the next it was lemons, the next it was cream, and so forth. After a while I realized I was grasping for something to blame.
Posted 11/14/2018 6:40 AM (GMT 0)
I am saying any food that contains chocolate chips (i.e. mint chip ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin chocolate chip cake). However, a chocolate milkshake for example, as long as it doesn't have carrageenan is okay. Carrageenan is the one ingredient that I am 100% sure gives me hell. This whole chocolate chip thing I am not able to figure out.
Posted 11/14/2018 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
ya, it's not the chocolate chips -
Posted 11/14/2018 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
In 32 years of having UC I never ever worried what to eat unless I was in a bad flare then no nuts etc. Maybe I was lucky. I do think over thinking about what your eating can cause stress which in turn could be harmful to a flare. Keep diet simple both when in and out of flare
Posted 11/14/2018 4:14 PM (GMT 0)
Have you had a calprotectin or scope recently to see where things stand? If everything is 100% on those tests, i'd imagine it's a food intolerance or IBS. Until you do testing to negate the possibility of inflammation, I would imagine it's inflammation that's not managed. Do you use rectal meds? Maybe enemas would help.
Posted 11/14/2018 6:18 PM (GMT 0)
You need to go see your doc for a look-see to determine if it's flare or hemmie or fissure....and get on specific meds if needed. It's not the chocolate chips.
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Posted 11/15/2018 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with quincy.
Posted 11/15/2018 6:07 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Sara14, who agrees with quincy.
Posted 11/15/2018 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
Lol! smile
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