Candy
#20475 - 09/12/03 09:18 AM
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StephS
Reged: 09/11/03
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Hey in Heather's book the part about on a sweet note she said we can have candy!! What are you guys eating?? I don't know what kind is ok! I don't really like jelly beans...anyone have ideas? I have a big sweet tooth and I'm dying to know! Thanks 
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I like hard candy like clove drops, jolly ranchers, etc. I'm also okay with swedish fish. I think twizzlers are okay too, but I haven't had them in a long time. Oh, and of course cotton candy! LOL
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Ok thanks. What about candy made with HFCS?? What do you think?
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Re: Candy
#20510 - 09/12/03 11:50 AM
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RLU
Reged: 02/04/03
Posts: 117
Loc: Jackson, Mississippi
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Steph -
Don't know if you are C or D, I am C, if you are, I recommend Fireballs (Cinnamon Candy) anything Licorice, gummy bears, sour patch kids. All of this is fat free but if you are C anything with cinnamon oil or licorice extract encourage things to keep moving!!!
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Re: Candy
#20513 - 09/12/03 11:52 AM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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Be careful with that. Try to stick to plain old sugar instead. As long as the candy is fat free and dairy free, you should be just fine. For desserts, anyway....this should not be a meal! 
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I switch of between C and D so that's good to know! I love all that candy too!!! Thanks!!!
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Re: Candy
#20535 - 09/12/03 12:32 PM
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jules
Reged: 06/17/03
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Loc: Michigan
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Gotta agree with RLU on the Fireballs. I love those things!!! And they take forever to finish unless you want to snap your teeth off!
I have THE worlds biggest sweet tooth. I actually look forward to taking my fiber chewables (Orange Fiber Choice) because they taste like candy to me.
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I bought FiberChoice tablets over the summer (a new soluble fiber supplement? Gimme! Gimme!) and loved the taste. I took like 8 of them in the first five minutes. Ooohhhh....for the first time in my entire life I had bloating and gas from a fiber supplement. Can't imagine why...
I had to force myself to not eat handfuls at a time after that. 
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but I felt just the opposite. When I bit into one of those tablets, I thought, "Yuck! How gross!" I hate the taste of them. I think they taste like those orange baby aspirin. I told my husband that I would have never bought them if I had realized they were chewables. (I thought they were pills you swallow.) But I will have to agree with Heather on one thing----they gave me horrible gas pains! Jules, they don't do this to you?
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Actually, I now think that they do. I finished my bottle of them, and I guess that I'll wait and see if my gas pains go away. I've had some serious gas recently (about 2/3rds the way into the bottle). I'm SO sick of 'experiments'!!
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So do you still take them? What one do you recommend the most?
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Hi - I've almost finished the bottle. When I take them just two at a time the way you're supposed to, I'm just fine.
I actually tolerate all of the soluble fiber supplements really well - even psyllium. My favorite for a while was Benefiber, but it's awfully expensive. My new favorite is the acacia I've been sampling, that I'm going to add to the website. I like the ones that just dissolve into nothing, with no added flavors or colors or such. And I don't mind a bit of thickening, but not too much. I do find the powders work better than the pills for me, but the pills definitely work so I keep Equalactin or Fibercon (or generics) in my purse for when I'm out.
This is one of those areas where everyone can be so different. I haven't yet found a soluble fiber supplement that is universally well-tolerated. Someone is always the exception! In general, folks seem to do best with Benefiber or plain Citrucel. But that's not a hard and fast rule, either.
I'm really hopeful that the acacia will be a great option for people who don't like or tolerate the other types out there. It's much less likely to cause gas or bloating, and it also helps increase the good gut flora.
I'm afraid you'll have to try a few different varieties to see what works best for you and which type you like (or don't). Sorry there's no firmer answer here...
- Heather
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Thanks Heather!
I know there is sooo many out there! I've been using the Citrucel pills. I have also used the Citrucel powder and had been mixing it with orange juice until I read about citrus juice being hard to digest. I tried it with plain water and It's a bit thick!!
Thanks for your thoughts on this!
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Steph,
The Citrucel will thicken if the water is luckwarm or if it sits. It must be cold and you must drink it right away!
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