how do you do with Cliff bars?
#329554 - 05/08/08 08:27 PM
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Has anyone had a hard time with cliff bars in the past? Do you eat them often? I'm going to Africa for six weeks and the people I'm going with suggested that I bring protein bars so I can have something to eat other than rice and mangoes. I'm really, really excited about going but wanting to make sure that if I bring a protein bar it will be easy on my body!
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These tear my stomach up everytime, I have a slightly easier time with luna bars, but they are still a little tricky
-------------------- ibc a but c predominent doing hypnotherapy and taking it one day at a time
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Regular Clif bars are really bad for me. But I really love the CLiff Kids Z Bars at Stop and Shop and Trader Joes. They are all organic and mostly made with cocoa instead of milk although it says there may be traces of milk in the ingredients so it depends how sensitive you are to that i guess. They are so so good tho, like candy but healthy. I also like the luna sunrise bars.
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I do OK with Cliff bars. The ones I've tried do not have milk products.
Sandy
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try ultralean glucosupport nutrition bars by Biogenesis. these are dairy and wheat free. They help if you tend to have low blood sugar. My system is super touchy, and i seem to do okay.
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I don't eat plain cliff bars. They seem a bit rich and too much for me. I love the brownie Cliff Kids bars! They are like cookies and safe and only 120 calories. I also can eat all the Luna bars but prefer Nuts over Chocolate or Strawberry Sunrise bars. Have a wonderful trip! I think the food in Africa seems more IBS friendly. Not so much meat or dairy and lots of SF.
-------------------- IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the answers and support. I wanted to let you know that I just tried a ReBound bar (Nature's Path Optimum brand of granola bars) and they tasted good and seemed to be good on my stomach. They're organic and a little bit more expensive than some other bars but if it might help someone out there I wanted to make sure you knew about it!
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What about cliff builders bars?
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All Cliff Builder bars contain inulin (chicory extract). Heather recommends avoiding it. It gives me big time problems even in small amounts
-------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS
The FODMAP Approach to Managing IBS Symptoms
Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach
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Wow I posted this two years ago..I forgot I was able to eat those bars, now the insoluble fiber in them makes me too sick, Why am I getting worse, what happened to me??!
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You aren't getting worse - you are getting better. Insoluble fiber is a strong GI stimulant. I had a similar experience but now instead of being unstable all of the time when I was eating foods high in insoluble fiber I only have problems sometimes. I consider that a big improvement The amount of insoluble fiber you can eat is not a measure of how well you are doing managing your IBS.
-------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS
The FODMAP Approach to Managing IBS Symptoms
Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach
FODMAP Chart & Cheatsheet
The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS
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Cliff bars work for me. I often eat one with a cup of fennel tea. I also like larabars.
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Don't know how anyone can tolerate larabars with IBS.
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Just found another new post about hidden inulin... (stealth fiber). Guess I am going to have to read EVERY label! Any advice on typical items it appears in? Guess I did not realize you also have to check chocolate!
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6675QC20100708?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Health+News%29&utm_content=Google+International
Thank you both for all your wisdom you share with us so freely.
Blessings - Dorothy
-------------------- "I Will Survive! :-)... I shall live and not die and declare the works of The Lord..."
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I do fine with Luna bars.
-------------------- Belinda
IBS-A since 1986 (age 8)
Recently realized I could do
something about it!
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Careful with Luna bars - they contain inulin too.
-------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS
The FODMAP Approach to Managing IBS Symptoms
Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach
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The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS
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Thank you for the reference. I downloaded the original research article. It is an interesting read.
I find I have to read the labels every time I shop even when buying the same product. You never know when they change ingredients or add some IBS unfriendly ingredient. Oh well
-------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS
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Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach
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The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS
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