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Thank you! Sweet Potato Butter sounds good and already bookmarked the site!
Sheri
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So much baking, so little time.....
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I know sugar is not supposed to be a trigger, but I find it is. I have made Heather's pumpkin bread, banana bread, and zucchini bread and all give me trouble. Even the chocolate peppermint cake gives me trouble. Anything with sugar and flour and baked causes bad, rumbly, skunky gas - Small amounts of plain sugar like a hard candy or even Heather's pudding seem to be okay, but too much sugar or the baked goodies (even Heather's) seem to cause more potential embarassment than they are worth - and I do love them, so its a sacrifice!
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I too have a problem with too much refined sugar. I have seen another nutritionlist in addition to following Heather's diet, and was told refined sugar causes bacterial growth in the intestines, causing the bloating/gas. I am able to tolerate organic yogurt (Stonyfield Farm works great at all grocery stores in my area)and the live cultures help to clean out the bad bacteria. I cannot use any sugar substitute so any other lowfat yogurt causes problems since it is usually in there.
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Hi Andie - Have you been checked for celiac? I'd make sure you have the initial blood work for this if it's always the baked goods that set you off, but not sugar without flour. I'd be especially worried about this if things like plain white bread bother you as well.
If celiac has been ruled out then I think you're right and you just can't have much refined sugar.
Best,
Heather
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Thanks for your response, Heather. I do fine with white bread and can even eat whole wheat (12 grain) bread without any problem. I eat wheat cereals, I live on crackers between meals - its just the combination of wheat and sugar or something else in the baked goods??? Its not fun, but life could be worse! At 44, I consider the silver lining of IBS to be enforced healthy eating habits/weight control (most of the time!)
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Oh, it's so funny that you say that. I think there's a silver lining to IBS too in that it does make me pay attention to what I eat, and how much sleep I'm getting, and that I'm exercising...all those boring healthy things! I look at people eating a lot of trigger foods now and just think to myself how much better I like my food instead. It's rare that I feel like I'm missing something (though I do long for deep fried onion rings - and not just a taste but the whole order to myself!) But I'll see someone eating a big steak or pizza with a pool of melted cheese on it and feel nauseous more than anything, and grateful that I'm not eating something so bad for me. It's nice to just not feel that I'm missing out at all, and most of the time I really don't think I am.
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Heather
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