Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Does Stevia Plus cause anyone problems?

I haven't found any problems with Stevia Plus. I was concerned about it at first too with the warning about gas/bloat as I have big problems with both.

But I have not found that Stevia Plus bothers me. I add it to my Teecino which also has inulin, so again I was worried about drinking the Teecino with the Stevia Plus, but I still had no gas or bloat afterwards.

I had thought I was sensitive to inulin as I had tried Fiber Choice chewable tablets and had such bad, stinky gas afterwards. But...I now realize that although inulin is the first ingredient, that sorbitol was the second one (whoops!) and I've had bad gas and diarrhea after eating another product that had sorbitol. I've since tried the Fiber Choice tablets that aren't sugar free (so don't contain sorbitol) and have not had bad gas or anything afterwards. So I think it must have been the sorbitol.

Unfortunately, I even though I wasn't bothered by the Stevia Plus, I also don't think it helps me go (I'm now IBS-C after being on Wellbutrin

). I have better results from Acacia, oatmeal (which I know neither helps you, sorry!) and trying to get more IF into my diet. I already drink a ton of water and exercise. But maybe if I used Stevia Plus more often and consistently I'd notice a difference? The box just says four packets equal the amount of fiber in a bowl of cereal. But what kind of cereal are they comparing it to? The fiber amount could be widely different if they're comparing it to say, All-Bran vs Cheerios.

Don't know if this is any help or not.

(By the way, I also do GF, except for the oatmeal. I found that wheat give me terrible earaches (so painful) even though the docs say my ears look great and clean and I've tested negative on an allergy test. But by a random elimination of wheat, my earaches disappeared. I've since repeated this by eliminating wheat and adding it back several times and each time I have no earaches when I don't eat wheat, but when I start eating wheat again I get painful earaches - strange, huh?! So if you ever have good GF ideas, let me know!)

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Kara

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