In the Jan 22 newsletter, someone wrote that he or she had eliminated most diary products except for yogurt, and suspected that the yogurt seemed to cause stomach upset. Please check to see if the yogurt you're eating contains Splenda (sucralose). A few years ago, I was eating Dannon yogurt regularly, and suddenly noticed my symptoms getting worse. (Soon after eating even a few spoonfuls of yogurt, I started getting cramps.) I soon found out that Dannon had recently switched its yogurt ingredients from aspartame (or another artificial sweetener) to Splenda. Please be aware that Splenda is the last thing someone with IBS should be consuming. This is something my gastroenterologist verified, and his appointment secretary also had personal experience with this. I & many other people are Splenda-intolerant. (SOme have much worse symptoms than bowel distress; I've read of seizures, projective vomiting, and other body system problems.) Unfortunately, more and more products are switching to Splenda, which means that I & many others can't eat them. I have to check the ingredients list closely on virtually every food, beverage, and gum product I buy now. Please join me in writing to companies that make sweetened product to ask them to remove the Splenda or at least make alternate products that don't contain it.
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Problems with yogurt may be due to Splenda
