welziak@snet.net (Ryan) wrote in news:189b1c22.0403170723.1bb3f299
@posting.google.com:

Have you tried Beano?

Having said that, I'm all for occasional treats if one has good self
control. However, how much of a treat is a substance that gives you gas and
bloating? How much are you really *treating* yourself if you're making
yourself sick?

I have irritable bowel syndrome, which means I get diarrhea from many
different foods, especially ones that I love (did love, anyway, before
going low-carb). After a while it became apparent I could no longer eat
McDonald's french fries, for example, because doing so would land me in the
bathroom for 30 minutes afterward. I could've taken a dose of an anti-
diarrheal every time I ate the fries, but I instead chose to give them up.

If I have to take *medicine* in order to be able to eat a processed food,
that food is not meant for my body.

Cate

The best medication is prevention. Just say no.

Try the ZCarb bars, they don't have that effect.  You can order them at
http://www.zcarbbar.com/

In news:189b1c22.0403170723.1bb3f299@posting.google.com,
Ryan <welziak@snet.net> stated

The only one I know of  is beano, but that just adds an enzyme that
helps you digest those carbs you're <insert nasty bodily function>
away, so what would be the point of eating a lowcarb version if you're
going to sabotague yourself?

Hmm.  Ya know, we give our grandson apple juice when he gets a little
constipated.  Maybe your gut has reverted to the sensitivity of a very
young child.

I take a long meditative look at why I ate that stuff in the first
place, and ask myself was it really worth it while I make music in the
bathroom.  :)

Certainly, people just don't sit

Nope.  Not really.

There is a new SA that seems to avoid distress for most people.  It's
called erythritol.  Not many manufacturers use it yet-- it's probably
still too expensive even in bulk.  There are lowcarb candy bars called
z-bars made with it available at 7-11s, and you can order it online
(9-10 bux for 2 cups) and make your own stuff with it.  You might want
to try the candy bar first, to see if it is worth investing so much in
a sweetener.

(I like it, but at the price it's going for now, I only make holiday
goodies with it, and not many of those.)

--
revek
A cheap shot is a terrible thing to waste.

I hate to agree with JC, but... well... no offense, but it's a stupid
question.  Rather like asking for the best headache relief after
wacking yourself in the head with a hammer; the only appropriate reply
is... don't wack yourself!

There's lots of treats available without the need for sugar alcohols -
plenty of sucralose or aspartame-sweetened things.  Mix up some cream
cheese, yogurt or ricotta with some cocoa and sweetener, or one of the
sugar-free DaVinci syrups.  Or make Lynne's chocolate with your
favorite sugar substitute (I find it works just as well with aspartame
as with sucralose, which is cheaper).

Ryan,

There's nothing that helps with that kind of gas, because the gas from both
wheat and sugar alcohols it is caused by undigested carbs getting into your
small intestine where helpful bacteria digest them for you via fermentation.

If you'll remember, a by-product of fermentation is gas.

The reason you get this happening with wheat after low carbing is that after
you stop eating wheat for a while, your body stops making the enzyme needed
to digest it. So the wheat passes into your gut and ferments there. This
problem goes away in a few days if you keep eating the wheat. But the sugar
alcohol problem does not because your body may not ever make enzymes to
digest them.  (Some people do, which is why maltitol doesn't cause gas for
some people.)

Beano can help with the gas from wheat but not with the sugar alcohols. It
is an enzyme that breaks down starches.

BTW, combining Beano with prescription starch-blocking meds like Acarbose
will undo their helpful effect on carbs.
-- Jenny  - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my  email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit  http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm

Don't eat them.

Work a REAL treat (without sugar alcohol) into your lowcarb diet.  You need
chocolate? Make yourself something with Cocoa in it.    If you are not in
induction, you can maybe fir that in.  Personally, I'd find a way to make my
diet work without sugar alcohols if they bothered me a lot...