I saw a new product at my grocery store...GF frozen chocolate chip cookie dough....I thought what a great idea - I could keep it in the freezer and bake them up as I wanted...I am always up for "convenience foods" I can eat!
So I decided to read the label and I find it says "no sugar added" - there is a little blurb - saying "contains maltitol - consumption may result in loose stools" - OOOOkay - back in the freezer case!!
Why in the heck would they do that with a product intended for people with food intolerances whose main symptom is diarrhea!?!!? Idiots, I tell ya!! It's like making GF potato chips, then cooking them in that Olestra garbage....It appears to be a new product. I might check for a phone number or website next time I'm there and drop them a little note....
It is really frustrating that food producers tend to stuff so much "garbage" into the food. The GF frozen chocolate chip cookie dough you mentioned which is sugar free but contains maltitol (???) sounds like a bad idea for someone who is prone to diarrhea but then again, why not test the product to see for yourself how YOUR body reacts?!
I think prunes are generally thought to make people's stool soft(er) - used by folks who suffer from constipation tendencies, right?! Well, guess what, I think they have the exact opposite effect on MY digestive system as long as I eat prunes w/o additives - they help keep my stools from getting loose. As you recall I am very prone to diarrhea - I get it just by thinking of it...........
Good luck baking - and Shame on you, Mary for being able to eat such delicious type foods
Love,
Karen
Inspired by the paleolithic diet and lifestyle -
living w/o gluten, dairy, soy, corn, and yeast.
I think, GF is becoming a big thing now but the makers of alot of these products, as well as the consumers are only touching the iceburg. The makers have to follow the consumers reactions.
Karen, I've taken up your enjoyment of eating prunes. I have no problems with them, and take them to the shop with me whenever I work for a snack. Sunsweet brand.
My sister brought hot brownies yesterday made from the Namaste Brownie Mix. It's free of lots of stuff, btw. Usually this brand calls for eggs, but my sis and I also have reactions to egg whites, but the Egg Replacer seems to do fine.
These Mixes seem to make really chewy type things, like the Blondie of theirs that our local celiac leader made for a meeting at her house in the past.
To tell you the truth, due to this viral thing I've had for so long, the hot ones had sort of an aftertaste I originally thought, but today, I pulled them out of the frig and ate one cold, and it tasted like a really fine brownie to me. (I'm not much of a brownie lover, but I know one when I eat one). I felt better during the day today, so perhaps that's the only reason there was no aftertaste.
What I'd like to do for next time is find some pecans in the kitchen and sprinkle em over a brownie. Mom doesn't react to dairy, and just happen to have some Ben and Jerry's vanilla yogurt so will be able to add a little of that to hers.
My favorite is still the cookie mix with cinnamon and the unsweetened coconut in the little clear containers that I get from Whole Foods. Guess you can get it in that form at lots of stores, but that's just where I buy it. I like it as well as any cookie I've ever eaten, and like my sis says, you CAN eat just one cause they're not addicting to us who are ordinarily sensitive to regular cookie ingredients.
I know, I know! Why is everything always doctored up with unnecessary additives? It drives me crazy too!
I often wonder if part of the reason I got MC in the first place was because of continued exposure to certain proteins (like wheat) that are added to everything from soup to nuts. Literally.
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
I think you're right, Polly. Regardless of who makes it, the ingredient lists on most products in a given catagory, are almost always nearly identical, for contemporary products. For example, I looked at a lot of candy labels, yesterday, trying to find something I could eat, (I finally had to give up). Anyway, out of zillions of products in the milk chocolate type catagory, there is almost no difference in the long list of ingredients for each and every product. Incredible!
The only way to get out of that rut, is to go back to legacy products, such as old-fashioned Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds, for example. It was developed many years ago, and it has a relatively short ingredient list, that does not even include corn syrup, or HFCS, believe it or not, (though it does include Soy Lecithin, naturally).
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Of course the chocolate has soy lecithin in it It is incredibly difficult to find chocolate w/o soy licithin; I have to admit I have only searched for it (the elusive dark chocolate w/o soy licithin) amongst the dark chocolates since dairy is off limits for me. Aren't you dairy intolerant, Wayne? Why even bother checking the milk chocolates? Poor soul
I would love to locate some licorice (SP?) that's edible. Does anyone have good luck finding licorice w/o HFCS, soy, flour etc ??????
Love,
Karen
P.S. I am chewing gum every now and then Wow, aren't you guys shocked? Not caveman style but it's great to have found it doesn't turn my intestines inside out - Orbit, sugar free is one brand I've tried.
Inspired by the paleolithic diet and lifestyle -
living w/o gluten, dairy, soy, corn, and yeast.
Yes, I'm dairy intolerant, but I'm hoping the 3-day diet will allow me to work around that. I've been eating cheese tonight, for example.
You talked me into it. I had picked up some Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds, a few days ago, to use for testing, (strictly for medical purposes, don't you know), so while I'm eating casein today, anyway, I'm now eating a few of these milk chocolate nuggets, to see how they go down.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Good! I hope I still feel that way tomorrow. I picked these because they don't contain any corn starch, or corn syrup. They do contain soy lecithin, though. Sigh. I'll start adding corn to the test routine seperately, on Saturday.
Love,
Wayne
P S I thought nearly all gum was dusted with either wheat or corn flour.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I am not going to follow in your footsteps with the three day rotation trial - I just savor my current state of health and don't need to mess with it.
The gum; kind of surprising that I don't react because of the corn content. However, I think it helps that I chew only small pieces and only once in a while - and then of course it is gum so it is very limited how much of it goes into the gut. Perhaps I need to break that habit and quit.
Please, don't tell me I encouraged the milk chocolate consumption - no, no, no, no, no, no, I didn't. I encourage dark chocolate w/o soy licithin only!! Trying to blame it all on me, huh!!!?????
Love,
Karen
Inspired by the paleolithic diet and lifestyle -
living w/o gluten, dairy, soy, corn, and yeast.
LOL. No, I'm not blaming you for any of this. I had planned on trying the milk chocolate, anyway. I just moved the trial date forward a day or so.
It worked fine, by the way--no problems whatsover, so far.
By the way, the second time that I ate the Van's Waffles with maple syrup, (yesterday, Saturday), I didn't have the strong "sugar high", that I got the first time. My body seems to be adapting very quickly to the re-introduction of these things.
I'm trying popcorn, tonight.
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
on you, Mary for being able to eat such delicious type foods 
It is incredibly difficult to find chocolate w/o soy licithin; I have to admit I have only searched for it (the elusive dark chocolate w/o soy licithin) amongst the dark chocolates since dairy is off limits for me. Aren't you dairy intolerant, Wayne? Why even bother checking the milk chocolates? Poor soul 
Wow, aren't you guys shocked? Not caveman style but it's great to have found it doesn't turn my intestines inside out - Orbit, sugar free is one brand I've tried.