Hi Everyone,
I just found this wonderfully helpful website this morning. I was diagnosed with MC a year and a half ago and have been slow to seek out others with the same condition mostly because I had no idea an organized site like this existed. I should have known! I have a question about sweeteners. I have been using agave to sweeten my tea for years. This morning I read it should be avoided by folks with MC. I'm curious about the why of this. Has anyone come across an explanation for this?
Thanks,
Shehorah
Agave
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Hi Shehorah, Welcome to the community. This site has been so helpful for me. There are so many people with our condition that have a wonderful knowledge and understanding of just about every question you may have. I don't know anything about agave, but had a similar question with Stevia in the raw sweetener. I have been using it and it doesn't seem to bother me. I've had this disease for years and I'm still trying to figure all of this out. I'm happy you joined and I'm sure you will find it as helpful as me. You'll be able to see from all of my posts that I'm full of questions.
Rhyes
Rhyes
Hi Shehorah,
Welcome to our internet family. We consider ourselves a family because no one seems to understand this disease unless they actually have it (including our doctors), and all of us here do indeed understand it.
I believe that Linda has hit the nail on the head. Most of us find that we have trouble handling significant amounts of sugar until our MC is in remission, and fructose appears to be the most troublesome of all sugars (for most of us). Artificial sweeteners are the worst, and most of us find it necessary to avoid all artificial sweeteners.
The problem with sugars (and especially fructose) is that any undigested sugars end up being fermented in the colon by bacteria, producing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea (D). That's why we have to be very careful with the type and amount of sugars in our diet.
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex (Wayne)
Welcome to our internet family. We consider ourselves a family because no one seems to understand this disease unless they actually have it (including our doctors), and all of us here do indeed understand it.
I believe that Linda has hit the nail on the head. Most of us find that we have trouble handling significant amounts of sugar until our MC is in remission, and fructose appears to be the most troublesome of all sugars (for most of us). Artificial sweeteners are the worst, and most of us find it necessary to avoid all artificial sweeteners.
The problem with sugars (and especially fructose) is that any undigested sugars end up being fermented in the colon by bacteria, producing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea (D). That's why we have to be very careful with the type and amount of sugars in our diet.
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex (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.