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Bloating And Diarrhea From Snickers

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Hi there,

I feel so terrible. I feel like I had a load of gluten or something. The whole disaster started yesterday evening at about 9:00. I haven't had a Snickers for a couple of weeks. Yesterday evening I thought, "OK... Your weight is fine so you might be able to eat some junkfood. Especially since you haven't had it for a while." I went to our junk food drawer and there were still two Snicker bars in. With joy I grabbed them, proud of myself, cause I didn't eat junk food in a while. Only fruits, veggies, fish, rice and chicken...

So at about 9:00 I pop these two Snickers in and kept on rummaging and cleaning up my filing cabinet. I was sitting during that time. Then I got up to go to the restroom and by the time I came to the door I thought "this is weired, I haven't had brain fog in a while". And when I finally got up the stairs I bumped into the handrail three times, cause I was dizzy. Then this morning I had incredible bloating and during the tournament today I had bloating, diarrhea and had to go to the restroom like every 10 - 20 minutes... What the h... is going on???

I tried to figure out what that might be. It can't be the lactose or chocolate. I have one cocoa every morning and about a week ago I had a plain milk chocolate without any problems whatsoever. Then it dawned on me. Could it be the nuts in the Snickers??? Because once Kathy, one of my celiac-students, made some brownies with nuts for me. And since she's not that careful with gluten and I got problems after eating her brownies I first thought, some gluten might have slipped into her recipe (which is pretty unlikely actually, if she only used the glutenfree brownie mix). But now I start to believe, it's the nuts maybe. Do Snickers have eggs in them, too? What do you guys think???

Should I wait, until I'm fine again and then eat a couple of plain peanuts scoops?

A clueless Stef

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Hi there,

I feel so terrible. I feel like I had a load of gluten or something. The whole disaster started yesterday evening at about 9:00. I haven't had a Snickers for a couple of weeks. Yesterday evening I thought, "OK... Your weight is fine so you might be able to eat some junkfood. Especially since you haven't had it for a while." I went to our junk food drawer and there were still two Snicker bars in. With joy I grabbed them, proud of myself, cause I didn't eat junk food in a while. Only fruits, veggies, fish, rice and chicken...

So at about 9:00 I pop these two Snickers in and kept on rummaging and cleaning up my filing cabinet. I was sitting during that time. Then I got up to go to the restroom and by the time I came to the door I thought "this is weired, I haven't had brain fog in a while". And when I finally got up the stairs I bumped into the handrail three times, cause I was dizzy. Then this morning I had incredible bloating and during the tournament today I had bloating, diarrhea and had to go to the restroom like every 10 - 20 minutes... What the h... is going on???

I tried to figure out what that might be. It can't be the lactose or chocolate. I have one cocoa every morning and about a week ago I had a plain milk chocolate without any problems whatsoever. Then it dawned on me. Could it be the nuts in the Snickers??? Because once Kathy, one of my celiac-students, made some brownies with nuts for me. And since she's not that careful with gluten and I got problems after eating her brownies I first thought, some gluten might have slipped into her recipe (which is pretty unlikely actually, if she only used the glutenfree brownie mix). But now I start to believe, it's the nuts maybe. Do Snickers have eggs in them, too? What do you guys think???

Should I wait, until I'm fine again and then eat a couple of plain peanuts scoops?

A clueless Stef

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I'd blame the nuts. I also have diverticulosis and nuts are a no-no for me. But I don't have the symptoms that you did. I'd try a few peanuts next week when your body has recovered, and also when you have some "down" time in case..

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
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I tried a view good handfuls of peanuts Monday evening and I didn't have any problems any more. This is sooo strange. Maybe while eating the bars I ate something else that was in the air and got the stomache flue for a day by chance??? I don't have a clue? But only for one day??? :ph34r:

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Yes Snickers have Egg in them, Egg Whites actully. I know cause I cant let my son have them for that reason, its also clearly marked on the package "This product contians Egg" and its in the ingredirents listed as "Egg Whites".

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