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Well. We deserve some of this sweet, pleasant flavoured, highly soluble, intestinal bifidobacteria stimulating polymer here in Canada too. I personally am kind of interested in the chocolate myself.
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Do you mean this is like.... my new nutella where I can eat the jar--without the calories?!?!?!2
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You could just add some Metamucil to a drink for fiber….I am not real adventuresome in trying new foods or mixtures !….a casserole or soup is the only time that food can touch or run together lol…0
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booo!2
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Is it possible to have too much fiber? I think I have a physical limit as to how much fiber is comfortable for my gut. Hubby could graze on fiber all day -and night! Positively bovine 🐂. My weight is fluctuating daily probably due to the gym workouts every other day. Eating okay but I think it’s muscle repair after exercise. I assume it will level off soon. It does feel good to be more active after six months of hobbling along.
It was 88F here today. However tomorrow’s high might not make it out of the 30s. One day air conditioning, next day heating. Looks like spring is on the way!3 -
It’s been hot and then cold here, too…today 87 and on Saturday supposed to be in the 60s….on days I get my swim in that burns a lot of calories, I drink Zero Gatorade while I swim and I eat a One protein bar or eat Greek Yogurt to boost my protein….1
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There can never be too much fiber
Well. POSSIBLY there could be! Depends on whether one needs depends or not!!!! 1 -
I have a fructose intolerance so I'd worry about that. Also, I have to keep my fiber levels constant or my gut gets angry. And I don't like it when it's angry.
But it looks like a good thing in general!
My steristrips came off the incision today, which is nice, and it's healing very uneventfully. I'm still a bit swollen but I am sure that will subside with time.6 -
Happy you’re doing so well in your recovery ❤️🩹 Alexandra! We miss your input here - not to mention reading about your wonderful cooking and meal plans. Hope you can feel well enough to come back more often.2
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Yes Yooly, it IS possible to have too much fibre, especially if you don't take in sufficient fluid. As fibre absorbs water and swells in the digestive tract, if there's insufficient water it'll make stools hard and bulky and cause constipation or painful evacuation. If you DO have sufficient water, too much fibre can lead to diarrhoea. If you increase too quickly it can also lead to bloating and intestinal discomfort.
I know all this because my mother was a martyr to her bowels
So you have to hit the sweet spot...2 -
Alexandra, I'm so glad you're on the mend! We miss your homely magic around here!2
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Mercifully I am not a martyr to my bowels! Just don’t like the grumpy gut.2
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So happy to hear about the good healing Alexandra!
I have a limit to fiber... and my body will tell me when I am over that limit. I want to eat more fiber. It's supposed to be good for you. My body just does not like it. IBS is often seen with IC (which I have) and I also have pelvic floor dysfunction which can cause digestive issues. So that is most likely what causes my problems.3 -
Air Canada just announced direct flights from our city to Vancouver BC starting in June. Dusting off my passport!3
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I get to visit with yooly?????2
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Ketchup chips 4 sure!
Poutine? Wrong coast!!!😹🤷🏻♂️
Sushi? Different story!😹1 -
Annoying DOFF dragged me all over the place and she is an utter and complete slow poke. And didn't want to go home and kept dragging me around. Sheesh! Thankfully had phone calls to make!!!
Link to Google fit "brag track" will expire in a week!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlgtwN62hw659mukUwUCujMiIyy51 -
Had poutine in Gastown restaurant last trip to Vancouver. Not as good as Toronto or Ottawa but did the job! Definitely sushi 🍣. I’m hoping we can go this fall but may be next spring. Lots of relatives to visit here at home after over two years.
But it would be fun to meet PAV in person someday!2 -
OMG the chocolate Troo syrup is sooooooooooooo chocolately! I've just had some stirred into Greek yoghurt....insanely good.....3
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So this brand is the one I bought a few years back. Found it to be... not super sweet enough.
BUT, just saying, but, I can see where adding some cocoa to this would turn it into perfect chocolate syrup for use as Garfield describes. Even though it was NOT good for what *I* wanted to do at the time, which was to create protein bars!
And, of course, the Canadian icon BioNeutra's vitafiber... was made out of ingredients that were made in China. How unique!
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/genetically-modified-foods-other-novel-foods/approved-products/isomalto-oligosaccharide-vitafiber-trade.html1 -
The addition of the cocoa has turned the syrup from the drizzling consistency of the clear Troo to a thicker, gooier consistency, more like the stickiness of nutella....
It depends on your 'super-sweetness' requirements. It's definitely sweet enough for me, but I don't have a sweet tooth (e.g. I can't bear super-sweet things like Golden Syrup). This is like a lighter, less sweet version of golden syrup, so it hits my Goldilocks sweet spot perfectly.
And the chocolate one is really chocolately....3 -
Oh my lord. PAV I followed your link and suddenly red grapes or frozen blueberries sound so perfect as a sweet snack.3
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If you mix frozen blueberries into a cup of yogurt, it make an ice cream like treat!2
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lauriekallis wrote: »Oh my lord. PAV I followed your link and suddenly red grapes or frozen blueberries sound so perfect as a sweet snack.
What did I do?!?!?! My little hamster brain is blanking out as to which link was responsible for red grapes and frozen blueberries! Please enlighten!
I admit that I currently have had two days of EXTREMELY content night time hamsters sitting there luxuriating and wondering why they had been bothering with candy for so many months (I am sure this is temporary!)...
.... they have been bribed for two days in a row as follows:
--Greek yogurt 0% plain (the PC one Laurie)
--cut up ambrosia apple
--a GOOD quantity of pumpkin spice (plain cinnamon I am sure would work just as well, but I tend to go with what's there!)
--some chocolate type cereal for some crunch--un-frosted choco mini wheats, and chocolate whole wheat cheerios have both been used.
--a few drops of liquid sucralose bought a few years back from amazon (3-5 in my case.... if using sweetened, for example strawberry or vanilla yogurt, it probably wouldn't be needed)
Hamster heaven... burp!1 -
This one scared me off anything weird (at least for awhile)...
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/genetically-modified-foods-other-novel-foods/approved-products/isomalto-oligosaccharide-vitafiber-trade.html
After reading that I like the yogurt and fruit idea so much more then the idea of any "different" chocolate syrups.
And - my tastebuds have grown accustomed to plain greek yoghurt and don't need the sweet anymore to make it palatable. Why or why would I go backwards?! Damned hamsters.2 -
Fruit and yogurt is absolutely purrfectly fine!
Though I will take pains to shill apples instead of grapes for the yogurt! Well, unless of course grapes are frozen or with booze... but that's a different story!
And absolutely, oh for real absolutely, if you don't feel the need to make it sweeter don't. Zero need unless you're seeking the experience!
So I totally and fully agree with all that.
But, in the link and report for VitaFiber... which part is it that concerns you?
My read of it is that it is all good and probably in higher quantities than the 30g that is proposed as a daily dose. Close to 100g being a non issue for myself as an example.
That would be quite a bit of syrup for your yogurt, and 100g would also be about 240 Calories2 -
Yes, I wondered what scared you off it Laurie, as I read the report carefully and it reassured me that the product was safe in much greater quantities than I'd realistically ingest.
My plan is to restrict myself to 12g clear Troo OR 15g chocolate Troo per day, but only on days when I'm not already getting 30+g of fibre from my regular food. So, realistically, that means I'll supplement my diet with 12-15g Troo a couple of times a week at most.
Troo is a prebiotic, made from 100% chicory root fibre...chocolate Troo has added cocoa.
I know the manufacturers must process the chicory root by some arcane and industrially opaque process to extract the raw ingredient and transform it into a syrup, but there's nothing innately dangerous about the substance itself, as far as I can tell.
That said, if your taste buds don't require the additonal sweetness, why would you add it? I'm using it as a supplment purely for prebiotic and fibre reasons...the mild sweetness is an unlooked-for side benefit.3
