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Peanut butter problem - makes me poop a lot?? Help!

weightingtobloom
weightingtobloom Posts: 30 Member
edited January 18 in Health and Weight Loss
This is kind of a gross question, but whatever. So I absolutely LOVE peanut butter, and I've eaten a good amount of it every day for the past couple years. The thing is, lately every time I eat some (around 3-4 Tbsp.) I poop A LOT immediately after, sometimes within a minute after eating it. Then sometimes, I have really bad abdominal cramps. Is this a normal thing with peanut butter, or could I have developed some sort of resistance to it from eating so much? Or is it some other problem?

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  • CCusedtodance
    CCusedtodance Posts: 237 Member
    You may be developing an allergy to peanuts and that is not unusual when someone is exposed to a substance long-term, in large quantities. It is similar to someone that has developed an allergy to penicillin or becomes lactose intolerant later in age.
  • iiwish
    iiwish Posts: 36 Member
    Did you switch brands to one with a lot of sugar?
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    It could be an allergy or you could be reacting to the fat in it.
  • __RANDY__
    __RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
    Is this a normal thing with peanut butter?

    No
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Could it be a bad jar of peanut butter?
  • weightingtobloom
    weightingtobloom Posts: 30 Member
    It's the same brand as always and other people have eaten out of the same jar. Plus, we go through a jar in a 2-3 days (whole family is big on PB) so I've had problems from many different containers.
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