Diarrhea from reintroducing junk food?

Your "cheat" for the week was A Reese's Peanut Butter cup?

That was the saddest cheat in all of humanity

I don't eat near as much junk food as I used to, so whenever I eat too much my stomach always feels icky the next day and I'm not as regular.

@magerum, You still have plenty of junk food in your diet (which is fine cause that works for you) so your body is used to it and that's why it doesn't cause you distress.

FIrst problem, you're labelling food as junk. There is no junk food. My cookies have the same macros, we'll say fat in this case, as lets say...peanuts.

Your "cheat" for the week was A Reese's Peanut Butter cup?

That was the saddest cheat in all of humanity

I may have actually wept.



Just a little bit.

Huh... well, I'd say that you should probably eat something "junky" most days. That way, if it IS a radical change in your diet, it won't actually be radical anymore. Your body will be used to it.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of one Reese's cup being the difference between a regular day and a cheat day.

Was it at least one of the special Christmas/Valentine's day ones that's the size of a dinner plate? If so, yes, that would give even me the scoots.

Or the Reese's eggs they have around this time of year?! Those seem to have the perfect peanut butter to chocolate ratio.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of one Reese's cup being the difference between a regular day and a cheat day.

Was it at least one of the special Christmas/Valentine's day ones that's the size of a dinner plate? If so, yes, that would give even me the scoots.

Or the Reese's eggs they have around this time of year?! Those seem to have the perfect peanut butter to chocolate ratio.

Yes! And the little Christmas tree ones too. I don't like the cups because the paper messes up the chocolate.

I like the oversized cups though. And the Peppermint Patties. I destroyed a pack of those on Christmas clearance. Serving size of 6 is just a recommendation - I pretended I was a mouse eating the comically sized thing. Disappointingly though, no diarrhea.

You ate the wrong candy bar.

This has happened to me before, especially with dairy products.

And if I'm reallly hungry then have a meal which isnt so healthy (pizza for example) the same thing will happen.

I dont know many facts about this situation but figured I'd share that you arent the only one

^^^ Amen! Me, too! I've been too embarrassed to ask if this happened to anyone else for years. Thanks OP, for "going there" for me. :blushing:

It's not necessary what you ate, it's that you cut it out of your diet and re-introduce it your body isn't used to it.

This can happen when you eat anything you're not used to. When I travel overseas I have a hard time handling the quisine, it's not because it's "bad", my body just isn't used to it.

The same thing can happen with someone who doesn't eat vegetables, fruit, what-have-you but then all of a sudden introduces them into their diet.

Anytime I eat something greasy now (which means my cheat meal every week), I end up with terrible cramps and diarrhea. The cheese fries are totally worth it though

I don't know what I was expecting coming in here, but...

Just noticed, this thread is 2 years old.

I don't think its any food in particular although a high fat diet that includes good or bad fats can make you run more. Take for example coconut oil that stuff oils you up good!!!

This is quite a common thing I have it , My girlfriend has it , all the people replying to this thread have it and a quick scan of Google says there are A LOT of people who have this sudden "rejection" of " bad food" .... the most common , in my observation are ... Coffee with full cream cows milk and sugar .... Then dairy in general , and Wheat ... and the wrong types of fats , and oils are also a common sensitivity ... Less common are people who have bad reactions to nightshade faimly plants ( potatoes , tomatoes) .. (re) introducing these foods after cleansing your body of them can produce a cramps, sharp pains in the gut , bloating and water retention , Explosive diarrhea , tiredness and lethargy , depression , and lots of other more subtle things like Extreme hungry , and sugar or carb cravings ...
I am not a doctor , nutritionists, or anything like that , but I do have a theory about what is happening ...
I think much like the way a person can become tolerant of poisons and medicines over time , the human body can also become tolerant of the things in our food which are not ideal ... Sort of like a low grade food allergy or what you might term food sensitivity ....

This is not to say that the fact that your body is not reacting means it is not under stress from dealing with those things, it almost is like your body has been trying to tell you something and you haven't been listening , so it gives up .. Actually it is more likley to be an adaptation ..

When we give the body a break and feed it good food , then what ever mechanism is in place that reduces symptoms of the food sensitivity are quickly activated and we get the message loud and clear . Also at play is the fact that the majority of people who have been eating junk for many years , do not really know what it feel like to be healthy , and once that is experienced , then going back to your previous baseline can be a shock .. just my two cents worth .. Im keen to hear others thoughts

*sigh* why do people have to talk about poop