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Post by meaniejean on Mar 23, 2009 10:05:59 GMT -5
Well, I had been eating these without much problem. They use maltitol as the sweetener.
Unfortunately, the last bag I bought I didn't seem to react well to. Not just bowel stuff, but hypoglycemia stuff too. I have read that maltitol can have a certain amount of sorbitol or other sugar alcohols in it and still be called maltitol. Perhaps I got a bag with a less pure maltitol version in it??? I don't know - I think I might call the company.
Anyone else have varying reactions to maltitol?
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Post by charlie on Mar 25, 2009 6:43:58 GMT -5
I read on a medicine label for Nurofen a warning that maltitol may convert to fructose when being broken down so I have avoided it for megs
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Post by ljs678 on Mar 25, 2009 7:04:33 GMT -5
On this site it says no to maltitol www.food-info.net/uk/intol/hfi.htmAlso, just to pass it on, on the French version of wiki, it also says that mannitol and xylitol are not permitted. This isn't on the English version (the entry is completely different in the 2 wikis). Our pharmacist said that mannitol is quite commonly used in medicines. So we are avoiding all of these at the moment. On another topic, I saw that there was mention of soy lecithin recently. Is this ok? I had been trying to avoid it because of the soy, but if it is lecithin is it ok? It seems to be in quite a bit of stuff here that is otherwise safe. |
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Post by meaniejean on Mar 25, 2009 10:04:52 GMT -5
Thanks guys! I am definitely staying away from it after the recent experiences - just not worth it. I need to go back to making my own chocolate lollipops, though I have to say that I don't even crave chocolate much lately.
I think mannitol is another one that is safe depending upon purity - but I could be remembering wrong.
I don't know about the soy lecithin. I'll have to look into that one. We also avoid soy (we have hypothyroidism so the soy interferes with the absorption of our meds), but I have been allowing soybean oil. I can't imagine it would have fructose, but then again there are a lot of things I never would have suspected - umm, like EGGS!!!
Hope all the littles are feeling well!
-Sandra
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Post by monie57 on Apr 2, 2009 21:04:08 GMT -5
Meaniejean, I thought eggs were safe. I usually only eat one for the gas effect. last night aI ate 2 and had problems today with something.Still trying to figure it out.
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Post by meaniejean on Apr 2, 2009 21:18:21 GMT -5
Monie57-
Eggs are safe for most, but they need to be considered in the daily fructose load. They contain somewhere around 55mg fructose and 55mg sucrose from what I have been able to find on nutritiondata. Three eggs is too much for me. My kids can have one on a good day. Again, we don't know for sure we have HFI, but my oldest at least has DFI.
-Sandra
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Post by colormist on Apr 3, 2009 8:34:48 GMT -5
I have a higher tolerance for boiled eggs than I do fried. I have no idea why. Fried eggs almost always make me sick.
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Post by charlie on Apr 3, 2009 12:42:13 GMT -5
That link is great Laura, esp for the E nos to be aware of, I can remember reading a list several years ago when I was researching first time around and couldn't find it again. I must track back some things that I thought would be Ok but weren't and see if that is a factor. Not that we come across too many as most is home cooked. . and I haven't dared venture down the sweet route yet.
Managed to cope with the school thing of giving out Easter eggs at end of term by sending in some Easter chick toys which went down very well.
Eggs seems a strange one, maybe it is the way it is cooked alters the fructose value and frying releases more sugar with the interaction with of fat. Made megs bread and butter pudding with no sugar/glucose and that seemed to go down well. Pancakes are good too, just plain simple batter ones which is great as they seem to go with anything. Again, maybe just need to limit how much a week or check what other fructose may have slipped through.
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Post by irene on Apr 7, 2009 8:45:06 GMT -5
Hi everyone
I have a list that states maltitol should not be taken if you have hfi, I have recently bought chocolate from Frusano website, which I gave to Hannah she took a small piece then put it down, this was the first time of ever tasting chocolate, she then asked for anyother piece, she hasn't had any reaction.
Hi Charlie I have a list of E numbers, I will post the website when I get home from work.
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Post by flutterby on Apr 11, 2009 14:28:01 GMT -5
REALLY??? EGGS? What about baked into things?
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Post by colormist on Apr 13, 2009 9:47:32 GMT -5
I had a custard pie that made me sick due to the eggs. I'm fine with waffles/pancakes with eggs in them. Might just depend on the quantity. I also seem fine with hard boiled eggs, but scrambled eggs make me sick.
Honestly I have no idea. Just eat them in moderation. If you have kids, I'd probably wait until they're a little bit more seasoned HFIers before trying eggs. (Where they can talk, can identify foods on smell/taste, and know to refuse certain foods.)
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Post by flutterby on Apr 14, 2009 9:54:25 GMT -5
thank you. That is a huge disappointment. I tried baking some biscuits for Easter with egg replacer that was HFI safe and they were a disaster. Matthew still loved them and called them gummy rolls which is exactly the concistensy of the inside. My husband and I almost threw up when we took a bite. Hopefully I get more skillful with using egg replacers.
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Post by Tammy on Apr 14, 2009 23:09:52 GMT -5
I'll make it four cents and say Regina can eat any kind of egg at all. Just like Fred, she's not big on the taste of some kinds, but she eats them all without any effects.
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Post by meaniejean on Apr 15, 2009 7:23:16 GMT -5
We do fine with eggs in our baked products, like muffins, cupcakes, quick breads, biscuits, etc. French toast seems to be a problem if the kids have too much, but one piece is usually fine.
Maltitol is OUT here. I am just not willing to chance it these days.
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Post by millan on Apr 16, 2009 4:01:31 GMT -5
I've never considered eggs could contain sugar! I can eat them boiled, fried, scrambled and in food (pancaces, meatloaf, etc) with no problems. At least that I have noticed. Not that I eat more than one or possibly two in one day, so it might be that I simply haven't thought about it.
Maltitol is something I limit when I do eat it. I have felt a little bit queasy occationally when eating several breath-mints or something else with maltitol in it. Also, when there is maltitol in something, there's usually a lot of it, so the product often tastes as sweet as if "normal" sugar was an ingredient - another incentive to steer clear if possible.
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Post by charlie on Apr 16, 2009 12:57:41 GMT -5
Megs doesn't like eggs, she used to have them boiled or poached and I thought she was fine on them but interestingly since we have done as much as a fructose exclusion as is humanly possible she has gone off eggs and I think these are the last trigger to disturbed nights as she is sleeping better I think since stopping them. May carry on with pancakes as only small amount in a pancake and that is nearly our only pudding option or cake type option at the moment.
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Post by julienc on Apr 20, 2009 7:51:30 GMT -5
I've never considered eggs could contain sugar! I can eat them boiled, fried, scrambled and in food (pancaces, meatloaf, etc) with no problems. At least that I have noticed. Not that I eat more than one or possibly two in one day, so it might be that I simply haven't thought about it. I'm the same way. |
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Post by flutterby on Apr 25, 2009 17:35:28 GMT -5
It's good to know that people can usually deal with them baked into products because I tried making him rolls with an egg-replacer and they turned out terrible. Maybe I just don't know how to use it, but I'm intimidated to try again. I'd much rather stick to the real stuff.
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Post by mazian on Aug 9, 2009 8:54:53 GMT -5
We cannot have maltitol, my daughter will not tolerate it at all. She is really good with cocoa powder with polyjoule (glucose polymer from hospital) She seems to tolerate boiled eggs but will not eat the egg yolks, just the white. Is this consistant with your experience?
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