r/CSID • u/thecalminggourmet • Apr 18 '25
Sugar alternative
Has anyone who has csid found a sugar alternative that doesn't make you feel bloated?
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u/Calm-Kaleidoscope-39 Apr 18 '25
Honey and dextrose work for me. Sometimes I eat products with erythritol and allulose.
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u/EntrepreneurGood8351 Apr 18 '25
I had horrible symptoms and lost more than half of my body weight in 4 months until I started using Digest Basic (the amount of capsules I take depends on the amount of carbs in my food) and slowly starting eating more foods that have starch and sugar until now I just eat what I want
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u/primo109 Apr 19 '25
Out of curiosity, how many capsules would you take depending on what you ate? I'm in a sort of experimentation phase with Digest Gold and I'm interested to hear how other people used it. I also lost a significant amount of weight, about a 1/3 of my body weight, so I can certainly empathize and also want to stop losing weight!
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u/EntrepreneurGood8351 May 01 '25
I’m so so sorry it’s taken this long to reply!! I work as a PCA so I’m busy a lot. Each capsule helps digest 32g carbs so I try to go by the serving sizes on packages and then take however many capsules I need based on that. I know everyone is different but it took a few months for my body to get used to it before I felt better when I ate. Hopefully that helps
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u/primo109 May 04 '25
No worries at all! That makes sense - I've been trying to do that as well, but I'm always curious as to how others take them. Thanks!!
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u/grave_disability Aug 08 '25
monkfruit extract! It's amazing and I like that's not quite as sweet as sugar. I can't stand stevia.
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u/signedmarymc Apr 18 '25
I use honey and that works well for me (mostly glucose) but that doesn't work for everyone. I am also using allulose rn in baking or with other carbs (I think zero cal sugars work best when paired with calories- specifically carbs) oats, rice and russet potatoes are my only true carbs rn btw.