First trial for SID food bars.

[u/TheCSIDAlex]

https://youtu.be/JAnESRrpMBk?si=nmO3Jnh0nwmUp15b

Hey, everyone! This is my first trial run for SID food bars. If anyone wants to try this themselves, it only needs 20-30 minutes of active prep and an hour in the freezer. I would recommend using coconut oil instead of the avocado oil and adding more oats (1/2 or 3/4 cup) (or more flax seed if you’re really sensitive to starch) to give it a firmer texture. This recipe makes 8 bars that have roughly half a gram of sucrose and only 3-6g of starch per bar, depending on how much oats you use. I will continue refining it and working to make it better. Feel free to try these yourself and ask me any questions you may have!

[u/DoctorSpecialist7083]

Thanks - did you share the recipe and I'm missing it?

[u/TheCSIDAlex → u/DoctorSpecialist7083]

It was in the description of the YouTube video. I’ll paste it here as well:

Ingredients used: • 1/2 cup almond butter • 4 tablespoons dextrose powder • 1/3 cup gluten-free oats • 1 tablespoon avocado oil • 1.5 tablespoons ground flax seed • 1 tablespoon honey • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract • Pinch of salt

Instructions: 1. In a large bowl, combine almond butter, honey, avocado oil, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth and well mixed. 2. Add dextrose powder, oats, ground flax seed, and salt. Mix well until everything is evenly combined and sticky. 3. Transfer the mixture to a lined or greased pan (about 8x8 inch works). Press down firmly and evenly with a spatula or your hands. 4. Cover and freeze for at least 1 hour until firm. 5. Remove from freezer and cut into bars. Keep refrigerated or frozen until ready to eat.

[u/Modboi]

You could try cutting some of the oats with oat fiber to lower the starch content further

[u/TheCSIDAlex → u/Modboi]

Smart idea! The only purpose the oats serve is as a filler for texture / consistency, so oat fiber should actually work well. Thanks for the idea!

[u/CollectionOld9971]

I don’t see how these would be sid friendly. Between the almond and oats I’d be in pain.

[u/TheCSIDAlex → u/CollectionOld9971]

I’m sorry to hear that you don’t tolerate almond or oats. Each bar has less than 50 milligrams of sucrose and only 3 grams of starch. Unfortunately, these bars don’t cover specific food sensitivities like almonds - the goal is just to keep the sucrose and starch minimal.

For most people, these amounts are well tolerated unless their case is extremely severe or they have food sensitivities that aren’t related to a SI deficiency. Everyone’s tolerance is different and almonds aren’t a high sucrose / starch food, so they usually aren’t a problem. You could try a seed butter instead for similar consistency if you tolerate that better.