hilarious kashi stories... (some might find offensive)

[eatinghabit]

Oh man, I wasn't sure if there was some kind of connection between the Kashi Go Lean that I absolutely love eating with my morning yogurt and the evil that brews in my stomach. So out of curiosity, I did a quick google search and sure enough:

http://www.pleasegodno.com/index.php?/archives/20-1-cup-Kashi-GoLEAN-Crunch-+-12-cup-milk-Endless-stomach-churning-gas.html

http://www.girl-in-motion.com/kashi-g...

I was literally rolling in laughter (by myself at my computer no less) and I thought some of you could relate. My wife has caught a whiff of it (me) and she swears that I could kill a kitten. It's quite embarrassing but I absolutely adore the cereal...

[mermer12]

So I've been eating Kashi for about 3 days now and it wasn't until today that I was OVERLY aware of the issues that eating Kashi can cause. Today was also the only day this week that instead of serving in a loud bar, I was in an office with three other ladies. You can imagine, after eating a bowl of Kashi this morning, how uncomfortable my entire work day was. Do you know how hard it is to casually go to the bathroom multiple times in 1 hour without people noticing? (especially when you work in a very small office) It was TERRIBLE. I tried doing the lady like thing and held it in whenever I was not in the bathroom, but a few snuck by and I'm pretty sure my co-workers heard (very quite office). Which is just swell. I'm just glad they didn't seem me doubling over in pain during the last hour when I felt my bathroom quota for the day had been well exceeded. I wanted to eat healthy but I feel like I'm safer with Captn Crunch.

[greygarious]

Inulin is the main ingredient in Fiber Choice chewable fiber supplement (it's the first ingredient, followed by sorbitol, cornstarch, and cellulose). Inulin encourages growth of the colon's flora, which means lots of gas production. The serving size of 2 tablets/day yields 4g (16% DV) soluble dietary fiber. A 1-cup serving of Kashi GLC has twice as much fiber (3 g soluble, 5g insoluble). Since roughly a third of the people in Central Europe have a malabsorption problem with fructans (of which inulin is one), it's not surprising that so many people have excess gas after eating GLC, especially if they are not regularly consuming a high-fiber diet. Before I started eating beans every day, Fiber Choice caused excess gas. Now it doesn't. This thread piqued my curiosity enough that I bought a box of GLC and have just tried a bowl (with blueberries to up the ante!) but I'll bet my gut will be able to handle it. If not, I know some squirrels who deserve to suffer after what they did to my wild bird feeders.

[greygarious]

All's quiet on the southern front 5 hours later. Despite 50% of my genes coming from southern Germany, I apparently have either inherited or acquired a high tolerance.

[operagirl]

That's hilarious. I once had a boyfriend who loved Kashi cereal, to the point where he'd munch an entire box at once. Needless to say, I'm glad we ended up long-distance by the time he'd picked up that habit . . .

Seems like the culprit is the inulin, which is also the substance that gives people gas/stomach pain after eating too many sunchokes. Inulin's effects have been known since at least the 1600s, when English planter John Goodyer wrote this of sunchokes:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men."

Imagine my horror when, after eating a pound of sunchokes and beginning to hear rumbles from my tummy, I looked them up on wikipedia and read that one.

[Sam Fujisaka]

Fantastic reply and research! Great quote! I'll think of you and sunchoke John next I expoerience, "...a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented..."!

[soniabegonia]

I keep a bag of GoLean Crunch in my drawer at work - my emergency stash for those low blood sugar moments. When I saw this thread, I took it out and started eating it while enjoying the stories of discomfort.

No problems to report here - my office mate wouldn't appreciate it.

[mojoeater]

I have a much worse reaction. It's not good to have to spend your work day in the bathroom...

[BaltoPhilFood]

I thought I narrowed it down to the ingredient inulin...did you read anything further on that?
it was good for some laughs at first and I love the crunch, but cant do it anymore!

[Chocolatesa]

This had me laughing till I cried!! Can someone send me some of this stuff? I've never seen it here in Quebec. It's perfect for a prank on friends and family!

[alixium]

there is some here in Montreal... found it at Super C, Metro and Loblaws.

[FoodFuser]

The Kashi effect is absolutely true. It is perceptible as a peak of activity even among those who maintain a healthy baseline of polysaccharide ingestion.

I bought four boxes with coupons, began eating, and quickly isolated it as the culprit flatulating agent. I considered composting the remaining 3 boxes, but was in such awe of its power that I feared that it might pass on its effect to next year's crop of tomatoes.

[janethepain]

HAHA - forget the tomatoes, imagine what will happen to the birds that peck at it.

[Will Owen]

Amazing...I am Mr. Flatulence personified, but Go Lean Crunch doesn't do that to me at all, even if I put regular milk on it instead of my usual lactose-free stuff. Maybe I'm just not eating enough of it... or else my northern-European genetics just make me better at digesting horse food.

[Kajikit]

I haven't noticed any problem with it either... but the kashi frozen dinners feel like eating kibble! Admittedly very tasty kibble...but not people food none the less. By the time I'd chewed my way through the 'seven grain pilaf' I had an attack of TMJ!

[tatamagouche]

"I am Mr. Flatulence personified"...I commend thee. That's the kind of honesty this world needs!

May I ask the rest of you...is it, erm, supposed to regulate you?

[Will Owen]

' "I am Mr. Flatulence personified"...I commend thee. That's the kind of honesty this world needs!' I can afford to be honest; we aren't in the same room. If we were I'd blame it on the dog.

Continuing the candor: maybe Kashi does in fact have that effect on me and I'm simply not noticing it because EVERYTHING I eat for breakfast makes me fart. You reckon? Eggs for sure...and then you REALLY don't want to be in the same room!

[ChowFun_derek]

Thank you! Reading everyones' comments..I laughed till my eyes teared...Never had the stuff, but I was looking at the Kashi cold cereals just yesterday in the supermarket, wondering how they were! now I know about Go lean....I wonder if the others have the same noxious effect....!

Too funny!