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I don't know why I don't believe other reviewers... From now on, when I read "diarrhea" and "burning" in the same sentence, I'm going to listen!
I tend to have more tolerance to things than most people do, which includes most artificial sweeteners. NOT THIS ONE! I have stuff shipped to work (first mistake), so I threw these in my car (second mistake), and I ate about 30 of them (third mistake), thinking that they wouldn't affect me that much (fourth mistake), while driving (fifth mistake) to pick up some paper work from our accountant. My entire torso started feeling funny as I got close to work, and looking down I noticed that my shirt was stretched tight around my belly, which it had not been 30 minutes prior. I just barely made it back in time, one more red light and I'd still be cleaning out my car. Every 10-20 minutes I was in the bathroom, I'm just glad it's not a shared bathroom. I don't know what I'd have done if I couldn't have just ran in there as needed.
There was no holding it in, every time it was pure liquid with about a cubic foot of compressed gas behind it. I don't know where it all came from, I expelled more than I've consumed in the last two days. And the burning... what's the deal with that? It felt like I ate a half gallon jar of jalapeños dipped in habeñero salsa! And every time I thought I was done, I had to sit back down... that led to using about a roll and a half of economy toilet paper. I'm going to attribute the bleeding to the friction of the toilet paper, not this product, it stopped after I got home and started using softer paper. My sphincter still feels like my leg did the time I wiped out on my bike on gravel while wearing shorts, but the bleeding has stopped and I'm not expelling anything but vapors. Well, mostly. I'm still going to the toilet to do that, because as I found out earlier, you can't tell what's going to come out. It's been 11 hours since I ate them, now I'm sitting here at home, hungry, thirsty, and terrified that if I go to bed I won't be able to make it to the toilet.
These taste great, I never would have guessed they were sugar free. Overall, 10/10, would recommend to a friend.
April 2016 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase