"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I have some Barry Callebaut chocolate chunks (meant for baking) that
>>> I got for Angela. She doesn't like them because they are very
>>> bitter. She will eat them in the granola bars I got for her, but not
>>> by themselves. I had a craving for chocolate and decided to have
>>> some. Had another hypo last night even though the dinner I had (we
>>> ate out) seemed a bit larger than usual. So I figured a few bites of
>>> chocolate between dinner and bedtime insulin wouldn't hurt. But it
>>> is affecting my GERD. Owie! It was good though!
>>
>> The milk in it?
>
> There's no milk in it. I'm allergic to milk. Chocolate is known to cause
> the esophagus to relax or something and it allows stomach acid to come up.
> Bad. Really bad.
>

So true there. My hubby, who isn't diabetic, can't have chocolate in any
form after early afternoon. GERD so bad he can blow flames.
-ginny