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!

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?

"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.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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