u/Willing-Pudding5651

I have a friend with severe IBS who can’t tolerate beans of any kind. I understand that IBS and Crohn’s disease aren’t the same, but it makes me wonder, how can this woman, who supposedly has Crohn’s, eat any amount of beans without a problem?
I only came across this woman about two weeks ago. Is it normal for her to tell such blatant lies?

ETA:

OMG, are those pieces of purple onion too?! Holy cow this woman knows nothing about diseases she claims to have!

Does everything revolve around them?

I’m honestly furious right now and wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.

I’ve been buying a product marketed as “pure stevia extract powder” and have ordered it over 10 times in the past few months. I trusted the label and used it daily.

The first thing that made me suspicious was that my fasting morning glucose would spike after nothing more than a cup of chamomile tea with a small spoonful of this “pure stevia extract.” That made absolutely no sense to me.

My gut kept telling me something was off, so I decided to test it.

I performed the common sugar caramelization test and this product caramelized just like sugar. To make sure I wasn’t imagining things, I compared it against two other pure stevia extract powders I already had in my pantry. Neither of those behaved the same way.

What makes me especially angry is that people with diabetes and others who monitor their blood sugar rely on accurate labeling. If a product is being sold as pure stevia extract while containing sugar, that’s not a minor mistake.

Has anyone else tested this product or experienced unexplained blood sugar spikes while using it?

EDIT:
One more thing that makes this especially frustrating: an 18 oz container costs around $50. This wasn’t some suspiciously cheap product where I should have expected corners to be cut. I paid a premium price because I believed I was buying genuine pure stevia extract.

My ferritin levels have been going down for years, and it feels like no doctor really cares or takes it seriously. Every time I bring up how exhausted and strained I feel, the only solution offered is antidepressants instead of trying to figure out why this is happening. I’ve tried all kinds of supplements hoping something would help, but nothing seems to make a difference, and it’s incredibly frustrating and discouraging.

I just met a woman from Springfield who went to the same high school around the same time. When I asked her who people think did it, she literally whispered, “It’s that rich guy,” but refused to tell me his name. Now I’m left wondering: who is “the rich guy”? Help?