An apricot-related mistake!

So here’s a crazy part-accidental and part I-guess-I-deserved-this story of something that i’ve just experienced and have no one to share with so I had to join to get this off my chest (out my bowels?)

So I really wanted some messed up farts. A laxative effect is a bonus. And I just discovered the effects of dried fruit treated with sulphur dioxide - apricots seeing to be one of the worst culprits for massive amounts of gas. I tried to get some but the only thing they has were dried then partially rehydrated apricots. So they were soft but had very little moisture and were fairly small whole apricots (I think). Now, i’m A fussy eater but i’m great at swallowing stuff. I knew I couldn’t chew these gross looking things but I thought I could swallow them down with a glass of coke so I tried one out and it worked just fine - didn’t have to feel the texture or even taste it! I swallowed 6?? I think, just before bed, on Saturday night, just as a test.

Well, I didn’t expect much, except some gurgling not long after I swallowed them. I woke at half three to pee and a big string of blasts came out my ass! One after another after another. I went back to bed. My fiancé says I did another string of farts in my sleep. I woke her up the next morning with another bunch of farts. I had a weird tummy, it was making noises and felt unsettled, like things were moving around. I had a big pile of mushy crap from everything i’d eaten pre-apricots and was delighted. I swallowed 6 more for breakfast and another at lunchtime.

At some point while my tummy was going mental with gurgling and gas I started looking up things about apricot farts to get me in the mood and that’s when I discovered - apricots DO NOT DIGEST WELL, they travel through pretty much as they are. Well, about an hour after the last lot I swallowed I started getting really bad cramping and big bloats bubbles in my belly. My tummy swelled up so much it felt hard and I could feel these big bubbles ‘popping’ in my intestines. And god the MOVEMENT! I have never felt anything like it! I swallow marbles and i’ve never felt them so clearly through all my tubes! I farted. I farted and farted and farted and my stomach gurgled and rumbled and I popped and whined from my gut for hours.

I went to the toilet in the evening and 6 entire apricots passed from my backside one after another and they felt SO DAMN CRAZY coming out!! It felt like.... rubber?? passing through me. Oh my GOD it was mad! And I was bubbling and farting the whole time.

Well, by last night I was more uncomfortable than I’ve ever been in my LIFE. My guts squirmed and churned and I could feel bits of my digestive system I didn’t know I had. The rest of those apricots are taking their time strollin’ through me and I can feel them so clearly. I passed a couple earlier which still felt insane! And kind of pleasurable. My stomach has never had to work this hard, my guts are so frickin busy that they keep telling me i’m Hungry because it’s working so hard even though I know it’s those crazy apricots confusing my system. I’ve eaten a ton today and it feels like it’s all going to be escaping with the rest of those apricots tonight.

So don’t be like me: do not invite a bunch of apricots for a tour if the caving system!!!

Your experience is no surprise. From Google:

"Foods high in sorbitol

Sorbitol can be found naturally in the following plant-based foods:

Apples

Peaches

Nectarines

Plums

Pears

Cherries

Apricots

Dried fruit like dates, figs, prunes, and raisins"

Sorbitol is a variety of sugar than you cannot digest and hence.passes into your bowel, where the colonic bacteria pig out and have a party. They produce lots of gas and toxins that make you poo.

A few prunes or apricots will almost certainly be felt within about 12 hours. The more you eat, the more powerful the effect. If you eat a large amount, dramatic results are to be expected.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is true... they make people poo.

Yup! that’s why I did the experiment! But I had no idea about the fact they were going to pass through whole the way they are. It’s crazy uncomfortable but passing them.... that’s fun!

I've read that dried apricots swallowed whole can rehydrate in your system and cause intestinal blockages. I'm not sure if it's true but it's something that I would be concerned with.

I love snacking on dried fruit,apricot,mango,papaya, figs, dates,prines,pineapple,cherries, there are recipes for power up balls eat one a day and stay regular and have lots of energy figs and dates are low calorie and packed with slow releasing energy. Sorbitol and Lactulose are sugar alcohols, not broken down by the body ,that's why diabetic candy is sweetened with them and are infamous for causing explosive bowel movements if you over indulge, in Sweden Lactulose is OTC available under many names ,in the US its prescription only, I use it to control my bowels, it draws water into bowel creates gas and bulks up youŕ stool ,it sure beats constipation , if you take staight up sorbitol or lactulose on an empty stomach depending on amount taken ,can empty your bowels in as little as 90 minutes . In the prescribing data it reminds doctors to prescribe diapers at same time as there are a couple of medical inducations for them ,unfortunately the therapeutic dose will causecomplete loss of bowel control for as long as you have to take it . If you are eating alot of fiber remember to shrink lots of water, fiver with insufficient liquid will cause a serious constipation/ blockage.

I would have never thought to eat anything to attempt to get the results you did; but, it sure as hell was funny reading about your experience. I do eat raisins, peaches and cherries. I do like nectarines and apricots but rarely eat them. I have no use for dates, figs, prunes, apples, pears, and plums. I did over eat on raisins one day not understanding their cleansing power until I spent the better part of what seemed like a week on the toilet one evening.

Kinky Kim, thanks for sharing, pretty hilarious reading although I am sure you are not laughing. I already know if I eat an apple I will need to be near a toilet or wearing a diaper within an hour. I would never think about eating multiples as you did, pretty sure it would be a disaster. Hope you keep sharing your experiences.

@KinkyKim

With your apricot experience, since you say you swallowed them whole, rather than chewing them, some got into your gut whole, where they swelled up with the liquid you'd drunk and became like little water balloons but filled with fruit pulp. They could well have swelled to the size of a fresh apricot, roughly golf ball size, , hence the feelings as they passed through you.

You probably passed the little balloons out, propelled by a combination of their size, which caused an urge, and the well known laxative effect of the Sorbitol.