How Can Healthy Food Cause Diarrhea in a Healthy Person? There are several foods that may not seem like an obvious diarrhea trigger but can still cause loose bowel movements in a person. It is important to understand why this abnormality in bowel habit may occur specifically after eating these foods. 1. Overeating Continuing eating when you already know that you have enough may result in loose bowel movement(s) some hours later. This is especially true in children because their short bowels cannot digest large amounts of food at once. An excessive amount of any food, especially sugary and fatty foods (cakes, ice-cream, etc.) and fiber-rich foods (fruits, vegetables, vegetable broths or cereals) may be the cause. Food that is not chewed enough is hard to digest, irritates the bowel and causes loose stools with pieces of food in it. Excessive amount of fruits, chewing gum or “low calorie foods” high in fructose or sorbitol may cause diarrhea, especially in children. High amount of fructose or sorbitol from these foods can not be absorbed all at once, so they stay in the intestinal hollow, drag water into it thus causing diarrhea. Bloating and diarrhea appearing after only small amount of mentioned … Continue reading Inappropriate Diet and Diarrhea – Foods Causing Diarrhea