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[–] 41 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I’ve heard people say Taco Bell is so greasy it gives them the shits, but I just don’t think that’s objectively true. You open up the classic bean burrito or taco and if anything it’s too dry, you need the sauce just to level it out. I’ve never actually known someone to have bathroom issues after taco bell. Real life experience just doesn’t agree with the joke.

I heard someone posit that people who say that are reacting to beans because they don’t normally get much fiber and their body can’t handle the sudden influx.

That said, taco bell isn’t good for the most part.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I am firmly of the mind it's because the extra fiber added in the meat while also generally having beans and either they get too much and do have the shits, or are constipated so often, a normal soft poo feels like diarrhea to them.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    It's probably not just a soft poo, it probably is actually diarrhea, but you're also probably right about the why. People in America basically don't eat fiber. Get a couple of items with beans and lettuce on them, congratulations you just had more fiber than your entire family's even LOOKED AT in the last 6 months. It's gotta go somewhere, and if you don't have the microbiome to handle it....

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I had issues afterward, but my best guess is that it was the flour tortillas + gluten intolerance. Even happened when I ate the potato tacos that had none of the powdered meat, beans, or plastic cheese in them.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    It gives me diarrhea but I’ve also found that any other fat food place does also. I almost exclusively eat food I’ve made at home so I just assume their must be something different with the food at fast food restaurants in general.

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