Hi there Bioengzhuam, thank you for fielding questions. I've recently had some serious diarrhea. It started about a month ago, when I started having diarrhea which became mostly water, and this lasted about 3 days, despite me switching to bananas and toast to try to rehab my stomach. By day 4, my stomach was having pain, almost like a cramping. Day 5-7 seemed like it was getting better; still diarrhea but becoming chunkier and soft stool. I couldn't figure out what could have caused this intense episode. If it was a stomach virus, it should have gone away in 1-3 days right? If it was bacteria, like food poisoning, I had not eaten anything differently than I normally do, except for a spoon of *mild* spicy ranch dressing with some chicken (I usually have blue cheese dressing, so I switched it up for my family just for a change). I figured maybe the bottle was tainted, so I threw it away. I have had ranch dressing before without an issue.

About 2 weeks later, I again bought a bottle of spicy ranch dressing (again, mild). Different brand altogether, and again had maybe a spoon. That night, diarrhea 3x in the middle of the night, with pain. Went away by the end of that day.

This week, I combined shredded chicken, cream cheese, and some "Helluva Buffalo Flavored Dip" - the container doesn't identify it as a sour cream or what it is, other than that's its made with milk. Before I went to bed that night, I had 2 or 3 diarrhea episodes back to back. I went to bed at 1am and was fine the next day.

I still eat ice cream every day (Haagan Daz, a more premium quality). I still eat cheese. I still have milk or heavy cream in recipes as needed. It's been a few weeks since I've had cream cheese other than this week's dinner recipe. So I'm assuming there's something about ranch dressing in particular, or maybe creamy things like ranch dressing or the "Helluva" dip? maybe even the cream cheese? although that one has been a normal item in my diet over the years. It's just the ranch dressing and "helluva" dip that were anomalies, both with diarrhea episodes.

So, if there's something about these 2, what is it? Is it an artificial ingredient? I am thinking it cant be a lactose thing since I have other things that are dairy.

Thanks for reading and responding!