Milk chocolate bars

Would milk chocolate bars cause cramps because of milk protein similar to milk or is there something else in it?

Doesn't seen to matter. If he eats a small amount he's okay. But if he enjoys to much he gets into trouble.

I agree with hekela, same here. However I do remember the second time i was put on prednisone.. I ate snickers and chocolate all the time my appetite was going crazy haha. Maybe he can't tolerate some ingredients in the chocolate as well. If you say theres protein in it, or milk his gut might not tolerate it.
I can't tolerate regular milk for example or protein shakes (which my doctor tried on me)
If he can eat a little, he has to limit himself :)
But you have to try it to find out, and see how it works for him since everyones body works differently

Check the label for ingredients because some chocolate bars are loaded with sugar or corn syrup, and may also have artificial flavoring such as vanillin. / Old Hat (32 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Was a huge chocoholic pre UC and during my long-ended med free ten year total remission (so solid that I thought I never had IBD at all and was misdiagnosed) ... Nowadays I have to stay off all chocolate- I think for me it is more the cocoa and the sugar than the milk protein per se although milk chocolate is even worse because its got all three in abundance- milk, sugar and cocoa... So The best I can do to satisfy my chocoholism now is to sniff it :(. Cocoa is a powerful laxative and in some of us, esp those like me who are intolerant of all IBD meds, the risk is not worth it. But clearly some kn this forum can eat whatever they want (esp those who do great on meds).

Can cause cramps because of the caffeine which has laxative properties, that's probably the most immediate cause? Unless allergic to one of the additives?

Also, as others have said, the other ingredients can all be irritant. Also, there's the new research about concentrated milk fat producing taurine conjugated bile which the "bad" bacteria b. wadsworthia loves to feed on. I know lots of chocolate bars here in the UK contain extra milk fat, as do most cheap ice creams.

Chocolate also has a really high copper content and it is not good to overdo the copper, although I don't think you'd find an immediate reaction to that.

Having said that, last year I went into a bit of flare at a time when I was a few months into a chocolate free regime so I don't think it is all bad. So confusing this illness!