constipation with LCHF

Yes, I thought eggs bunged you up.
I had the same problem Tonal, so I take psyllium most days - a teaspoon in a glass of water followed by lots more water. You need to make sure you wash it down really well as it does bulk up very quickly. I think over time our bodies will adjust to the change in diet.
The other thing that I find helpful for my digestive tract is prebiotic fibre (I get mine from Nature's Best)

izzzi said:

@Andy12345 being a little argumentative today I found the following stats somewhere :

1 in 10,000 eggs contain Salmonella. If you consider most egg dishes are made with at least 2 eggs, that's 1 in 5,000 egg dishes
As you consume quite a few eggs, might be best to be ready for a blast.

(Joking aside if me or my dear old dad have a fried egg, the egg goes straight through, now that must be a gene thing.)

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excuse me?

I'm having a lot of problems with constipation, I was like it before i was diagnosed with diabetes. I was on lactose syrup which was sort of helping. Then Dr said I shouldn't use that because of the sugar contents in it and put me on Laxido which gave me terrible pains in my stomach for the last week I have been given Fybogel to take twice a day, which have worked the last couple of days. It don't help as I tear whenever I go. I've also tried 300mg of magnesium Citrate which didn't seem to help.
From yesterday I changed my diet to eating more fibre so I'm hoping that will help, but need to keep an eye on my BG reading. I drink plenty of water throughout the day.

This mornings BG reading was 5.8

Breakfast I had 2 weetabix, a small banana and 3ozs milk

I was on grandson duties to take him to playschool so walked 11/2 miles

Post breakfast reading 5.3

I was on grandson duties to collect him from playschool so walked 11/2 miles

Pre lunch 5.5

Lunch 2 slices nimble wholemeal bread with a hard boiled egg and cherry tomatoes. 1 small satsuma

Post lunch 5.3

Pre Dinner 4.6

Dinner 100gm gammon, cabbage, sprouts, carrots, peas, 1tbs mashed potatoes. 1 small apple

Post dinner 5.7

Snack cashew nuts

This evening 5.9

I'm happy with these Reading which contain 3 pieces of fruit throughout the day.

Andy12345 said:

i always have full fat natural greek yogurt with berries for brekkie, on top i sprinkle/pour linwoods milled flax" it tastes great, gives it a nice texture and is very helpful in keeping things moving, apparently its also good as a topping for salads

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Me too with a teaspoon of chia seeds and double cream not yogurt.... My slow colonic transit probs have disappeared since having this daily.

However.. If going away for a weekend to a hotel etc and I don't have my flaxseed breakfast for 2 days my stomach slows down really badly and the constipation will start.. Flaxseed is the only thing natural that keeps my stomach chugging along normally.

tonal said:

Thanks everyone for all the help, will try psyllium and/or flaxseeds. Just one thing - how much fat is enough?

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Have a look at this http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/DietMakeupCalc.php