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ghost_whistler

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I think i'm a little constipated on this diet. Without wishing to get too graphic I find passing stool harder than normal and I'm slightly less regular. Before I would go once a day at least with a reasonably healthy stool. But now the stool is a little harder and can produce some discomfort passing. I think i even noticed a tiny amount of blood, when i checked the tissue.

Without eating bread, or buying and regularly consuming laxatives, what can i eat in this diet to deal with this? I take 150mg magnesium chelate per day as well
 
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I have found the same but have increased vegetable consumption and have more water than usual. Seems to help. Need to increase fibre intake more. I figure that the slight constipation is a small price to pay to get blood sugar under control.
Others may have some ideas
 
Hello ghost_whistler, i find that lots of veg...cabbage leeks cauliflower ,flax seed,nuts,eggs,liver,beef tomatoes,the odd apple....hope this helps,clive
 
DevonVee said:
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I have found the same but have increased vegetable consumption and have more water than usual. Seems to help. Need to increase fibre intake more. I figure that the slight constipation is a small price to pay to get blood sugar under control.
Others may have some ideas
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I would agree, but even the slightest sign of passing blood needs to be checked out. I suspect it's the hard quality of the stool that is the problem, hopefully nothing more serious. But it is more uncomfortable now.

EDIT: unfortunately i suspect the dr won't be impressed when he hears the diet i'm undertaking now.
 
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Good d morning @ghost_whistler my friend I to suffered constipation when I was about 4/5 weeks in to my LCD it lasted about a week and I helped on this forum and advised to drink more water,which worked for me and its OK now:)
 
I find that more leafy green veg, lots more water and a tablespoon of psyllium husk in a glass of water works very well. :)
 
A couple of things you could try in addition to magnesium - salt and/or MCT oil (start off with very small doses of the latter if you want to avoid a scary condition called "disaster pants").
 
Chook said:
I find that more leafy green veg, lots more water and a tablespoon of psyllium husk in a glass of water works very well. :)
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The psyllium husk works really well and very gentle too.
A word of warning though. mix it fast and drink it quickly.. it goes like wallpaper paste.. and drink another glass of water straight afterwards.
 
Also more exercise - I tend to find if I don't do my daily walks, my digestive tract slows down. Its a fact that exercise aids digestion because the action of the muscles moving in the abdomen moves things along naturally!
 
I had the same problem - only it wasn't so much a stool, more of an armchair (ouch)! :eek: (Sorry).

However, the psyllium husk did the trick - I find it is much less harsh than magnesium sulphate based products such as Epsom salts or Andrews, etc.

As far as what to eat goes, I usually have some form of coleslaw (made with proper mayo) almost every day (I didn't on the occasion of the furniture incident...).

The white cabbage provides lots of fibre and I usually stick a load of raw beansprouts and celery in as well.....normal service was quickly restored!
 
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Kale does it for me. About a cup a day and I'm fine. Drink plenty of fluids too and try not to eat too many eggs and too much dairy or red meats as these have a tendency to clog up the works. I agree with all the other suggestions too as the more fibre you eat the more it offsets the carbs and bulks "things" out. Psyllium husk is a good idea as this also helps digestion in the colon. Lemon water, mint and ginger tea, sesame seeds, natural oils, coffee, raw nuts (unbalanced) and walking to help with the gut peristalsis. Hope some of this helps.
 
I used to find most of the psyllium husk stuck to the sides of the glass so I mixed the husk with mayonnaise and drank a glass of water before and after eating and that seemed to work well.
 
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Also more exercise - I tend to find if I don't do my daily walks, my digestive tract slows down. Its a fact that exercise aids digestion because the action of the muscles moving in the abdomen moves things along naturally!
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I'm waiting until my body adapts (if it does) before i start exercising.

I took a couple of senokot tablets last night, had a couple of visits to the bathroom today. I think i was pretty blocked up tbh. In fact I probably still am as my stomach's been a bit rumbly and gurgly all day
 
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Kale does it for me. About a cup a day and I'm fine. Drink plenty of fluids too and try not to eat too many eggs and too much dairy or red meats as these have a tendency to clog up the works. I agree with all the other suggestions too as the more fibre you eat the more it offsets the carbs and bulks "things" out. Psyllium husk is a good idea as this also helps digestion in the colon. Lemon water, mint and ginger tea, sesame seeds, natural oils, coffee, raw nuts (unbalanced) and walking to help with the gut peristalsis. Hope some of this helps.
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Psyillium is just too expensive. It's £17 in the shops. I cannot afford that
 
With any sign of blood you need to be able to tell doctor whether it was actually in your poo or from perhaps straining and tearing or haemmoroids.
As awful as it sounds, take a photo and show the doctor if it happens again.

Whilst the standard advice is to increase fiber and water this is not the way for everybody.. some people do have to avoid fibre like the plague. However, it can only be you that determines what goes through you and what bungs you up.

Without hesitation though, and I really speak from 5 years of horrible problems.. if you find you need senokot etc on a regular basis, it is worthwhile trying the extra fibre/water... then if that doesnt work.. try eating mushy veg and keep fibre to less than 12g a day...

The GP involvement with blood is necessary. It is horrendous, if like me you end up needing enemas and picolax etc and ambulancemen x 4 and morphine drip and giving birth in hospital to a 6lb poo baby!!

To me, if you get a prob its your body not liking someting but it will be individual to you...
 
Oh and dont think that exercise means going to the gym..
it is important to get up and walk or stand after meals.. not sitting or lying down..

Motility for our stomachs is hugely based on not being sat in one place.. it doesnt necessarily mean putting on gym clothes.. just standing up, washing up and being busy will help enormously.

Persons in wheelchairs or OAP homes etc need movicols etc because of sitting down so much... not because of something wrong with their food or water.....

I though last year I was going to have my first 5 day break in 4 years because of my stomach etc progressively getting worse. I thought (wrongly) that a coach trip to Scotland would be great. By day 3 of being coach bound 8 hours a day I was seriously ill.... despite taking all my now necessary medicines. It was sitting down constantly that I just didnt realise so badly affected people.

Then spoke to my gastro chap about being so ill on day 3 and he told me it would be the coach sitting. I thought I had done well to get what I thought was necessary of a toilet on board to get me on hol and easy access... wrong. Next time we'll fly!
 
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