LCHF and Stool (there's no way to be delicate!)

[ghost_whistler]

Until i started eating low carb I had no problem. I can only assume it's a lack of fibre, which would have ordinarily come from bread and wheat etc.

 

[Kristin251]

Until i started eating low carb I had no problem. I can only assume it's a lack of fibre, which would have ordinarily come from bread and wheat etc.

Sometimes insoluable vs soluable is the answer. Where are you getting your fiber from now? Try avocado or a few nuts. Veggie fiber isn't always the answer.

Water does not always help digestive probs, sometimes more fat does!

It depends what is the cause of the constipation. If it's actually bad stomach/colon rather than fibre or water then you are talking about a totally different ball game!!

I feel like we have all the same issues. I can only SIP water throughout the day and cold is no good. Room temp or warm is much better. I do love iced black tea with lemon or iced coffee in the summer but again, slowly sipping.
Why do you have to bolus 30 minutes early ? I usually do 10 and stay steady. I don't eat large meals like you nor do I overeat protein. Just same avocado with all meals and a bit of protein and some veggies. Broccoli and green beans send me high. Bummer. So I usually make a medley with a few of those and then mushrooms, asparagus or bok choy. Lower carb so balance them

 

[donnellysdogs]

Until i started eating low carb I had no problem. I can only assume it's a lack of fibre, which would have ordinarily come from bread and wheat etc.

It could be anything... we dont know your everyday eating..day in, day out...

Its only your analysis that will unbung yoy!! Or sugarfree dulcolax is brilliant from a bottle!!

 

[donnellysdogs]

Sometimes insoluable vs soluable is the answer. Where are you getting your fiber from now? Try avocado or a few nuts. Veggie fiber isn't always the answer.

I feel like we have all the same issues. I can only SIP water throughout the day and cold is no good. Room temp or warm is much better. I do love iced black tea with lemon or iced coffee in the summer but again, slowly sipping.
Why do you have to bolus 30 minutes early ? I usually do 10 and stay steady. I don't eat large meals like you nor do I overeat protein. Just same avocado with all meals and a bit of protein and some veggies. Broccoli and green beans send me high. Bummer. So I usually make a medley with a few of those and then mushrooms, asparagus or bok choy. Lower carb so balance them

Only bolus that early for smoothies!!

 

[ghost_whistler]

It could be anything... we dont know your everyday eating..day in, day out...

Its only your analysis that will unbung yoy!! Or sugarfree dulcolax is brilliant from a bottle!!

Breakfast= pork slice, avocado, portion of kale
Lunch= half a can of tuna (was tofu/sausage/pork slice) grated cheese, portion of lettuce, some nuts, portion of cucumber, EVOO. Im' not sure this is really very filling though,
Dinner= chicken leg portion, spinach portion, fried veg: half a pepper, 2 spears broccoli, 1oz cauli rice. Fried in butter.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Sometimes insoluable vs soluable is the answer. Where are you getting your fiber from now? Try avocado or a few nuts. Veggie fiber isn't always the answer.

I feel like we have all the same issues. I can only SIP water throughout the day and cold is no good. Room temp or warm is much better. I do love iced black tea with lemon or iced coffee in the summer but again, slowly sipping.
Why do you have to bolus 30 minutes early ? I usually do 10 and stay steady. I don't eat large meals like you nor do I overeat protein. Just same avocado with all meals and a bit of protein and some veggies. Broccoli and green beans send me high. Bummer. So I usually make a medley with a few of those and then mushrooms, asparagus or bok choy. Lower carb so balance them

We are so very, very similar with our eats!! Ours are the way our innards react to certain foods...I found out out a lot from FB Gift UK... really made me realise the differences between people with failing/non working innards rather than fibre/non fibre.

It does make me worry that everybody is categorised as needing more water/more fibre...

I think it helped me enormously to have the shapes test show colon not work... and tge confirmation that this was not ordinary constipation!! Lol)

(only on some days) sips of anything is all I can tolerate. Thankfully not so often now!!

 

[Pinkorchid]

My T2 husband sometimes gets constipated and was taking Dulcolax but his doctor said she did not want him taking that so prescribed Cosmocol a powder that dissolves in water as a drink much more gentle on the stomach. I don't think you can buy it over the counter though

 

[Pinkorchid]

Linseed was cheap in HnB and seems to contain a lot of nutrients.

I'll have to figure out how to add it to meals, eating it dry with water seems a bit bland.

I remember when my Dad bred show rabbits he would give them linseed in their warm food in the winter he would dissolve it in hot water and it would go like wallpaper paste I would not want that it in my stomach

 

[Chook]

I don't eat linseed very often but when I do I sprinkle it over full fat yoghurt and/or berries or as a crunchy topping to a low carb cake - but what I've never done is put it in anything.

 

[Brunneria]

I don't eat linseed very often but when I do I sprinkle it over full fat yoghurt and/or berries or as a crunchy topping to a low carb cake - but what I've never done is put it in anything.

I love linseed/flaxseed crackers. They are the best crunchy low carb crackers that I have found. And soooo easy to bake.
Also great as a 'breadcrumb' style coating for fish or chicken.
And I keep meaning to experiment with them as a crumble topping for rhubarb.

Delicious.

 

[cz_dave]

Until i started eating low carb I had no problem. I can only assume it's a lack of fibre, which would have ordinarily come from bread and wheat etc.

Try to partly go back to your previous diet and things should get back to normal. Then go low carb step by step but without any extremes.

 

[ghost_whistler]

I think it was an electrolyte thing. I'm correcting that now and it feels better. Time will tell

 

[cz_dave]

Just curious - how are you correcting it?

 

[ghost_whistler]

Just curious - how are you correcting it?

More salt seems to have done the trick, fingers crossed.

Common advice for LCHF diets is to add a teaspoon and a bit on top of your dietary intake per day, and not all in one go either.

I'm sure doctors would frown on that, but apparently it's because you pee a lot and pass through a lot more sodium than normal so you deplete what you have

 

[ickihun]

This may interest you @tina_marie .

 

[ickihun]

From casual observation, if meat or fish is eaten without lots of carbs digestion is very efficient, and almost nothing is left - which is why I have encouraged people who count total carbs including fibre not to disregard some high fibre foods for being 'too carby' when in fact they are simply high fibre.
I know some people feel that they should 'go' every day or bad things will happen, but I think it is just a left over attitude from the Victorians who were very into 'inner cleanliness' and took all sorts to ensure they were 'regular'. As long as you aren't producing stuff which is like dried up dog biscuit and painful - indicating dehydration and which could lead to constipation, it is OK to be relaxed about it and just let things be as they are.

Nuts do help.

 

[ickihun]

More salt seems to have done the trick, fingers crossed.

Common advice for LCHF diets is to add a teaspoon and a bit on top of your dietary intake per day, and not all in one go either.

I'm sure doctors would frown on that, but apparently it's because you pee a lot and pass through a lot more sodium than normal so you deplete what you have

A cardiologist proved with a recent research that too low salt or too high not good for heart health but we need salt to keep our blood pressure good.

 

[ghost_whistler]

From casual observation, if meat or fish is eaten without lots of carbs digestion is very efficient, and almost nothing is left - which is why I have encouraged people who count total carbs including fibre not to disregard some high fibre foods for being 'too carby' when in fact they are simply high fibre.
I know some people feel that they should 'go' every day or bad things will happen, but I think it is just a left over attitude from the Victorians who were very into 'inner cleanliness' and took all sorts to ensure they were 'regular'. As long as you aren't producing stuff which is like dried up dog biscuit and painful - indicating dehydration and which could lead to constipation, it is OK to be relaxed about it and just let things be as they are.

This is the case with Chia.

Apparenlty in the UK, the carbs listed on packaging is net carbs, and fibre is listed separately. It's a bit confusing, especially when googling info or using diet apps. I have a pack of Chia from Tesco that lists carbs as 44g/100g weight and the fibre (which is higher, but i don't recall how much). Now if that's net carbs, this stuff is probably best avoided despite lots of people recommending it because of the fibre.

 

[ghost_whistler]

A cardiologist proved with a recent research that too low salt or too high not good for heart health but we need salt to keep our blood pressure good.

Sure, that's the case for every electrolyte. The issue with keto is that you pass out a lot of sodium so you need more to replenish it. I guess it depends how much you go to the toilet.

 

[Brunneria]

That is the problem with relying too heavily on labels, and not on your meter.

I tried chia with deep suspicion a couple of years ago - using exactly that thinking - that the carb content would make it an issue.

turns out it was fine. Chia does not, in any quantity raise my blood glucose. I can use it dry on salads. soaked as deserts, in baking and even in stews to thicken the gravy. None of them affect my blood glucose unless I use it in silly-large amounts which would make it too expensive to use at all. lol.

So it really comes down to you, your body, the fibre AND carb content of the foods, and what your meter tells you.
The nutritional labels are a preliminary guide, not a rigid rule book.