RE: Unhappy Digestion...

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Nina-

>If anybody could help me with my problem I would be very grateful...

>it would be the best Christmas present I could ever get, to tell the

>truth.

I can't recommend _Breaking The Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall highly

enough. There's simply no better diet for healing intestinal problems of

any kind.

That said, you should modify it in accordance with NT principles. Don't

eat things BTVC says not to, but otherwise make sure to maximize the

nutrient density of your diet -- organ meats, CLO, good butter, homemade

bone broths, etc. Fiber is highly overrated, much like the 8 glasses of

water you're supposed to drink daily. You might benefit from cutting your

fiber intake (eliminating grains for sure, maybe at least temporarily

replacing coconut milk with coconut oil) and boosting your fat consumption

irrespective of whether you adjust your net consumption of carbs.

Good luck, and happy holidays!

-

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[Nina] I eat three pieces of radish kimchi with each meal, so

fermented foods is covered.

[MAP] It's nothing less than comical to conclude that " fermented foods

is covered " ! First, you're dealing with a fairly weak probiotic food,

albeit a wonderful one for so many reasons. Second, you're dealing

with very small quantities. By no stretch could this be considered a

medicinal usage of fermented foods, and a serious condition like IBS

certainly demands medicinal dietary components, not mere

business-as-usual healthy food. There is a vast range of probiotic

fermented foods offering distinctive benefits (different sets of

microbes), and the most powerful are ones that have bacteria and yeast

in symbiosis, not just the bacteria of kimchi and most veggie

ferments. If it were me, the very highest priority would be to add

water kefir and kombucha to my diet, both of which are based on

SCOBYs. Of course, if you're okay with casein, then kefir is a

no-brainer, arguably the ultimate medicinal probiotic fermented food.

Beyond that, seeking probiotic variety would be sensible, such as

eating more than one kind of kimchi and brewing different kinds of

water kefirs. Happily, all these foods are extremely inexpensive,

easy to make, and generally delicious.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay

[Guest guest]

<By no stretch could this be considered a medicinal usage of fermented

foods, and a serious condition like IBS certainly demands medicinal

dietary components, not mere business-as-usual healthy food.>

Wow, I guess I never thought about it like that, although I had a

hunch that I probably wasn't eating enough. I did have some kefir

grains a while back, although they were in milk, and once I found I

had a dairy allergy (both lactose because of my Asian heritage and

probably casein too) I threw them all out... big mistake, I'm

guessing? Anyway, thanks a lot for the tips; now I have to go look for

some kefir grains. Anyone have any to spare?

Happy Holidays,

Nina

[Guest guest]

<I can't recommend _Breaking The Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall

highly enough. There's simply no better diet for healing intestinal

problems of any kind.>

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll go check it out from the library as

soon as I can; from the website it looks good and doable.

Thanks again and Happy Holidays,

Nina

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-----Original Message-----

miffytiramisu wrote:

<snip>

I suffer

>>>from major IBS with constipation. I'm gassy all day long and I usually

>>>have a bowel movement only once a week - sometimes it cleans me all

>>>the way out, sometimes it's thin and leaves me still feeling stopped

>>>up.

<Snip>

You have gluten intolerance (possibly full blown celiac disease) and maybe

dairy intolerance, as the two often go hand in hand.

Better stay away from that tiramisu as it has both dairy and gluten in it!

Try rice pudding made with coconut milk and rice.

Description of the condition:

http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=5

Here is a list of related conditions:

http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=7

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[Guest guest]

-----Original Message-----

miffytiramisu wrote:

<snip>

I suffer

>>>from major IBS with constipation. I'm gassy all day long and I usually

>>>have a bowel movement only once a week - sometimes it cleans me all

>>>the way out, sometimes it's thin and leaves me still feeling stopped

>>>up.

<Snip>

In addition to what I said in my previous post these can be symptoms of a

few other things. Things that come to mind are: 1. ovarian ca. (easily put

out of mind with a simple lab test, a CA125 test which can indicate ovarian

ca. or endometriosis), 2. endometriosis, 3, colon ca., or 4. other pelvic

ca. So, a CA125 test. If normal, a flexible sigmoidoscopy with simple stool

test for colon ca. (i.e. see a Gastroenterologist).

But try the gluten free diet in the meantime while you are getting in to see

your general practice doctor to get your CA12 checked. Make that GI appt to

immediately follow your CA125 test results. Your GP will refer you for a

gyn appt if your CA125 is out of the normal lab range. None of these lab

tests will be a big deal. The biggest one is the flexible sigmoidoscopy and

the worst part of this is the fasting and pre-procedure prep.

Connie Bernard

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