Guest guest Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 > I think I remember reading that light colored bowel movements were a > sign of the liver not producing the proper bile salts, is that > correct? Yup. >I am giving my son milk thistle for liver support but his > bm's are still peanut butter colored or sometimes lighter and I was > wondering if this was due to improper liver function. I don't know. This could be OK. Leave a stool in the toilet for several hours and see if it blackens. If not then there may be a problem. if so it may be OK. >Is there > something you might recommend for this? (he is also on all HNI enzymes > with regular food, vitamin C, zinc AND pro-biotics all 3 times a day.) > THanks, > P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Andy, Is it possible that liver support supps can cause this lightening of the stools and not be a problem? Or could it also be due to vit B's supplements? Curious ....having this problem at our house now. THANK you [ ] Re: Andy-bile salts question > > I think I remember reading that light colored bowel movements were a > > sign of the liver not producing the proper bile salts, is that > > correct? > > Yup. > > >I am giving my son milk thistle for liver support but his > > bm's are still peanut butter colored or sometimes lighter and I was > > wondering if this was due to improper liver function. > > I don't know. This could be OK. Leave a stool in the toilet for > several hours and see if it blackens. If not then there may be a > problem. if so it may be OK. > > >Is there > > something you might recommend for this? (he is also on all HNI > enzymes > > with regular food, vitamin C, zinc AND pro-biotics all 3 times a > day.) > > THanks, > > P > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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