sluggish bowels?

April 11, 2005

Hello.My family and I have been on the diet for 10 days now and I was

was just wondering if it was normal for the bowels to get sluggish at

the start of this diet? I know this is gross but I could count on one

hand my bms.My sons has only went 2 times in 10 days and my daughter

atleast 3 times.Does this happen to most people on the diet?

Thanks

Lane IBS 13 years, SCD 10 days (quite a contrast huh)

mommy of Tess ASD, Ethan const.

April 12, 2005

Hi Lane,

It is not uncommon. How were bm's preSCD?

Sheila

>

> Hello.My family and I have been on the diet for 10 days now and I

was

> was just wondering if it was normal for the bowels to get sluggish

at

> the start of this diet? I know this is gross but I could count on

one

> hand my bms.My sons has only went 2 times in 10 days and my daughter

> atleast 3 times.Does this happen to most people on the diet?

>

April 13, 2005

Hi

I had the same problem with my son. I tried the candida diet (beans and

whole grains etc first) and there was no improvement. I was giving my son an

oily carob rice milk drink every night before bed - now illegal. Now my son

is on this diet he is going of his own accord. I have moved ahead on the

diet schedule as my son does not have diarrhoia - in fact the opposite and I

give him a fresh vegetable juice most days - especially carrot, beetroot,

celery, (possibly english spinach - for the anaemia and capsicum for Vit C

if they are on hand). They work a treat with more water in the diet! The

beetroot is doing most of the work and helping the liver at the same time.

My son now goes reliably every day - sometimes even twice rarely 3 times!

There are still " balls " amongst them 50% of the time but at least they are

better out than in and he is not painfully pushing. We are still in the

early stages of the diet. Make sure the root veggies especially beetroot are

organic due to potential cadmium buildup The dark red/purple poos are to be

expected - even for normal people eating beetroot. If this does not work try

a tasty smoothy (yogurt, banana, strawberries, honey if you prefer) and add

1-2 tablespoons of good quality olive oil (blend it well and they won't know

it) every night as a last resort. Initially you might like to have the

larger dose to get it moving and then cut back. Use common sense. Diarrhoia

means too much oil, no movement after 2 days may require a larger dose. My

son initially had stomach cramps when we started. After we saw his stools

and worked out how long it took for the potion to go through his system we