Re: Joslin and fiber - Sue

[Guest guest]

Sandy, the muffin I have for breakfast has wheat bran, oat bran, rye,

barley, metamucil, whole flaxseed, grated zuchinni, plus some other

stuff.

I will try the magnesium; someone else also suggested it. Thanks for

the suggestion.

Sue

>

> Sue, not to point out your constipation problem - lol - but 2 things

> which have really helped me a lot are putting bran in my breakfast hot

> cereal (the rice bran from the health food store only has 1 carbs in

> it that I use) - or you might also try adding some good magnesium -

> most diabetics (and even nondiabetics, especially women) are magnesium

> deficient. You probably know this already, but I started taking " Be

> Calm " magnesium supplement about a month ago. It is a powder - you

> mix it in hot water before bed and drink it. Puts me out like a

> light, I sleep great and no longer have any constipation problems.

> Good stuff. And of course, it is very good for more than just

> constipation (which can be a sign of magnesium deficiency)