Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 What does " difficult to digest " actually mean? Does it mean a child will show symptoms? Be constipated? Have diarrhea? Irritate the GI tract, but eventually be digested? I'm sorry if this is a really silly question, but it's confusing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 > > > > What does " difficult to digest " actually mean? Does it mean a child > > will show symptoms? Be constipated? Have diarrhea? Irritate the GI > > tract, but eventually be digested? > > > > I'm sorry if this is a really silly question, but it's confusing me. > > > It would help if you were more specific. Here's an example: > Illegal starches and sugars are difficult to digest if you have a gastric disease. Your gut > may be damaged and the microvilli unable to process the food so it would not finish the > digestion process and would ferment in the gut spawning many bad bacteria and > overtaking the friendly gut bacteria. > > Carol F. > Thanks, I meant that I was told that to give her something too soon on the diet would be difficult for her to digest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 > > > > What does " difficult to digest " actually mean? Does it mean a child > > will show symptoms? Be constipated? Have diarrhea? Irritate the GI > > tract, but eventually be digested? > > > > I'm sorry if this is a really silly question, but it's confusing me. > > > It would help if you were more specific. Here's an example: > Illegal starches and sugars are difficult to digest if you have a gastric disease. Your gut > may be damaged and the microvilli unable to process the food so it would not finish the > digestion process and would ferment in the gut spawning many bad bacteria and > overtaking the friendly gut bacteria. > > Carol F. > Thanks, I meant that I was told that to give her something too soon on the diet would be difficult for her to digest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 > > > > What does " difficult to digest " actually mean? Does it mean a child > > will show symptoms? Be constipated? Have diarrhea? Irritate the GI > > tract, but eventually be digested? > > > > I'm sorry if this is a really silly question, but it's confusing me. > > > It would help if you were more specific. Here's an example: > Illegal starches and sugars are difficult to digest if you have a gastric disease. Your gut > may be damaged and the microvilli unable to process the food so it would not finish the > digestion process and would ferment in the gut spawning many bad bacteria and > overtaking the friendly gut bacteria. > > Carol F. > Thanks, I meant that I was told that to give her something too soon on the diet would be difficult for her to digest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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