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Acacia is a member of the legume family, so that could be the problem. Are you sensitive to "gums?" Personally I cannot tolerate "gums." (Except xanthan) Every sf supplement has caused me obscenely painful explosive GAS and I refuse to waste more $$$ on them.
Some people luck out with sfs--others have to rely on nature.
Kate.
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..since it's part of the legume family? I get horrible gas from lentils (only bean I've tried), so now I'm scared to take the Acacia I have.
Please, any advice????
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I cannot take the Acacia fiber, either. I got HORRIBLE gas pains from it. I gave it about 3 months and never subsided. Citrucel (clear), works for me because it doesn't have the citric acid that the orange kind as. Hope this helps. Michelle
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I don't get any gas from Acacia and beans are my enemies! I could NOT eat lentils and can only infrequently have beans at all. Even houmous makes me gassy.
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Hi Beth, I don't think acacia is a legume. From what I recall, it's an African tree that grows in the Savannahs and Giraffe's eat the leaves off it. I guess they get lots of SF then. -Bob
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After reading Wind's post, I did a quick search on the web. Here's one link Acacia This really surprised me, and worried me.
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Thanks for the bit of reassurance. Still scary to start new SFS...especially when I'm running out of choices to try!
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Beth, I checked leguminosae, according to what I found on Google, leguminosae is a family of plants to which legumes belong, but not all leguminosae are legumes. I don't think any species of acacias produce beans. Heather should know what kind of acacia she gets her powder from and which part of the acacia it comes from. -Bob
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is that you have to take so much of it to get a good amount of fiber. And each dose of 2 grams fiber has 40 calories. To get to 14 grams of fiber or so, you would need to take this 7 times a day and it equals 280 calories.
How much Citrucel do you take in a day?
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Maybe that is my problem!! I only take 1 scoop three times a day.......hmmmmm......it's not controlling the diarrhea. Do you think I should give the acacia fiber another try??? There's no way I could take this stuff 7 times a day, is there???? Thanks for your help!! Michelle
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