need help with Arcadia??
#318469 - 11/13/07 06:06 AM
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auntdebs318
Reged: 10/18/07
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Loc: Yardley, Pa
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Alright guys I need some hugs.. I am sooooooo bloated like a balloon is inside of me. Very nauseas and a headache. I started 3 weeks ago with a 1/2 tsp of arcadia morning and night. And I added organic apple sauce with SF as a afternnon snack and seemed to be going every other day. Which was a miracle for me. But now I started to go up to 1tsp on sat am and at night before bed and havent gone since!! 4 days now.. starting to get worried. I had oatmeal again for breakfast and I bought butternut squash soup that I made with almond milk a few weeks ago and frooze in tupperware for work lunch in a pinch. I am drinking hot fennel tea and decaf green tea (good earth my favorite has lemongrass) and plenty of water???
So today I went back to 1/2 tsp in the morning before the oatmeal like I usually do mixed in water. Do you think the increase has freaked it out?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. 
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#318513 - 11/13/07 12:04 PM
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auntdebs318
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any suggestions? Haley has your C gotten any better?
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Hi Debs, sorry I haven't been on the boards much in the past few days. I'm so sorry you feel this bad! I don't know about arcadia - is it like acacia? Anyways, it doesn't seem like you increased it that much since you have been on it for three weeks. But, on the other hand, going from 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp is a 100% increase so maybe try 3/4tsp next time you increase your dose. Other then that I don't know.
I haven't been that well myself, my symptoms are pretty much like yours. Bloating and C. So yesterday I counted how much fiber I take everyday (from food and supplements) and I'm going to try and make sure I get at least 25g from food only. I am not going to eat whole wheat flour because I think that really upsets my digestion. I'm going to get my fiber from oats, some legumes (lentils and chickpeas), quinoa and rice, white bread and fruits and some SF vegetables (regular/sweet potatoes mainly).
I don't understand because this past summer I was doing so well in terms of C and I wasn't eating that much fiber. It's always like that, whatever new approach I try works wonders at first and then it slowly goes downhill. So frustrating  .
So here's a sample menu for today (I'm also going to have some homemade rice chex mix as a snack) and estimated amount of fiber:
oatmeal with oat bran added (6)
apple (4)
wrap made with avocado and turkey breast (6)
pear (6)
potato casserole (4)
citrucel (4)
So that's at least 26g from food and 4 from citrucel. Plus that chex mix probably has another 1-2g and I may have another piece of fruit or a bit of quinoa if I'm hungry in the afternoon.
If you have headaches and are still constipated I would probably try an enema (water, not those fleet ones). It's not as harsh as laxatives and it will get rid of the toxins in your colon that cause this headache.
I hope you feel better soon! xoxoxo
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Zara,
THANK YOU so much for responding. I was just starting to lose hope and then finally in the afternoon I went just alittle and it seemed to help with bloating, headache ect.. I am sorry your back to being frustarted. Gotta love IBS it comes and goes. But it looks like your on track.
So I went back to 1/2 tsp (acadia) last night and this am. What I thought I might try is adding another 1/2 tsp to before lunch?? Maybe this way its not all lumped at one time. But maybe I will try the 3/4 tsp like you suggested tonight and see if that works better. By the way, I am taking heather acadia.LOL I must have added the "r" by accident.
I like the idea of adding up the SF, I think I might try that. I stay away from whole wheat that totally freaks me out as well as salad.
I wounded up calling the doctor and she said to try stool softners if it didnt get any better. I made another batch of vanilla applesauce cake last night with pumpkin pie spice and alittle rum extract. I just had some for morning snack. It was yummy..
Can I have your casserole recipe please?  As I always am looking for new ideas.
What part of Maryland are you in? I am 30 min outside of Philly..
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Fiber estimates
#318589 - 11/14/07 08:43 AM
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Syl
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Zara, you may be underestimating your fiber intake if you are using charts and database. While they may give you an estimate of the total dietary fiber (SF + IF) they don't give you the amount of functional fiber. See this message for more details.
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Debs, that's great that you feel better! I think breaking up the fiber into smaller doses throughout the day is a good idea! Hopefully that will work.
My recipe, ehm, it's not really a "recipe" but just my version of this Czech meal called french potatoes (they're not really french, it's kind of like we call french fries "french", lol). I don't know the exact measurements since I always eyeball it. So here it goes:
white potatoes, boiled in skin, peeled and diced - enough to fill up a baking pan of your desired size
ham (I use lean turkey ham), chopped - about 1 1/2 c
4 hard boiled eggs, diced
2 egg whites
Put half of the diced potatoes on the bottom of your baking pan, top with half of the chopped ham and half of the diced boiled eggs. Season with salt and pepper and repeat the layers. Finally pour egg whites over the casserole and bake at 375 for 45 minutes. I usually put less ham and mostly diced egg whites on one half for myself and my hubby eats the other half. It's even better if you mix sour cream into the liquids egg whites but oh well. It's really simple but I love it (probably because I love potatoes).
I'm from Columbia, it's about 15 minutes south of Baltimore. I was actually in Philly a couple weeks ago!
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Thanks Syl, I am aware of the functional fiber but you're right, I didn't include it in my calculations. It just that lately I've been feeling like I need to up my SF fiber so I want to increase SF to relieve the cramping.
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Thanks for the recipe. I would have to take out the yolks from the hard boiled eggs. They really bother me..
Do you have family in philly?
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An easy way get more SF is to eat rice, potatoes and pasta when they are cool. Cooling increases resistant starch in the rice, a functional fiber, giving more SF for the same amount of food
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