Foods to Help to completely evacuate?
#296054 - 01/11/07 09:25 AM
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Hello,
Well, I have been having a BM every day , usually twice a day, but still do not feel completely emptied out. Any suggestions on what to increase in my food plan to help with this. I was thinking of trying Natural Calm?
Here is my sample food plan
A.m. 1/2 tsp acacia in water
brown rice cereal (hot) with cooked peaches in it , skin on
soymilk on it
noon brown rice, sweet potatoe, zuchinni, skin on (steamed well)
smoothie - pureed blueberry/mago in soymilk with UdoOil
later day - applesauce, french bread with almond butter
later day - acacia powder 1/2 tsp - applesauce, popcorn (I do well with popcorn?)
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I forgot to mention that I put some ground flax in my morning cereal. Debbie IBS-C
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Have you tried upping your SFS dose? I'd finally worked up to 2t in the am and pm and it helped. I had a set back and dropped the SFS for a few days, but I'm going back. I had MUCH better BMs on than I do off.
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IBS-C, D and nausea with acute attacks, stable on EFI for 3 years
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Good Idea - I will try that. I jus wondered if I should increase my I but I am nervous to do that as I am still not stable. Debbie
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Definitely keep increasing the acacia UNTIL you feel you are stable. That will help you reach stability. You're at a really low dose for someone with C.
Natural calm is a great option. I take it every night and rarely have that feeling of incomplete evacuation in the morning anymore.
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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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Try eating sweet potato it will really help you out.
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How big of a serving would I eat of sweet potatoes? Thanks. Debbie IBS-C
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I'm not sure how C you are, but one baked sweet potato per day should do the trick. If you're very C and nothing happens after a few days, try a little more.
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I thought sweet potatoes were sf. I'm confused as to how that would help one to evacuate. I used to think I got d from sweet potatoes and I've only had them once since on this diet (no problem). It must have been all the butter I used to put on them and I probably ate it along with a steak most of the time! Anyhow, are you talking about eating the skin of the sweet potato to make you have a better bm? Please clarify. Thanks.
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Originally IBS-D for a million years!
Then IBS-A, Now a transformed slightly C
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No, you don't need to eat the skin of the sweet potato. The potato softens the stool and you have a better bm.
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