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Pages: 1 Why drink so much water with d?       #368161 - 09/07/12 09:46 AM Edit Reply Quote Followmyheart Reged: 12/15/10 Posts: 30 Loc: BC, Canada Heres a thought: if i already have so much water in my bowels from d, and am taking a fiber supplement, why drink a bunch? Wont the fiber absorb the extra water in my bowel and prevent d that way? -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live."~Flora Whittemore Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Why drink so much water with d?       #368164 - 09/07/12 01:21 PM Edit Reply Quote Syl Reged: 03/13/05 Posts: 5499 Loc: SK, CANADA Water does not stay in your bowel. The excess water is absorbed into the intercellular areas or excreted in urine. Soluble fiber has a limited capacity to hold water. It cannot hold all the excess water. You want to drink enough water so that your urine is a light yellow color - light enough that you could read words from a printed page if you held it behind a glass vessel containing urine. This is a method that is useful for determining if you are hydrate well -------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS The FODMAP Approach to Managing IBS Symptoms Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach FODMAP Chart & Cheatsheet The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pages: 1

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