Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
Crazy newbie! JUST KIDDING! What I really mean to say is welcome to the boards... glad you found us, sorry to hear you've got this dumb disorder too.
You will have a BM again, honest. You're only supposed to do the all-soluble diet for a few days, and then you gradually - one at a time - start adding insoluble fiber foods back in. It might take a little while, but your system will normalize.
Most every Indian restaurant I've ever been to has a dish of fennel seeds, for guests to chew on after their meal - so it's definitely not unheard-of. I'm not sure about the soluble fiber content, nor do I have any idea how many you'd have to chew on to get the same benefits as a cup of tea. Hopefully someone else will have a better idea of that for you.
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Re: A bunch of crazy questions from a newbie
JUST KIDDING! What I really mean to say is welcome to the boards... glad you found us, sorry to hear you've got this dumb disorder too.
