As promised, here is my preliminary review & update after starting the beabbe supplements for my IBS-C condition. Just an overview of what these are: a combination of different Chinese herbs claiming to alleviate constipation symptons for IBS-C sufferers by assisting natural peristalsis and encouraging 'calm' complete evacuations/normalizing overall colon/digestive functions. They do NOT contain senna, cascarda or other laxatives. Honestly, I have never heard of any of the herbal ingredients before! I really didn't have much faith that these would work for me at all, but gave it a shot anyhow. Today will be one full week of using these supplements. I also use acacia (3 tsps/day) and take a multi-vitamin. I also drink lots of water (50 ounces minimum) Stopped using Natural Calm and digestive enzymes altogether.
I started on two a day (what they call a "light" serving), 30 minutes after dinner, and the next morning I had a pretty good BM. It was also the most I'd gone in awhile. No gas, just a slight tummy ache - for me, signalling that something was going on & was very much tolerable (scale of 1-10 with 10 being pain I'd say a 3 at most & aching ended after the BM). That was Day One. On day 2, same thing. Same time. One BM just like the day before. Day 3 - ditto. I was very pleased. On the 4th day, I decided to up my dose to the recommended 3 per day & this didn't do much more except gave me slight D for the next couple days. Not bad, but enough so that I will switch back to 2 a day today.
These are odd little supplements. For one thing they come individually packed in their own little plastic cases. 3 per case, so I received 30 tiny pill cases enclosed in a box. Seemed somewhat wasteful packaging to me because the cases are pretty useless once you were done with that day's pills. The cases aren't to keep air out of the product or anything. They're not sealed tightly enough for that purpose. Great for travel though, but beabbe has a set made for travel that you can order, so again, not sure what the purpose of the cases are...but sorry, I digress....
This is my 8th day of being on the supplements & I must say, these have worked better for me than anything I've tried to date. Before using baebbe, Natural Calm was working OK for me, but I still didn't feel like my BMs were complete. Baebbe causes me to go once a day, and oddly enough, the same time of day. Although claiming not to be a laxative, these caused me to 'go' around the same time everyday, which was in the morning since I took them after dinner the day before. I do not go at all during the day however. I also feel less bloated and my stomach does not protrude near as much as it before using this. Very little gas too. No headaches or other side effects...so far so good! I'm leaving for vacation in two days so that will be the true test. To be honest, before I started using the baebbe, I was alittle nervous to go on vaca for fear my system would just shut down again, but now I'm alittle more relaxed, knowing that I now have something that should keep me on track. If I do start to get C while on vacation, I can always try to up my dose again to 3 to see if that works. My outlook is definitely positive! My boyfriend even noticed how much better I feel using these, and because of this, he makes it a point to remind me exactly 30 min after dinner to take them. If all goes well after vacation, I will try to incoporate a few other things to try to keep me regular, like probiotics, FiberSmart & a cal/mag supplement. Don't mind taking baebbe for awhile, but they're just so darn expensive! The 90-count was $90 plus $8.95 s/h (super lightning quick shipping by the way!), so if I can wean myself off of these via other methods, I will try, but I'll probably keep a good supply of these on hand just in case, and I fully intend to stay on them for the recommended period of 100 days.
One thing I've not noticed is any weight reduction, which is fine. Baebbe claims that the supplements will slim your waistline as your body gets rid of the excess waste. I really didn't look to these to get skinny - that I can do using traditional methods like diet & exercise. My problem was, I didn't want to exercise while I was C because I felt like a 300-lb balloon. Now that my stomach feels somewhat 'normal' again, I intend to do some dieting & much more exercise after vacation. Plus, I've only been using these for a week, so they may very well lighten me up some after continued use...we'll see...
That's my update - I hope some of you find it helpful. Baebbe has been a Godsend for me so far!!!!! God bless!!!
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