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Acacia and increased bowel movements
03/12/07 08:04 AM

arctic masticator

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I'm IBS-D and have been on Heather's Diet and 20g (8tbsp) of Acacia per day (split between breakfast and dinner) for about 5 months now. I noticed a slight improvement with the Acacia as I increased the dosages, but then it got to a point where I was having more bowel movements in a day than before. The consistency was basically the same, so I wasn't sure whether I had upped the Acacia too much. I believe I was taking about 25g/day at that point. So I dropped it back to 20g, thinking that that would diminish the number of movements. I still average 3-5 per day, even with a good amount of antidiarrheals, and I'm wondering whether I'm taking too much Acacia, or if adding more would actually help to reduce the number of movements by adding even more bulk. Any ideas? I'm afraid to go any lower on the dosage because I think I would lose too much of the bulking agent.

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Acacia and increased bowel movements
arctic masticator
03/12/07 08:04 AM

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