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Fibercon is a very low dose of soluble fiber - you're only getting half a gram per tablet. You might try gradually increasing that to 10 or even 20 or even 30 grams per day, which would be 20 or 40 or 60 capsules. Not practical, obviously, but if you switch to a powder for the fiber you take at home, and just use the caps when you're out, that will let you get a much, much higher dose. Just increase gradually!

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Hey, thanks for the info!

Let me ask you...what sort of powder do you recommend? I know you're undoubtedly going to recommend your Acacia powder. What about stuff that I can buy OTC that will give me the "proper" grams of SF per day? I tried Metamucil capsules, but I'm not sure they helped me a lot. Would Metamucil fiber be any better? Or maybe Citracel? Should I take these before each meal, or 3-4 times a day, whichever comes first?

Where I live, out in the boonies, it's hard to find the sort of tea that is strong enough for IBS symptoms. To get to any sort of "special" products, I have to drive at least a half-hour or more to get to a larger store. Urgh. I'll try the tripling-up on the tea bags. How much peppermint tea is recommended per bag for good results?

I want to order some stuff off the interwebs, but finances are gonna have to kick in first.

I just wanted to say thank you for all this wonderful information. I recently checked out your book again from the library and I'm going through it again. There's lots of things to remember and I'm finding stuff that I missed/misread the first/second time through. It's a bit confusing...perhaps if there were more charts, for those of us who are visually-oriented?

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