Re: Fiber is not relieving my constipation - Heather?
10/22/10 03:26 PM
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renee21
Reged: 06/02/05
Posts: 486
Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hmm. Well. I've been on this site for 6 years and this is news to me. If that is what Heather is telling us, it is not very clearly explained on that page about IF. The link says "Insoluble fiber, like fat, is a very powerful GI tract stimulant". But where is the proof that it stimulates the colon when you EAT it, not when it hits the gut? I am not saying I disbelieve this, only that it is not something I was familiar with, and it doesn't line up with my personal experence, either. For me, the effect of a food is felt the next day (except for the gas part). If I eat a fatty meal, about 24 hours later I will get my punishment in the form of a more forceful, looser BM and spasm. But I don't get the urge to go to the bathroom right after a fatty meal, or after a high-IF meal. Then again, maybe this is because I am for the most part a C, not a D.
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IBS-C, lots of spasm and trapped gas.
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