Re: is TRAGACANTH GUM allowed? ( if we are trying to achieve ketosis)

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thanks very helpful!

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> Saisha

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> I have never heard of this before. I have just looked it up to understand it

better. Seems its main purpose is to stimulate bowel movement.

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> Many of us have this problem in the early days and it is not the easiest thing

to sort out. It is of course due to us relying on fiber in the past to keep

things moving. The fiber forces the stools through the intestine. This might

sound like a good idea but this is how many of our problems come about. You see

the bowel has its own rhythm and it is supposed to move in accordance with this,

but the high carb diet we have all been following only helped us all to loose

this and when we remove the fiber the bowel does not like it. Basically the

bowel has become lazy and  will not now work correctly

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> Bees program is designed to get things working with the correct rhythm again,

but this does take time

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> i dont really know what to advise. In the early days I did for a short time

carry on using fiber but weaned off this as soon as i could. Others here have

used the enema's, (I introduced these later to remove toxicity, but had I known

about them earlier and known how effective they were I would have used them

earlier), Others have used Bees 9 day program and found after using this their

gut all the way through worked much more effectively

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> If I was you I would ask Bee about the TRAGACANTH, GUM, she will know a lot

more about it than I do. In the meantime this article from Barry Groves explains

in a very informative way what is going on with the digestive system and what we

can do about.

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> http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/detox.html

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> I have just remembered one thing, my bowel movements did improve when I hit my

target regarding fats. For me butter and cod liver oil appear to be the most

helpful

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> Love Joanne

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> Is this allowed if we are trying to achieve Ketosis... this is popularly taken

to reduce heat in the body in india... also helps with bowel movement ...

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> here is its composition i found on the net:

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> Chemical constituents:

> Gum tragacanth contains two fractions, one soluble in water and other fraction

is water-insoluble.

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> Tragacathin - is the water-soluble portion of tragacanth which constitutes

about 8 to 10 % of the gum.

> Bassorin- is the water-insoluble portion of the tragacanth which constitutes

about 60 to 70 % of the gum.

> Methoxy group- tragacanth contains about 15% of methoxy group which swells in

water.

> Due to the presence of methoxy group as a constituent of the gum ,tragacanth

gum has high viscosity.

> Normally, 1.0 % solution of the tragacanth gum has not less than 250

centipoises of viscosity.

> On hydrolysis of the tragacanth, the products are Galactouronic acid,

D-galactopyranose, L-arabino-rhamnose and D-xylopyranose.

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