re: Fiber

[Guest guest]

I've seen a lot of information and clinical data supporting a beneficial role

for fiber, and that lack of fiber can cause problems, so be careful with

over-generalization on such. Everyone in my family seems to benefit from

sufficient regular fiber, per my experience.

It may be an individual thing, that needs depend on the individual. Do you have

a URL for info on such?

Bernie

[Guest guest]

I gave you the title of the book. This information is backed up by Natasha

-McBride (GAPS diet) and Sally Fallon-Morell, president of the Weston A.

Price Foundation and others. The idea is that people get accustomed to having

the fiber and their bodies get dependent on it to defacate. Fiber does not

digest well, some not at all, and it feeds parasites. The swollen fiber

stretches your intestines and can cause nerve damage.

I had too much fiber in my raw food diet. Constipation is rarely an issue for

me since I started eating according to GAPS. Protein digests completely. I

have read the books and I have been eating GAPS for several months, with a

little Nourishing Traditions thrown in. I eat the fatty meat (from pastured

cows) in bone broth, butter and eggs, none of which contain fiber and all of

which have high levels of nutrients. This has not only been providing the

nutrients that I lacked, it helps with detox because the protein is a binder. I

know this flies in the face of what we've been taught but it's working for me.

This is also what I should eat according to my metabolic type

http://www.westonaprice.org/Fiber-Menace-by-Konstantin-Monastyrsky.html

http://www.fibermenace.com/constipation/normal_stools.html#transcript

http://gapsdiet.com/Stools.html

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> I've seen a lot of information and clinical data supporting a beneficial role

for fiber, and that lack of fiber can cause problems, so be careful with

over-generalization on such.

[Guest guest]

I would think it depends more on the condition of one's gut than anything else.

In the case of leaky gut, or other issues in the digestive tract, less fiber to

irritate the damaged lining is probably a good idea. And that's why things like

aloe vera juice, slippery elm, and marshmallow root are recommended for healing,

soothing, and reducing inflammation in the intestinal tract.

For those with a healthy gut, no inflammation, etc. fiber is probably more

beneficial than not, keeping the intestinal tract cleaned out more.

I'm one of the former, rather than latter. The addition of more probiotics and

elimination of agents that can damage the tract (ibuprofen, antibiotics, etc)

has not been enough to facilitate healing of my gut. I continue to develop new

food allergies because of it. I'm going to keep working on it, but I may very

well end up on GAPS at some point as well.

Crystal

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> I've seen a lot of information and clinical data supporting a beneficial role

for fiber, and that lack of fiber can cause problems, so be careful with

over-generalization on such. Everyone in my family seems to benefit from

sufficient regular fiber, per my experience.

> It may be an individual thing, that needs depend on the individual. Do you

have a URL for info on such?

> Bernie

[Guest guest]

> But since my food intolerences keep " rotating " each time, I suppose this means

that my gut is still leaky, which is bad for my MS.

> As to constipation, I have found that aloe vera juice, ground flaxseeds, dried

prunes, apple pectin and psyllium husks help. I rotate them so as not to get

used to one of them.

> I have been reading about GAPS diet. Any other ideas for curing a leaky gut? 

Hi there,

Some of the other stuff I've been doing (in addition to probiotics and herbs

that I mentioned before) is using digestive enzymes. That may not aid in

healing the gut that much, but it can reduce food allergies if the food is

getting broken down better, i.e. the particles that make it through the leaky

gut into the bloodstream aren't complex enough to be recognized by the immune

system as something foreign. I've read that zinc is helpful as well. The best

product I've read about for healing the gut is L-Glutamine, but there's that

whole issue of excess glutamate in the brain of folks with MS.

I understand what you mean about the rotating intolerances. I just had an ELISA

because I was feeling like crap and couldn't figure out what it was from my food

diary. In addition to the eggs, soy and other stuff I knew about, I'm also

reacting to carrots, asparagus, and salmon now. Well, who the hell thinks to

rotate carrots? lol I ate them all the time. Only had salmon once in a while,

but took a daily salmon oil supplement. Asparagus was once or twice a month in

stir-fry or pasta, so not sure where that came from.

Crystal