Magnesium dose? (was Re: Another Newbie Question - Constipation)

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Theresa,

You can at least double that magnesium dose. By the way, you meant

" citrate/OXIDE " ... not oxalate, right?

Yes, I know some people feel that mag citrate is a " yeast feeder " . I have to

admit, I really don't know anything about that, and I don't exactly know where

the person who posted that obtained the information. I don't know if it's true.

Right at the moment, I suspect that your constipation is more of an immediate

concern than the yeast feeding issue.

PLEASE eat more veggies and fruits! You NEED the carbs.... and the fiber in the

plant foods! Holding back on these foods will exacerbate your constipation

problems.

Try drinking some hot water with fresh lemon juice in it, as a replacement for

tea/coffee first thing in the morning. Gets things " going " , I find.

Patti

Magnesium dose? (was Re: Another Newbie Question -

Constipation)

Hi:

Just finished the intro again yesterday. Haven't " gone " since Sunday.

Yikes! Bought some magnesium citrate/oxalate pills. Took one

yesterday (300g), no movement. How much more could/should I take? I

had been doing prunes (for about 3 weeks) before going back on the

intro, and if I forgot to take the prunes, the problem came back

(mostly slow-moving bowels, sometimes true C)

I just read in a previous post that magnesium citrate might encourage

yeast growth. Is that true? Thanks.

Theresa (in Vancouver, BC, Canada)

ps: I've added cooked veggies to my diet (just squash so far), so far

no carbs (other than what's in the yogurt) to heal my skin yeast

eruption. I'm 10 lbs. lighter than a few weeks ago, and could stand

to lose another 30. T.

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I love Elaine's constipation protocol because it involves muffins. My

pecan muffins are orgasmic ( page 1222 of edition 10 BTVC, use ground

pecans).

But she had to warn us not to exceed four a day? Aye, there's the rub:

" The first step is to get up one hour earlier in the morning if you

usually have to go to work. The morning is the normal time for people

to have a bowel movement - right after breakfast and the regimen I am

giving you is based on this principle. Start this regimen on the

weekend when you do not have to go out as it may cause urgency.

Get on the introductory diet for two days. Then introduce the muffins,

one per day, along with COOKED AND PEELED vegetables and fruits. Raw

fruit and vegetables (with the exception of the ripe banana) can

aggravate both diarrhea and constipation. When you are adjusted to the

diet, we can then start the treatment for constipation altho the diet

alone may do the trick. Introduce a few stewed prunes with your

breakfast - about 3-4 for about one week. See if that helps along with

the SCD™. "

> Theresa,

> >>>>

>>>>

> PLEASE eat more veggies and fruits! You NEED the carbs.... and the

> fiber in the plant foods! Holding back on these foods will exacerbate

> your constipation problems.

>

> Try drinking some hot water with fresh lemon juice in it, as a

> replacement for tea/coffee first thing in the morning. Gets things

> " going " , I find.

>

> Patti

>

>

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years

[Guest guest]

Prune nectar in a little oj on an empty stomach first thing in the morning may

help too.

Charlene

Theresa,

You can at least double that magnesium dose. By the way, you meant

" citrate/OXIDE " ... not oxalate, right?

Yes, I know some people feel that mag citrate is a " yeast feeder " . I have to

admit, I really don't know anything about that, and I don't exactly know where

the person who posted that obtained the information. I don't know if it's true.

Right at the moment, I suspect that your constipation is more of an immediate

concern than the yeast feeding issue.

PLEASE eat more veggies and fruits! You NEED the carbs.... and the fiber in

the plant foods! Holding back on these foods will exacerbate your constipation

problems.

Try drinking some hot water with fresh lemon juice in it, as a replacement for

tea/coffee first thing in the morning. Gets things " going " , I find.

Patti

Magnesium dose? (was Re: Another Newbie Question -

Constipation)

Hi:

Just finished the intro again yesterday. Haven't " gone " since Sunday.

Yikes! Bought some magnesium citrate/oxalate pills. Took one

yesterday (300g), no movement. How much more could/should I take? I

had been doing prunes (for about 3 weeks) before going back on the

intro, and if I forgot to take the prunes, the problem came back

(mostly slow-moving bowels, sometimes true C)

I just read in a previous post that magnesium citrate might encourage

yeast growth. Is that true? Thanks.

Theresa (in Vancouver, BC, Canada)

ps: I've added cooked veggies to my diet (just squash so far), so far

no carbs (other than what's in the yogurt) to heal my skin yeast

eruption. I'm 10 lbs. lighter than a few weeks ago, and could stand

to lose another 30. T.

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Thanks everyone for the responses. This morning I got up early,

drank a cup of " white tea " which is just plain hot water. Felt

something moving, sat down on the toilet with a book for a while.

Nothing. Had to go to work. Nothing has moved since Sunday.

Interestingly, I feel great! tho my stomach is getting a bit

bloated. I may have to resort to a suppository or an enema tonight.

I had been avoiding nuts because I have found them constipating in

the past, and I re-did the intro to see what foods were aggravating

the problem. But if nothing's " moving " I have nothing to compare

with. I am having a fair bit of squash these past two days and I

have some zucchini that I'll peel and stir-fry when I get home.

I am wanting to avoid carbs because of a skin yeast problem that I'm

hoping it will clear up. Also, with diabetes figuring big in my

family, and blood sugar regulation problems, I figure going carbless

won't hurt? I'm doing cooked peeled veggies, any other high-fiber

veggies to suggest?

I may just break down and make muffins, and maybe do prunes again (I

was on them, a few every day, for weeks, but I became dependent on

them and if I forgot to take them, got stopped up again.)

I'm now taking two magnesium pills a day (and yes, it was calcium

oxide, I didn't have the bottle with me).

Wish me luck. My computer at home is acting wonky so I might not be

able to check messages very frequently.

Theresa (in Vancouver, Canada)

>

> > Theresa,

> > >>>>

> >>>>

> > PLEASE eat more veggies and fruits! You NEED the carbs.... and

the

> > fiber in the plant foods! Holding back on these foods will

exacerbate

> > your constipation problems.

> >

> > Try drinking some hot water with fresh lemon juice in it, as a

> > replacement for tea/coffee first thing in the morning. Gets

things

> > " going " , I find.

> >

> > Patti

> >

> >

> Carol F.

> Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

> SCD 6 years

>

[Guest guest]

Patti said: " Theresa, PLEASE eat more veggies and fruits! You NEED the

carbs.... and the

fiber in the plant foods! Holding back on these foods will exacerbate your

constipation problems. "

I would like to add:

It is often not realized but Vegetables are much, much, much, higher in fiber

than even our " grains and brand " (that we now can't have). Even an SCD nut

flour muffin is not going to work as well as vegetables. Vegetables are almost

THREE TIMES as high (some higher), fruit is higher too....but vegetables are the

highest! So remember to eat your vegetables, especially if you are constipated

on SCD. May it is because you are not eating enough green foods! Most of us

don't when we first arrive to SCD.

If you are like I was, it is always too easy to reflexively think that a pill or

a supplement will fix things. I have learned that good SCD eating " new " habits

is often the best answer. One just needs to adjust, heal and eat more balanced.

With a balanced SCD TM diet, diarrhea and constipation can vanish...a thing in

our past.

Hope this helps too, Antoinette (celiac) 2/06