Tossing Out A Thought

[Guest guest]

Just a stray thought. Many people have commented that BTVC the book seems

to be more geared towards diarrhea than towards constipation, even though

both conditions are opposite ends of the same spectrum.

People have also observed that cheese, including dry curd cottage cheese,

tends to be constipating for some of us.

Elaine mentions not eating eggs until brisk diarrhea has subsided.

(Except in the cheese cake.)

Now, chicken soup is good for whatever ails you.

But I am wondering if people who lean towards the C end of the spectrum

would do better with the soup and meat -- and mild veggies pureed

with some of the soup broth?

I have absolutely zilch to go on when considering this except the fact

that my own intro diet was two kinds of roast meat, steamed zucchini, and

soft boiled eggs.

My situation was a soft, mushy stool which many times didn't want to come

out. Soft constipation?

We keep saying that everyone is different, and that this is what makes

SCD so powerful (not to mention frustrating!), the ability to customize

what we eat to what our symptoms are.

I'm wondering if something like egg drop soup with pureed vegetables

might be helpful for the people who incline towards

constipation?

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Marilyn, I think that is a great

idea. I can’t eat meat because it

constipates me so much. I tried the

chicken soup on intro but had to stop it because OH WAS I CONSTIPATED!!! Absolutely nothing worked to get me going. Egg drop soup…why didn’t I think

of that )

Thanks,

GERDS and chronic C.

SCD 22 mths

Tossing Out A

Thought

Just a stray thought. Many people have commented that BTVC the book seems to be

more geared towards diarrhea than towards constipation, even though both

conditions are opposite ends of the same spectrum.

People have also observed that cheese, including dry curd cottage cheese, tends

to be constipating for some of us.

Elaine mentions not eating eggs until brisk diarrhea has subsided. (Except in

the cheese cake.)

Now, chicken soup is good for whatever ails you.

But I am wondering if people who lean towards the C end of the spectrum would

do better with the soup and meat -- and mild veggies pureed with some of

the soup broth?

I have absolutely zilch to go on when considering this except the fact that my

own intro diet was two kinds of roast meat, steamed zucchini, and soft boiled

eggs.

My situation was a soft, mushy stool which many times didn't want to come out.

Soft constipation?

We keep saying that everyone is different, and that this is what makes SCD so

powerful (not to mention frustrating!), the ability to customize what we

eat to what our symptoms are.

I'm wondering if something like egg drop soup with pureed vegetables might be

helpful for the people who incline towards constipation?

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 04:51 PM 2/5/2010, you wrote:

Marilyn, I think that is a great idea. I can’t eat meat because it

constipates me so much. I tried the chicken soup on intro but had

to stop it because OH WAS I CONSTIPATED!!! Absolutely nothing

worked to get me going. Egg drop soup…why didn’t I think of that

)

Sometimes, the solution can be right in front of us.

If this proves viable, perhaps this would give us an alternative to the

standard intro diet. After all, Elaine gave the intro diet she used for

her daughter. And she basically said that the object was to find easy to

digest foods to clear the path for healing.

If eggs may cause issues for people with brisk diarrhea, they might

potentially be good for people with the opposite issue.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund