Re: Too much Yogurt - Constipation?

[Guest guest]

At 04:32 PM 4/20/2010, you wrote:

I usually post on the Pecanbread

website as my son and I are on SCD together. However, I have a question

just for me. I have been constipated for the last several days, more than

usual. I made cows milk yogurt last week for the first time (had goat

yogurt previously) and I've been eating a lot of it. Could this be

causing constipation?

Are you inclined towards constipation?

Keep in mind that SCD yogurt -- whether goat or cow -- is powerful stuff,

so if you hadn't been eating much prior to this, it could have

significant effects on your gut.

Interestingly, I used half & half yogurt to make a ranch dressing for

my raw salads a few months into the diet. (Yes, I probably started raw

salads too soon!) However, I never had a problem with raw salads until

almost four years later, after Hurricane Katrina, when I had no yogurt

maker and couldn't make more dressing. I discovered, when I was

using my oil and vinegar " Hurricane Dressing " exclusively,

that then that I needed a good whack of acidophilus in order to

handle raw salads on a regular basis. (Raw salads were a couple times a

week for us, but raw salads were about the only veggie I could get when

traveling on an emergency basis.)

Raw salads without my yogurt dressing caused me runs, whereas raw salads

with the yogurt dressing resulted in normal movements. So I suppose it's

possible it could cause you to slow down on your movements.

I would suggest you scale back on the amount of yogurt you are eating (it

is delicious, though!) and add some steamed peeled zucchini to your

regimen. <wry grin> Steamed peeled zucchini always gets my guts

moving again.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the reply, Marilyn. No, I wasn't particularly prone to constipation

prior to SCD, it was more the loose stools. I have cut back on the yogurt and

things seem to be moving back to the opposite end of the spectrum.

It seems that, both for my son and myself, since being on SCD that we usually

swing from one end of the spectrum to the other, only having formed BMs

occasionally. I am so anxious to try nut butter, but is it best to wait until

BMs are more normal? I will definitely keep the zucchini in mind as well!

> >I usually post on the Pecanbread website as my

> >son and I are on SCD together. However, I have a

> >question just for me. I have been constipated

> >for the last several days, more than usual. I

> >made cows milk yogurt last week for the first

> >time (had goat yogurt previously) and I've been

> >eating a lot of it. Could this be causing constipation?

>

> Are you inclined towards constipation?

>

> Keep in mind that SCD yogurt -- whether goat or

> cow -- is powerful stuff, so if you hadn't been

> eating much prior to this, it could have significant effects on your gut.

>

> Interestingly, I used half & half yogurt to make

> a ranch dressing for my raw salads a few months

> into the diet. (Yes, I probably started raw

> salads too soon!) However, I never had a problem

> with raw salads until almost four years later,

> after Hurricane Katrina, when I had no yogurt

> maker and couldn't make more dressing. I

> discovered, when I was using my oil and vinegar

> " Hurricane Dressing " exclusively, that then that

> I needed a good whack of acidophilus in order to

> handle raw salads on a regular basis. (Raw salads

> were a couple times a week for us, but raw salads

> were about the only veggie I could get when traveling on an emergency basis.)

>

> Raw salads without my yogurt dressing caused me

> runs, whereas raw salads with the yogurt dressing

> resulted in normal movements. So I suppose it's

> possible it could cause you to slow down on your movements.

>

> I would suggest you scale back on the amount of

> yogurt you are eating (it is delicious, though!)

> and add some steamed peeled zucchini to your

> regimen. <wry grin> Steamed peeled zucchini always gets my guts moving again.

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>

[Guest guest]

At 08:52 PM 4/20/2010, you wrote:

Thanks for the reply, Marilyn.

No, I wasn't particularly prone to constipation prior to SCD, it was more

the loose stools. I have cut back on the yogurt and things seem to be

moving back to the opposite end of the spectrum.

Well, as I'm sure you are aware, over-doing on ANY food is a Bad Idea.

<g>

It seems that, both for my son

and myself, since being on SCD that we usually swing from one end of the

spectrum to the other, only having formed BMs occasionally. I am so

anxious to try nut butter, but is it best to wait until BMs are more

normal? I will definitely keep the zucchini in mind as

well!

The pendulum swing is not uncommon -- and not surprising when you

consider that both constipation and diarrhea are opposite ends of the

same issue: gut problems.

I've posted here about the fact that my primary issue was soft mushy

stool and urgency. But ironically, I would run for the bathroom (and

usually have a mess to clean up when I got there), and then I would be

parked on the throne and be unable to get the rest of that soft, mushy

stool out.

I found that peeled steamed zucchini was my savior for these seemingly

opposite issues. (For those who think Fiber!, yes, a cup of

zucchini has as much fiber as 2 slices of of whole grain bread.) It

really seemed to soothe my gut, reducing the urgency, and reducing the

liquid squirts that could accompany the urgency. But at the same time,

when I was actually on the throne, I could GO, and fully eliminate. Quite

an experience after 25 years of misery!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Food in general, but also the addition of yogurt and nut butters cause my body

different reactions. I have CD with an inclination towards C. Sometimes, if I

eat yogurt or nut butters I have nice BMs. Not hard, not soft and regular.

Sometimes though, they cause me C. There is no rhym or reason to it. I eat the

same nut butter each time with the same ingredients added to it. Actually, it's

like this with all foods for me and why SCD hasn't fixed my C. I guess when I

have C, I'm in a mini flare without all the other symptoms but since I gave up

going to the doctor when I started SCD, I don't really know what's causing it. I

gave up going to the doctor because she said diet had nothing to do with it and

I'd be facing surgery in a year if I didn't get on Humira or Remicaid. Heh

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - 2 years 3 months

> > >I usually post on the Pecanbread website as my

> > >son and I are on SCD together. However, I have a

> > >question just for me. I have been constipated

> > >for the last several days, more than usual. I

> > >made cows milk yogurt last week for the first

> > >time (had goat yogurt previously) and I've been

> > >eating a lot of it. Could this be causing constipation?

> >

> > Are you inclined towards constipation?

> >

> > Keep in mind that SCD yogurt -- whether goat or

> > cow -- is powerful stuff, so if you hadn't been

> > eating much prior to this, it could have significant effects on your gut.

> >

> > Interestingly, I used half & half yogurt to make

> > a ranch dressing for my raw salads a few months

> > into the diet. (Yes, I probably started raw

> > salads too soon!) However, I never had a problem

> > with raw salads until almost four years later,

> > after Hurricane Katrina, when I had no yogurt

> > maker and couldn't make more dressing. I

> > discovered, when I was using my oil and vinegar

> > " Hurricane Dressing " exclusively, that then that

> > I needed a good whack of acidophilus in order to

> > handle raw salads on a regular basis. (Raw salads

> > were a couple times a week for us, but raw salads

> > were about the only veggie I could get when traveling on an emergency

basis.)

> >

> > Raw salads without my yogurt dressing caused me

> > runs, whereas raw salads with the yogurt dressing

> > resulted in normal movements. So I suppose it's

> > possible it could cause you to slow down on your movements.

> >

> > I would suggest you scale back on the amount of

> > yogurt you are eating (it is delicious, though!)

> > and add some steamed peeled zucchini to your

> > regimen. <wry grin> Steamed peeled zucchini always gets my guts moving

again.

> >

> >

> >

> > — Marilyn

> > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> > Darn Good SCD Cook

> > No Human Children

> > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> > Babette the Foundling Beagle

> >

>

[Guest guest]

At 09:14 AM 4/21/2010, you wrote:

I think I'm going to go out and

buy some zucchini! Does it need to be steamed? We don't have a

steamer.

Peel it, remove the stems, slice it in coins. Pile it in a glass

casserole and add maybe a quarter cup of water. Cover, and place in a 350

oven for the last 25-30 minutes you are cooking a roast. Remove, drain,

serve, with butter and salt, or with some cheddar shredded finely over

it.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Marilyn!

> >I think I'm going to go out and buy some

> >zucchini! Does it need to be steamed? We don't have a steamer.

>

> Peel it, remove the stems, slice it in coins.

> Pile it in a glass casserole and add maybe a

> quarter cup of water. Cover, and place in a 350

> oven for the last 25-30 minutes you are cooking a

> roast. Remove, drain, serve, with butter and

> salt, or with some cheddar shredded finely over it.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>