Constipation

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The SCD™ Knowledge Base Constipation

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Yes, the diet has reversed severe constipation. It is of no use to tell us what

happened when you were not on SCD™. It is SCD™ that counts. I will send you an

article I wrote on just this problem.

The whole fiber story about helping severely constipated people is a story

which just does not work and can cause other problems. I have had a good deal of

experience with this problem. Not only have adults been helped by the following

information but the SCD™ has saved a few babies from horrible surgery as these

babies were given the diagnosis of Hirschprung's disease which makes it

impossible for them to move their bowels. The result of this operation is a

horror story. One Mother brought her baby on a TV interview with me in Canada

and I can remember her saying to all of Canada (cross-Canada program): " You do

not know what it is like to change a baby's daiper day after day which has only

urine! " She was told to pry feces out with a rectal thermometer. In the

meantime, the baby was doubled up with pain screaming night and day. One young

child was getting prolapses of the rectum from straining. In both these cases,

the children (including the baby) recovered in short

time. The baby was put on the infant formula in the book and the child on a

regular SCD™ diet.

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™.

If the diet and stewed prune do not make you go to the bathroom after a week

to ten days, do the following:

1) Go to the market and look for PRUNE NECTAR (legal, without sugar). If you

cannot find prune nectar, buy prune juice (legal) in a jar. Simmer the contents

of the jar to half the volume. In other words, if you start with one quart,

simmer it down to one pint. Refrigerate.

2) At breakfast, mix three tablespoons of the prune nectar with 1/2 cup

Tropicana or freshly squeeze orange juice.

3) Start your breakfast with this mixture. Then eat your regular specific

carbohydrate breakfast but make sure you have a large cup of something hot.

Either your coffee or tea. Then go to the washroom and see if anything happens.

Read and relax. If this does not work the first day, repeat for two or three

days. On the fourth day if this does not work, then insert a glycerin

suppository (get in drugstore) while you are sitting on the toilet and hold it

in for one minute. If it still doesn't work, do the same thing the next day. It

would not hurt on the first day you try the glycerin suppository after breakfast

to use another one before going to bed. I am trying to establish a normal

pattern of defecation for you and it may take almost a month. However, the

children responded in a short time without the suppository.

So give it a try. Good luck.

From the LI listserve

Constipation

My son started the intro diet 9 days ago. Ate day 1, didn't 2-6, and

has been eating well the past couple of days. BUT, he hasn't had a

bowel movement since day 1. Anything legal that I can give him in the

beginning of the diet to help loosen him up?

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com