Warning to Guar devotees!!!

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I've been consuming most of my guar puddings between meals. For the heck of

it, I checked BT120YD to re-read all the wonderful things that guar does for

the body - and came upon THIS:

pgs 237 & 238: A word of caution: consuming very large amounts of fiber

between meals in the form of processed material like guar gum can cause

sigmoid volvulus (huh??? you ask, what the heck is that....) a twisting and

impaction of the colon.

Also, the benefits accrue to consuming guar WITH MEALS such as:

pg 84: guar gum added to a meal significantly prolongs the time after eating

before hunger returns...... + a significant weight loss over 10 weeks......

accompanied by a decrease in LDL fats and an improved glucose-tolerance

curve.

pg 114: Supplementing ....with gel-forming fibers such as guar gum must be

either a part of or intimately mixed with the food (to favorably affect

glucose metabolism and insulin requirements). Guar gum taken 2 minutes

before a meal has no effect; it must be incorporated into the meal.

As serendipity would have it, I had already cut back on my between-meal

guar by adding less guar to my puddings for a thinner mixture because less

guar in my pudding meant less gas. However now, I will only eat it WITH

meals, not only to get all the beneficial effects. but to AVOID the

dangerous possibility of what sounds like something you don't want to wind

up in the hospital with.