Astoundingly this works for me!!!

[NaturalEl]

I stopped taking magnesium, because I thought it contributed to diarrhea. I guess I should start taking it again, because I have been experiencing those "anxious" feelings and could not explain them.

[Erica P-G]

HI NaturalEl

Be sure to get the elemental type Magnesium Glycinate as this one is the least likely to give you D in the quantity that we need for healing. Also be sure to be taking VitD3 along with this Magnesium. It takes these two in tandem working together in order for the magnesium to get to where it needs to in the body.

Cheers
Erica

[Edna]

HI Erica P-G,
Do you mean, the "most likely" instead of the "least likely" in your statement:
Be sure to get the elemental type Magnesium Glycinate as this one is the least likely to give you D in the quantity that we need for healing.
I am trying to find a new type of mg and am weighing things out so was a little confused...

Thank you and Best Regards,
Edna

[tex]

Hi Edna,

No, Erica stated it correctly. Magnesium gycinate is the form of magnesium that's the least likely to promote diarrhea while still being very easily absorbed and very effective for supplying our magnesium needs. Magnesium oxide is the most likely to promote diarrhea and the least likely to be absorbed.

Tex

[Smalltown1]

Anne,

I agree that's unusual, but whatever works best for you is the way to go when dealing with MC.

Please remember that with a vegan diet, your vitamin B-12 will slowly become depleted, so you will almost surely eventually need to take a B-12 supplement. Also, without soy or other legumes, it will be difficult to ingest enough protein to maintain optimum long-term health. You may need to consider a safe protein powder supplement.

Tex

It'll have to be sublingual B12. I take that and D3 in the mornings. I wish everything was sublingual. It would solve many problems.

[tex]

Hi, and welcome to the group. Are you aware that most vitamins are available in the form of patches, so that they can be absorbed through the skin? Tests show that they're effective, and I believe several members here use them. The biggest disadvantage is that they're rather expensive.

Tex

[diansquash]

Hi, this is my first post. I've had MC symptoms for over 4 years, but was diagnosed during a colonoscopy in 2020.My dr prescribed Budesonide. However, it gave me BAD BRAINFOG. When I called his office, his nurse replied that they had never heard of this. I called my pharmacist, who said it is a very rare occurrence. Yes, I am a rare person, in many ways. I refused to give up my thinking ability and did not take anymore of that med.. Several other meds worked for a few months, then quit. Tex must know my GI doc. He said nothing we eat has any effect on MC. However, I was miserably sick, weak, inpatient, and irritable, depressed, etc, when my adult son called and asked if I had looked online. I told him to look. I was too weak to sit at the computer. He found some. Then I looked and found & ordered Persky's MC book. I immediately stopped the big 3 gluten, cow's milk,& soy. We live close enough to Enterolab that we could drive there & hand deliver the sample & back the same day. I felt so weak, that I did not want to risk my precious poo getting lost in shipping & me having to wait longer to get results. I had greatly decreased frequency of BIG D ( not Dallas, TX) , just stopping cows' milk, soy, and gluten. I had been on the diet from Entero lab evaluation about a week when I had my next appt with the GI PA. I was excited with the fast improvement. I went in explaining it and my fast improvement. I expected him to be NEGATIVE. He was writing down notes, asked how I found about it, where the lab was, etc. He encouraged me, but said it would be a hard diet to stick with. I told him anything is better than big D so often. He even wrote down the name of Persky's book. I think my stubborn streak will help me, because I don't give up easily. I feel better. I have been able to return to church. My pastor has celiac, so he even has low gluten communion hosts for us. I still am very fatigued. but thrilled that I can travel to see my grandson play high school football. Most of my friends have been shocked. They said I always ate healthier than anyone they knew. I grew a huge garden, had peach trees, and ate healthy..first hubby had insulin dependent diabetes, second hubby is on cardiac diet.

I have a crucial question...surprised that I needed to ask when I saw where Tex is from, but here it is...Can I eat boiled, or fried okra? pecans? strawberries, and peeled peaches? I just got my enterolab results in mid September. I have stuck to it very well, with AMAZING results.
a GREAT BIG THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND CARING. lAST YEAR, i GOT SOME NEW VARIETY OF OKRA SEEDS. LONGHORN OKRA...UNBELIEVABLY BETTER.Who knew they could improve on okra? Thanks again. Dian

[tex]

Hi Dian,

Welcome to the group. It sounds as though you're well on your way to recovery. Good for you, for educating your doctor. Many doctors are not that open-minded.

Regarding your questions, some people have gastrointestinal problems after eating okra, especially large amounts. The fructans in okra can cause diarrhea, gas, cramping, and bloating, especially in IBD patients. Okra is also high in oxalates, and some of us have problems with oxalates. That said, you might be able to tolerate small amounts, at this point, but it would be better to wait until after you've been in remission for a while, so that your intestines have been able to accrue some healing time. I would also be cautious about pecans until after my digestive system has healed for a while, because they have a high fiber content. You might have better results, but for some reason, I still can't tolerate pecans after almost 20 years of remission. Peeled peaches should be safe(as long as you don't overdo them, because they contain a lot of sugar), but I would thoroughly cook them until after I had been in remission for at least a few months or more. A few strawberries might be safe, but I would limit the amount, until I had been in remission for a while. We slowly regain the ability to produce digestive enzymes as our intestines heal, and so as we heal, we're able to digest larger servings of most foods.

Remember, these are just my opinions, and we're all different, but these guidelines usually work for most of us. Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex