My Dr says I should add a fiber supplement. Last time it didn't really seem to help, but I'm willing to try it again. The thing is I don't know what to take.
What have folks used and found benefit with or at least didn't react to?
Dr says Psylum (sp) fiber supplement, but I don't even know if it's gluten free or if it will hurt or help me.
Thanks,
Mike
What fiber supplements?
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I've never had any experience with fiber "supplements". I think the best fiber "supplements" are found in things like fruit and veggies. LOL.
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Agreed, but when I have a flare up I tend to go from eating a good about (I think) of around 30 g per day to barely eating any since mose fiberous foods I avoid during a flare. Thought perhaps a supplement might be an option in those cases.tex wrote:I've never had any experience with fiber "supplements". I think the best fiber "supplements" are found in things like fruit and veggies. LOL.
Tex
I've always done the same thing, (avoid fiber when having a flare), but that's the reason I do so - to avoid the fiber.
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Mike,
One of the nurses told me that fiber helps everyone with D or constipation. When I looked up info on it ...found that IBS people only take soluble fiber...so that's what I tried ...think it was citrocel or something like that. I found it made my D worse. So, FWIW, it didn't do anything for me.
Love,
Cristi
One of the nurses told me that fiber helps everyone with D or constipation. When I looked up info on it ...found that IBS people only take soluble fiber...so that's what I tried ...think it was citrocel or something like that. I found it made my D worse. So, FWIW, it didn't do anything for me.
Love,
Cristi
Ok, this is crazy. I think I got the same reaction as well, but it has been a while since I tried it.cludwig wrote:Hi Mike,
One of the nurses told me that fiber helps everyone with D or constipation. When I looked up info on it ...found that IBS people only take soluble fiber...so that's what I tried ...think it was citrocel or something like that. I found it made my D worse. So, FWIW, it didn't do anything for me.
Love,
Cristi
And you want to know the reason why? I think it's the same reaction that happens to carragenen or polysaccharides. Why because it contains a chain of polysaccharides. Wow!
So do you react to carragenen?
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Mike, there was a time when I could control my MC symptoms by taking a fiber supplement, and "over the counter" (PB, Immodium) solutions "as needed". I did a lot of research at the time, and the best products I could find were from these people: http://www.renewlife.com/ Their web site has a link on the left side of the page called "Fiber", the product I was taking is called "Fiber Smart". The products are available at most health food stores, I met the owners Brenda and her partner (an MD) when they were giving a lecture on IBS at my local health food store. Very knowledgeable people. Here's a quote from the FAQ's on their site:
I put 1/3 of a ripe banana in a blender with OJ and extra water. I use it to take vites & pills. When there is about 2" left at the bottom of the jar, I add even more water, then dump the fiber in, hit the blender - and quickly drink it down. I use a 16 oz "mason jar" that fits my Oster Blender - not the big blender container. Your results may vary...
The "gas forming" issue is a killer for anyone with "D". Psyllium tends to be a lot cheaper than Flax fiber no matter who you get it from. L-Glutamine powder is also expensive, and that is another ingredient in "Fiber-Smart" along with various herbs.Renew Life uses flax fiber instead of psyllium fiber. Psyllium absorbs 40 times it's weight in water. This means that it can absorb all the water in the glass it was mixed in and keep on absorbing water all the way through the intestines. Many people are constipated because they do not drink enough water. Psyllium can compound a constipation problem by absorbing water that the body needs. Flax is about 50% soluble and 50% insoluble, which is a proper ratio of fiber. Psyllium fiber is also more gas-forming than flax fiber.
I put 1/3 of a ripe banana in a blender with OJ and extra water. I use it to take vites & pills. When there is about 2" left at the bottom of the jar, I add even more water, then dump the fiber in, hit the blender - and quickly drink it down. I use a 16 oz "mason jar" that fits my Oster Blender - not the big blender container. Your results may vary...
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Fiber (Citricel) in piticular was something My GI prescibed when I was Diagnosed. Never helped and added to the problem. I think People with our problem don't do well wit added fiber. I eat fruit alot, Blueberries and cherries because they are anti-oxident. Works for me Love Oma
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... s=16984219
With this article and others I've read I'm betting that the majority of inflammitory and autoimmune diseases are due to molecular mimicry. In almost every disease I've looked at thus far, Chron's, Diabetes, MS, SLE, Microscopic Colitis, Celiac Disease I see a reaction that looks like an immune reaction to a pathogen. Pathogens can look like both body tissue and the proteins/saccarides found in foods. This is even more so now given the processing of food and content in foods that weren't a normal part of our diets. The other key to this is leaky gut, this is how intolerance to food is created and how the antibodies get to tissue it normally shouldn't get to. I'm betting that Microscopic Colitis, and Crohns in particular are a reactions to polysaccarides, one of interest is Carrageenan (like we've found) but I'm sure there are others. Heck why is it that Carrageenan is used to model inflamitory diseases, because it's reaction in the body is the same immune response seen.
Thanks,
Mike
With this article and others I've read I'm betting that the majority of inflammitory and autoimmune diseases are due to molecular mimicry. In almost every disease I've looked at thus far, Chron's, Diabetes, MS, SLE, Microscopic Colitis, Celiac Disease I see a reaction that looks like an immune reaction to a pathogen. Pathogens can look like both body tissue and the proteins/saccarides found in foods. This is even more so now given the processing of food and content in foods that weren't a normal part of our diets. The other key to this is leaky gut, this is how intolerance to food is created and how the antibodies get to tissue it normally shouldn't get to. I'm betting that Microscopic Colitis, and Crohns in particular are a reactions to polysaccarides, one of interest is Carrageenan (like we've found) but I'm sure there are others. Heck why is it that Carrageenan is used to model inflamitory diseases, because it's reaction in the body is the same immune response seen.
Thanks,
Mike
And here we go again. Here's another polysaccaride. Pectin and it has a similar immune response. This would explain part of the citrus response in some here.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_docsum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_docsum