Number of BM's a day

Hi Guys

Quick question, I am currently in a flare up but slowly getting better.

Do any of you ever have several BM's a day (4+) and all of the stools are totally solid and normal, no more blood, no more mucus - just normal? I have grade 2/3 Hemmies and they are so sore too - or maybe it is the Proctitis?

Someone said that stool touching hemmies can also give a sense of needing to go more than normal. Anyone else suffer from multiple BM's even during remission?

Curcumin - is that in tablet form? I heard that's really good for IBD and IBS?
You're it's probably IBS but I have no urgency, it's just a normal BM but have had 4 already today and then soreness down there big time.

You know it's very individual. When I was eating vegan, lots of beans, rice, and salads, I had a beautiful bm after every meal. So much depends on the amount and type of fiber you're able to eat along with your digestive health. For some it's normal to go 1-2 times a week, but I would consider that constipation.

If you have hemmies multiple bms might irritate them, yes.

Turmeric (curcumin) is an anti-inflammatory herb. There are lots of threads about it here, use your little search box. I also dose approximately 3 gs per day, and use the kind with pepper which is more bio-available. Known as "curcumin C-3" but it sometimes upsets my gastritis. Best.

Here's what I've found out about 95% curcumin after trying several brands and reading a post from Old Mike:
It's best to take it in powder form (not capsule or pill) mixed with oil, about 1/4 tsp (about 1500 mg) 95% curcumin powder with just enough coconut oil to blend. Then you can mix it with whatever you want but I just take it straight because there is no taste to curcumin, just the coconut oil taste.

I had been taking 3g of capsules but in reading learned that it was likely not bio-availoable because it is not water soluble. So it was a waste of the capsules.

I've also tried the type with pepper (bio-piperine) and that gave me IBS. Also tried Jarrow brand where the capsules are oil and yes IBS again.

My gut only wants pure 95% curcumin, nothing else and it's cheaper per dose. But it can stain clothes so be careful not to sneeze when dispensing

LondonRed said...

Do any of you ever have several BM's a day (4+) and all of the stools are totally solid and normal, no more blood, no more mucus - just normal? ?

I've had 6-7 perfectly formed "normal" looking poops in one day! This is an off thing though, but often I will have 3-4 a day, even my normal colon husband will have days like this (after heavy eating or being a bit backed up in days leading up to). Not saying it ISNT inflammation related though, only a scope can tell that for sure.

Can you buy curcumin in powder form only at health food stores or is it in grocery stores too? I'm in Canada and I'd like to try the curcumin powder for my IBS to see if that will smarten it up.

Alice22 said...
I read this awhile back about curcumin and bioavailability (4th paragraph down) indicating pepper with turmeric may not be necessary.

http://examine.com/supplements/Curcumin/

Hi Alice

Interesting link, thanks for posting. I'll quote part of it
How to Take (recommended dosage, active amounts, other details)
For any systemic purpose (requiring absorption from the intestines), then an oral supplementation of curcumin in the range of 80-500mg would be required assuming an enhancement. Curcumin is poorly absorbed inherently, and one of the following is mandatory:

Pairing curcumin with Black Pepper (piperine)
Curcumin phytosomes complexed with Phosphatidylcholine (Meriva or BCM-95)
Curcumin nanoparticles (THERACUMIN)
Water-soluble curcumin (polyvinyl pyrrolidone)
If one of the above enhancements are not used, then too little curcumin will be absorbed and even doses of up to 4,000mg may be wholly inactive (8-16g would only be slightly active).

If using curcumin for intestinal purposes, then absorption from the intestines into the blood is not necessarily required. Due to this, one can simply use Turmeric at the dose of 2-4g daily or take curcumin supplementation without any of the aforementioned enhancements.

I was taking 3g by capsule and now taking about 1500 mg powder (opened from capsules) mixed with coconut oil. Just for myself I feel a greater benefit from the smaller amount of turmeric/oil mix than from 3 g capsules as is. Perhaps it's placebo effect but I'll keep on with the new regimen.

aguywithuc said...
1-2 per day...if it is higher I review what I have been doing and make changes.

Using small Potassium Sorbate now with every meal.

How does potassium sorbate help UC?

I'm at 6 formed poops a day. Still too many. I consider myself still flaring. However, Thursday I only went once and today twice. This hasn't happened in 3 years!! Maybe Entyvio is kicking in???

Yes, I have about 4 bms a day and consider myself pretty much in remission because there's no blood and they're formed.

I want to start curcumin supplements, but I'm seriously struggling to figure out which ones are best. I'm thinking of getting this one... www.amazon.co.uk/Turmeric-10-000mg-strongest-tablets/dp/B00MFVF408/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443876031&sr=8-2&keywords=tumeric+supplements

It seems like a high dose so maybe I could take it every other day? I really don't know

I was worried that taking 3 g. (3000 mg) in capsule form was a big dose (started with less) but the medical studies show no problems even up to 8 g. per day. The problem is that very little of that dose is making it into our bodies because powdered turmeric is not dissolved orally and therefore not bio-available. So I switched to mixing the capsule powder in coconut oil in a lower dose (about 1500 mg or 1.5 g) and getting better results IMO.

Alice22 said...
Imagardener2 - What brand of turmeric do you take, and do you take it all at once or divided through the day?

At the moment I'm opening the capsules I got from turmeric-curcumin.com and adding coconut oil but I will be getting 95% curcumin powder from Amazon this week. So tired of snipping off the end of the capsules (these do not release) and shaking out the powder. From reading this forum higher quality curcumin is brighter yellow-orange than lower quality so I'll be watching for that.

I take a quarter tsp.of 95% turmeric in oil in the morning with breakfast, that's about 1500 mg or so.

Out of respect for the OP, can you please continue this discussion on a separate thread.

If C3 is the kind with pepper my gut disliked it a lot (guessing due to the pepper). YMMV

I posted this on another thread (which I cannot find) that I've tried 4 diff. kinds of curcumin/turmeric and had problems with 3: the kind with bio-perine caused IBS (Gaia and Garden Vibrance) and also can't take Jarrow Curcumin 95 (doesn't say pepper on bottle). The one that caused no problems is from curcumin-turmeric.com which I took capsules orally and now opening them and mixing with coconut oil.

I have never tried so many diff. versions of a supplement before, usually just quit and move on. But I am sold on curcumin/turmeric because of the results esp. after switching to coconut oil mix. Now why doesn't anyone make a pill like this?