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Posted 9/6/2014 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
...I wondered if you could help?

I've been having mild symptoms on and off for the last few months, loose bowel movements, only about 1 a day so no huge deal. Mild pain. However, we all know where things could end up if I don't get it under control.

I really want to shake off this mini flare so I recently bought some Sunbutter and I've been eating about 2 tablespoons every day. I've also been juicing about 200g spinach every other day. Is this enough to get started with or do I need to eat the spinach cooked?

I'll also be added potato starch powder for resistant starch, anyone know how much I ought to try taking each day? I do take Qing Dai, Vit C and glutamine to keep things ticking over nicely.

Thanks

Kev

P.S. Med wise, I take 4.8g Mezavant each day.
Posted 9/6/2014 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
I've never heard of sunflower seeds and spinach helping, but I would imagine spinach would make the flare worse. I've always been told to go on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apples, toast). These are foods with lower amounts of fiber which should make things more solid.
Posted 9/6/2014 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
If you have no gut reactions to either one keep it up. Cooked spinach will give you some gentle fiber which my gut always liked but the juice probably has more vitamins preserved. Either way is good and green juice is solo healthy for anyone that can tolerate it. When flaring my gut also liked well cooked baby carrots.

Others also think psyllium seed (fiber) is the key to the their remission and there are some medical studies that back that up. My fiber pill is Citrucell because my gut hates psyllium for some reason. :-(

Do you take a daily probiotic? Might also help but takes time to find the one your gut tolerates otherwise can make things gurgley and worse.

(edited because autocorrect is crazy)

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 9/6/2014 12:53:32 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/6/2014 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
spinach, steamed/raw/in smoothies = good

sun seeds = hmmm - for me, in moderation, ok -
Posted 9/6/2014 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
Amanda - I use Sunbutter, which is the seeds blended into a smooth nut butter. This way I avoid the roughage. I haven't yet tried cooked spinach so I'll keep you posted as to how I go.

Imagerdner - you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find psyllium seed powder here in the UK! Husks are everywhere but the good stuff is a toughie. I'll probs order some from ebay at some point. I've started taking a family probiotics from Whole Body Research.

Soystud - I may try, making the spinach into a smoothie once it's cooked first and see how I get on with that.
Posted 9/6/2014 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
hey kevin. i have been having the same problem the last few weeks. a lose bm every morning (i go once a day). i wasn't sure if it was from stress at work, lack of sleep, or all the tomatoes i've been eating. whatever it is, i started up on my potato starch again and udo's choice probiotics. did this combo for two days and i had a solid bm this morning. potato starch is what turned my runs into solid poop last time so i figured it would work again- thankfully, it is super cheap. i could've cried when i looked in the toilet today haha i even called my gi doc yesterday for bloodwork because i figured i was heading into a flare. still glad i got it done just to check.

as for spinach and sunflower seeds, i eat sunflower seed butter pretty frequently and do fine with cooked spinach. raw, not so much.
Posted 9/6/2014 4:56 PM (GMT 0)
Haha, Joanna I've done the same emotional, "Thank you Lord for a perfect poo" a few times myself! Gonna bag me some potato strach from Holland and Barrett today and see how it goes.
Posted 9/6/2014 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
yeah, definitely give the potato starch a shot! i read that combining potato starch and psyllium husk is a butyrate production dream. gonna try it today!!

i take 1 tbsp of potato starch daily.
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