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Problem with Chronic constipation

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 23 12:56pm | Replies (809)

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Just dropped by to report something funny. So, background….after 2 years of chronic constipation….multiple medical visits, tests, Miralax, prescription meds, etc. with not much luck except I did go everyday if I took daily Miralax. (Hated that.) so I started my own regimen that was working really well. Includes large garden salad at lunch greens, beets, cucumbers, carrots, etc., veggies at dinner, fresh fruit apple or pear and fresh cherries. As well as health fats and whole grains. So, I was going pretty well, almost daily with no Miralax. Then I hit a set back…..nothing for several days…..hmmm….so Sunday I ate nothing but white carbs and meat. Not lean meat either. No fruit, no raw veggies, no whole grains…… Had normal BM next morning effortlessly. Lol. Go figure. Makes me rethink my diet.

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I've wondered about what is "recommended" and what actually works for each of us. I've eaten very healthily for 15 yrs. With onset of diabetes in my husband, we changed our diet around to high fiber and lots of veggies, fruits, whole grains, hardly any meat, almost Mediterranean I guess. But then out of the blue bowel issues (dumping syndrome first and now constipation) started for me (he is still doing well). I noticed also if I eat some meat with fat I will have BM without much effort. Such a gift! Not sure what that would do to cholesterol levels long term? But at this point willing to give it a try I think? Thank you for sharing your experience!