Ruth: Have you read Dr. Linus Pauling on constipation and Vitamin C? The only side effect from too much Vitamin C is diarrhea. Have you ever tried Vitamin C in large amounts daily? Pure ascorbic vitamin C 1000 mg. tablets. Take 3 or 4 tablets in the morning before breakfast and see if it helps. If it doesn't help, try more at lunch time.
I dunno. I am not a doctor but I know my limit on Vitamin C. Faith ----- Original Message ----- From: ruth strackbein To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:04 PM Subject: RE: CS>Re: Potassium / Iodine Hi, Nancy, Raw food just isn't an option for me at present. My problem is constipation rather than diarrhea. My colon what with aging and physical structure of the organ which has affected me all my life. I have used a wheat free, completely celiac type diet even though I have not been diagnosed with celiac disease. This has been for nearly 4 years now. This colon simply doesn't move anything along in any sort of an orderly fashion. If you could see the X-ray taken in May, you would see that it does not look at all like the pictures in the health books and encyclopedias. The doctors are quite sure there is no cancer involved. Have had several colonoscopies in the past couple of years. My doctor says the surgeon who does my colonoscopies really earns his pay. Sometimes I wonder, if it is so hard to get through my colon with his flexible instrument, maybe these procedures have contributed to the overall problem. I eat a rather limited diet already, have already eliminated citrus fruits, cabbage family, apples which has always given me trouble, I eat only vegetables that I steam in a double boiler which helps control amount of heat. I eat no ketchup or other condiments, no sugar , no baked goods. No tomatoes. I do eat potatoes occasionally, but am wondering about that whole family. I do eat bananas, which are probably constipating, but they agree with my upper digestive tract. Whatever works to help the large colon often bothers the organs in the upper digestive tract. The surgery would probably not help the upper problems, but could make things better in the lower tract. I am trying a approach with the surgeon I saw yesterday. I hope this one helps. Thanks for your help and I will check out the site you suggested. I"m glad that you have found a solution to your IBS. Ruth <html><div>From Ruth Strackbein</div></html> > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Re: Potassium / Iodine > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:11:00 -0700 > To: [email protected] > > I ended my IBS by identifying wheat and cooked (but not raw) tomatoes > as problems. There may be other foods as well but these are the ones I > know. Keeping a record and eliminating foods or starting with a very > limited number and subtracting or adding one at a time might help. I > know a couple of people wrote books about overcoming colon cancer with > a raw food diet. Eating raw food exclusively might really help. Here > is a site that would have lots of info- > > http://www.hacres.com/home/home.asp > > Nancy > > On Sep 18, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Dianne France wrote: > > > Ruth > > > > I don't know what kind of trouble you are having but back in 2000 I > > couldn't even leave the house due to IBS. That was when my friend > > started pointing me in the natural direction. She supplied me with > > Kefir and Kombucha (both fermented natural products) that helped > > digestion and started eliminating foods to see what I might be having > > problems. Found my body wasn't digesting wheat or eggs. Both sent me > > running. Problems might arise when I eat out no matter how careful. > > I continue to add a digest aid when I eat and thankfully am able to > > lead a normal life again. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. Play now!
