Lots of magnesium will have a similar effect.

Marshall

faith gagne wrote:
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 <mailto:[email protected]>
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[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.
    >
    >
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