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« on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

I have had severe constipation for a long time now and was wondering if any have any ideas on what i can do to remedy it. I have tried fibre however it just seems to bung everything up more. I realize that there is something fundamental with the chemistry in there. My belly is cold to the touch even when all else isnt, i dont go for very long periods and when i do go it is never a pretty picture. I know if i dont solve this soon it will kill me and in fact are surpised i arnt deat already at age 35 having had it for a good 15 or so years. I really would appreciate any advice. I think i would feel like superman if i could have a nice long poo a day
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

Gosh you poor thing Damian!

You body is obviously totally out of whack.

What do you eat and drink; and how much do you exercise and sleep? 
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

THank you for being so sympathetic love spirit. It really is terrible. I tend to have a super smoothie each day made up of maca, cacao, goji, etc. Then a salad and misso for lunch, and fruit as a snack.
I am wondering now if i have a deficiency in potassium as before the constipation i always had sever diarhea (wow in the wars ha Smiley). The reason i wonder that is because i had an enema the other day and for the liquid i used organic parsley tea. Well i was real shocked to find myself experiencing something i hadnt for a long time which was the urge/muscle contraction in my bowel. It wasnt like taking cascara or similar they were normal spasms in the proper places.
I am ordering some potasium citrate and dolomite right now and will begin drinking an electrolyte solution made up of them. I have a hard time hydrating as well so maybe this will knock all my problems on the head. Please, please, please i hope it works.
I have tried allot of things to improve my health going raw being one however i know that if i dont solve my bowel problem I will never feel the kind of amazing i want to feel.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

Wow, Damian, I'm sorry but I dont know how much I can help other than with the basics. I presume this is long term damage that you are trying to reverse. I can only suggest the basics of heaps of water, heaps of colon cleansing and keep researching nutritional advice, as you are.

The only thing I can say that's more positive is that you clearly have a great attitude and you WILL heal this, sooner rather than later. :-)

Hopefully other RP will have more advice on the colon front. It's not my specialty ;-)

 
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

I agree with LS that you're rapidly moving in the right direction to a happy colon. I would recommend finding a really good, knowledgable colonic therapist who can monitor your progress. It sounds as though re-hydration is going to be the key. I found juice feasting so hydrating - do you do any juicing? And high fruit and greens is great in this respect.  My colonic therapist recommends adding a little flax oil to juices to really help with hydration. I haven't tried this, but might be worth a shot?

How is your food combining? Are you having your fruit before the cacao concoctions and miso or after? I would highly recommend having the fruit first - that should improve your digestion no end.

Have you done a candida test? A good course of probiotics might be in order as well - again, if you can find a sound colonic therapist, they can advise on this.

Mmmm, parsley tea! Haven't tried that. Add that to my list... laugh

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 17 July, 2008 »

How does consuming flax oil help with hydration goji girl? huh

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« Reply #6 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

I'm not sure, to be honest, stevetabe. She did tell me, but I obviously did not fully digest the explanation (pardon the pun). She does know her stuff, so I'm sure there's some logic there. I'll ask again next time I see her. Sorry I can't shed more light on the issue at the mo.

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« Reply #7 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Damian,
if it was me, this is what I'd do:

Lots and lots of water, all day every day

Colonics/enemas

Loads of fruit, all day....Eat More Fruit - now where have I heard that before Smiley

Coconut oil - I've found adding 1/2 cup to smoothies cleans me out a bit too thoroughly

Bush Flower Remedies - Bottlebrush works on the large intestine like...well...like a big bottle brush LOL.  It also works on letting go emotionally (and physically). If you can't easily get hold of the individual essence, purifying essence contains bottlebrush and is in most health food shops.

I have a copy of the book "tissue cleansing through bowl management" by Bernard Jensen, complete with graphic photos.  I can lend it to you if you like
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« Reply #8 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Thanks so much guys for all the care and love. I know i will get there and now armed with a little bit more information Im a little bit closer to fixing the darn thing. I post back here as to how the potassium and dolomite goes for others who like me who suffer.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Damian, I was bit horrified at reading teh reciope for supersmoothie - just the mix of powders.


I would recomend tio skip for teh time teh maccas and cocoa powders at all


also skipping any dried fruits, including any berries.


wise soul mentioned the rehydration...
in my experience the water on its own is just flusing teh pee pipe, not rehydratinbg the body, rehydrating liquid needs to have minerals and needs to have some basic fats.

The meachanism is too complicated here to talk about, it is based on cellular level, the composition of the cell membranes which are composed of the fats, the water surface tension and teh ability to be absorbed vie cell membranes etc.

People on the western duiet - margafrines burned oxidized damaged fats etc, do not have basic cell membrane building material of teh proper quality so ther cel mebranes are basicaly causin the cell embargo for nutrients water and oxygen and killing it - ageing it.

On tghe other had the change to fruit only diet si also not supplying enouggh quality of basic fat material, so teh cell membrane renovation could not happen. To get enough of the daily fats on fruit diet You need to force Yourself to 6000 fruit calories (and than have probs how to burn them after extracting the good fats) or be wise and eat teh proper fats (and not confesing to teh 811 church priest).


so from this You should see why the wise souls are advising on coconut oils flax oils etc...


in the folk medicine tegh saying is, that the poo needs to slide in the guts, and the slide is much easier when it is greased, so teh fat is used..

I have a chronicaly constipated friend, who does not eat any fat at all, thinks she is very healthy and fit, yet her skin looks much older that her birthcertificate is showing...


I also think that drinking tea - mainly green tea is much better than drinking water, since it is already somehow mineralized and teh sugar from honey or agave or maple etc does help to restore the guts order by few different mechanisms, initialy to get the thing going You might need perhaps 6-8 litres of Greet tea a day, but weak ones - 1 bag per litre not per cup.

The whole remineralization is easier with eating lots of cooked vegs - bioled etc with some fat, but again this is against being raw, but in my view supperts being healthy.


Learn nauly kryja from yoga

some more direct approach can be tried like mix half cup of olive oil with freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and drink it at once - it needs to be shaken to form the suspension like stuff, and or keep adding few grains of Epsom salt to the drinks...
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« Reply #10 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

some grand advice Rudes...

yup must rehydrate,less processed anything(inc superfoods the better) theres no water in them....fruits,veg juices water....steamed vegs are amazing......

ditch the supps and go whole foods through and through...correct food combining a plus too....

exercise exercise exercise...esp trampollining,running powerwalking...the five tibetans.....

anything that has the water removed isnt going to help

constipation is just awful for every cell of your body awful

waste=weight
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« Reply #11 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Damian, I had sufferred from constipation all the way from my childhood till my twenties, when I radically changed my diet. Formerly, my diet was pretty low in fibre (stodgy Polish cooked food), and I went macrobiotic then. Specifically, I would eat only whole grains and also vegies. Cooked, true, but the change was radical nevertheless (no process stuff, no ready-made bought foods, only me grinding the grains myself etc, preparing everything from scratch). After about 4 days of the new regime, my body unblocked itself, and I couldn't beliveve the results. Before that, I used to think that going to the bathroom once in two days was OK. But wait, there was more to come, although it took me a fair while to get there. When I went raw 5 years ago, to my amazement I discovered that going to the bathroom once a day was not enough! What a joy lol!  laugh Then, I understood that one of the markers telling us why this raw food diet is so good, was that the food that we ate is not rotting inside us for days on end (and producing various carcenogenic etc toxins as a results), but passes thorugh our body in just enough time for the body to get the wondress nutrients out of it. Transition time on raw is very quick indeed, and these days I consider this to be the (healthy) norm, and not my old habits.

Some tips, I find apples very good. Once, when a cooked foodist, I tried eating nearly only apples for a few days, and this did get me going (after a couple of days). Ripe, juicy (preferably mono-style) fruit works wonders for me too!

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« Reply #12 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

I have suffered this too for many years, even when i started raw. But when i did the green smoothies, im having regular bowel movements. It took atleast a month for my body to get used to the green smoothies and having regular movement. The natural oils in greens lubricate bowel movements. Not too mention you get a really good cleanout. Read Victoria Boutenko's green for life, you wont put it down its excellent.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Some tips, I find apples very good. Once, when a cooked foodist, I tried eating nearly only apples for a few days, and this did get me going (after a couple of days). Ripe, juicy (preferably mono-style) fruit works wonders for me too!

Hi Gosia - thanks for the info. I've found that grated apple - oddly enough - stops diarrhea. Apples are amazing!

Also, thanks for info about food passing out of the system and not rotting in there as a sign of healthy eating. I didn't know this!

Best cheers, Niqi
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« Reply #14 on: Friday 18 July, 2008 »

Apples! I was going to suggest them too. Don Tolman calls them nature's broom. You can blend them and drink them too if that helps.

But my concern is that you have been constipated for so long that you have a big almost concrete type dried compacted lump of fecal matter in there. I'm worried that if you eat all of this stuff it might just squeeze it's way around the fecal matter and result in painful diahorrea at the other end.

I had a friend to who this happened and she used to have massages to break up the fecal matter and then a colonic.

I also recommend what Rudy said, cutting back on anything dehydrated. No powders for now. Even though I love them. Except maca which I can't stand the taste of. I think hydration is key. You can always go back to them when you are ready.

Juicing sounds great too. From what I've read it should enable to you get loads of cals in without adding to the mass that's already in there.

Gosh I hope this improves for you soon.

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