Re: too much fiber

From: herbwormwood (herbwormwood_at_lycos.co.uk)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:56:59 +0000

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:29:30 +0000, Alf Christophersen wrote
(in article <9q7m11drf03e12j6i85gkk7takafhvhegu@4ax.com>):

> On 21 Feb 2005 17:05:04 -0800, janetconti1970@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of good home remedies for people sensitive to fiber? White
>> rice is helpful to me but I'm wondering what else would be. Beano is
>
> Sensitivity of fiber is a transitional state seen in almost everyone
> that has been living for a very long time on highly refined food free
> of fibers. Start slowly with just a few grams of fiber daily, then
> increase carefully until your body has developed a bacterial flora
> that can cope with it and your body otherwise accept them. Starting
> with high doses only feed certain other bacteria that break them down
> and produce lots of farts, probably stinking such ones if your food
> contain some sulphur and your bacteria can convert organic sulphur to
> H2S or mercaptanes or ethanethiol. Especially the last one is really
> stinking and is sensible in a dilution of 1 to 10 millions if not
> more. (produced natural in sheep by accident fed rotten cabbage)
>

Also what kind of fibre are you having now? White rice does not contain much
nutitrition other than carbohydrate. Are you taking supplement fibre such as
Wheat bran?
Natural forms of fibre are probably better, which can be obtained in whole
grains, and fruit and vegetables (cooked as well as raw). Pulses can provoke
wind or gas but you don't need to eat pulses unless you are a vegetarian.
Fibre is a natural part of food and only has been removed from western diets
in recent times. I have a chinese friend who said traditional British food
gave her all sorts of digestive problems, constipation, flatulence, etc. She
needed to eat stir fried food because the chinese way of stir fry cooking is
very fast and neither overcooks nor undercooks the food.
You could also try sprouting, this is where you get pulses and seeds such as
mung bans and sprout them to make salad type veg. They are high in fibre and
very easy to digest.

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