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Pages: 1 Does slippery elm tea cause gas/pain?       #351628 - 11/04/09 12:40 PM Edit Reply Quote TeresaLouise Reged: 11/29/06 Posts: 147 Since slippery elm tea produces "mucilage", can this in turn be food for intestinal bacteria and cause excessive gas and pain? My special needs daughter has IBS-C and we also feel fructose malabsorption, gluten intolerance and lactose intolerance. Also when in the most pain is when she also expels alot of mucous. She doesn't tolerate probiotics and haven't been able to find any supplements that she tolerates. I thought the slippery elm tea maybe would be soothing to her but wondering if it would have the opposite effect since it produces a "mucliage" and wondering if this produces a bacterial food source? For soluble fibers she tolerates rice and potatoes but any soluble fiber supplements give alot of gas/pain and wondering if it could be related to that mucilage that they also create. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Does slippery elm tea cause gas/pain?       #351633 - 11/04/09 02:12 PM Edit Reply Quote dragonfly Reged: 05/12/08 Posts: 1088 Loc: canada I wish I could help you here but I can't. Maybe Syl can. -------------------- IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Does slippery elm tea cause gas/pain?       #351636 - 11/04/09 02:48 PM Edit Reply Quote Syl Reged: 03/13/05 Posts: 5499 Loc: SK, CANADA Mucilages (e.g., psyllium) are soluble fibers that generally speaking are less fermentable by bacteria in the colon than other soluble fibers. This document might explain slippery elm more clearly. I am not familiar with slippery elm and tea made from it. You may need to experiment by giving her small amounts and see how it goes. -------------------- STABLE: ♂, IBS-D 50+ years - Science of IBS The FODMAP Approach to Managing IBS Symptoms Evidence-based Dietary Management of Functional GI Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach FODMAP Chart & Cheatsheet The Role of Food & Dietary Intervention in IBS Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pages: 1

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