Re: Ok, I need more info and comments on this!!! Please help! :)
12/18/06 07:43 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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I do fine with carrageenan as a food additive. I'm sure you'll hear from other people but you can also do a Search - carrageenan pops up from time to time on the Diet Board.
Dr. Weil is a big-deal alternative medicine guru in the States. I don't know much about his advice for other conditions, but his advice with regard to IBS seems to parallel Heather's in most respects except, of course, for the Insoluble Fiber thing: lots of whole grains, flax seed, Metamucil. It's clear he is fully committed to Insoluble Fiber with no consideration of whether an IBSer is primarily C or D and with no consideration of the role of Soluble Fiber. Sadly, that says to me that he doesn't really understand IBS very well - and certainly doesn't suffer from it himself. (Oh, and I'm not too sure about his whole slippery elm thing, either. Or the carob powder.)
HTH.
-------------------- [Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
Edited by Sand (12/18/06 07:48 AM)
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