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I've also had a hard time understanding how the fruit/veggies can make me C. I had sort of assumed that for C'ers, rather than getting D when eating insolubles our colons just seize up when we eat insolubles??? Not sure - maybe Heather or someone else can help enlighten me!

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Okay, someone may have to correct me if I'm wrong but here's what I picture in my mind about my colon:

I'm an IBS-Cer, and when I eat insoluble fibers (fruits and vegetables included), it's a "rough" fiber - not smooth like the other soluble fibers. Your body is taking tons of nutrients and vitamins from the insoluble fiber, causing it not to absorb as much water by the time it reaches the large intestines. Where as soluble fiber does not contain as many nutrients and vitamins, allowing it to absorb more water and pass through the large intestines more easily.

That might be an off the wall answer, but was the only idea that I could come up with.

- Jennifer

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- Jennifer

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