Quote from Kurtis on August 24, 2021, 9:13 pm

Lactulose & milk of magnesia are other good options if psyllium husk doesn't agree with you

Quote from kathy55wood on August 25, 2021, 3:13 am

I'm eating half a cup of beans 3 times a day (with beef or chicken), and I take milk of magnesia (unflavored) with a glass of water every night. It really relieves my constipation. Incidentally, the soluble fiber in psyllium has the same action as the soluble fiber in beans. So your water intake is very important. Do you have a water purifier, John?

Quote from Даниил on August 25, 2021, 6:25 am

Interestinly that strong coffee and chewing gum with nicotine sometimes saved me from constipation when I had it.

Quote from John on August 25, 2021, 8:22 am

Quote from Kurtis on August 24, 2021, 9:13 pm

Lactulose & milk of magnesia are other good options if psyllium husk doesn't agree with you

I've been doing lactulose mostly and miralax for the past few years with milk of magnesia for emergencies.  Just started lactulose and miralax again yesterday morning and last night I had the onset of anxiety again, so I highly suspect one of them or both to be contributing to it.  I am staying clear from magnesium laxatives now since I believe I overdid it about 6 weeks ago , had diarrhea four times in one day and probably caused such a massive electrolyte imbalance that my body seemed to went into shock.  All my veins dilated so badly that I seemed to have gotten vericose veins on my in one day, very scary stuff and my cholesterol spiked from just two weeks of getting tested prior.  So I'm trying to stay clear from laxatives that works by imbalancing electrolytes like magnesia and probably thats how saline enemas work as well right?  Miralax has a FB about it being very neuro toxic, so I'm leaning towards it as the cuplrit for my anxiety issues these past few years. 

Quote from John on August 25, 2021, 8:25 am

Quote from kathy55wood on August 25, 2021, 3:13 am

I'm eating half a cup of beans 3 times a day (with beef or chicken), and I take milk of magnesia (unflavored) with a glass of water every night. It really relieves my constipation. Incidentally, the soluble fiber in psyllium has the same action as the soluble fiber in beans. So your water intake is very important. Do you have a water purifier, John?

 As my reply to Curtis, I am steering clear of milk of magnesia. My googling indicates it leads to vasolidation and possibly veriocose veins.  No I drink mainly only bottled water from Costco.

Quote from John on August 25, 2021, 8:32 am

Quote from Даниил on August 25, 2021, 6:25 am

Interestinly that strong coffee and chewing gum with nicotine sometimes saved me from constipation when I had it.

I can't seem to do caffeine plus it googling says it initially constrict veins but leads to the opposite, vasodilation.  My blood pressure is on the low end and I took so much milk of mag and mag oxides for constipation, which I believe relaxed my muscles too much including my heart and with the electrolyte imbalance, and something to to with causing too much nitric oxides, caused me major vasodilation and with the relaxed heart muscles cause circulation issues and blood pooling and major major vasodilation that I seemed to have gotten vericose veins in one day..its been 6 weeks and its improved but the vericose veins on my lower legs are alot more than prior the incident. 

Quote from Даниил on September 27, 2021, 12:44 am

Does the psyllium work?

Since I also have problems with peristalsis, I am interested in understanding this. Although I would not take soluble fiber because of the recycling of vitamin A by bacteria, especially when there is already constipation. At one time, the starch-free diet worked very well for me, but I (fool) I started eating it again, and the second time I can't achieve the same result. I also have varicose veins, so I think I also have problems with high NO.

Once I made a long list of things that increase NO: arginine, iron(inos), PTH, TSH, estrogen, prolactin (nnos), ammonia(inos), vitamin A (lol) (nnos), vitamin E (nnos), homocysteine (inos)

I would also not recommend anyone to blindly take magnesium, I have had serious problems because of this before.

@john

Quote from John on October 19, 2021, 1:03 pm

Quote from Даниил on September 27, 2021, 12:44 am

Does the psyllium work?

Since I also have problems with peristalsis, I am interested in understanding this. Although I would not take soluble fiber because of the recycling of vitamin A by bacteria, especially when there is already constipation. At one time, the starch-free diet worked very well for me, but I (fool) I started eating it again, and the second time I can't achieve the same result. I also have varicose veins, so I think I also have problems with high NO.

Once I made a long list of things that increase NO: arginine, iron(inos), PTH, TSH, estrogen, prolactin (nnos), ammonia(inos), vitamin A (lol) (nnos), vitamin E (nnos), homocysteine (inos)

I would also not recommend anyone to blindly take magnesium, I have had serious problems because of this before.

@john

@daniil
Sorry for the delay, been dealing with a lot of health issues. 

I only took the psyllium capsules a few times and didn't continue them.   Although I might start taking them again if it were to help with lower my increasingly high cholesterol. Will need to research how to lower it. My vericose veins are still flairing up on my lower legs, seems certain foods are a factor, possibly histamine high foods, and salt seems to give me MS symptoms. Google confirmed this after I realized what my high salt consumption with my symptoms. 
   Thanks for the list, maybe I need to stop the vitamin E cause it seems to give me greasy stool, and not sure if it's effecting my cholesterol.   
   I have had a good handle on my constipation since this post, but had to take a dose of lactulose for the first time in more than a month at 3am last night from gut toxicity,  I've been able to eat foods that usually cause me constipation past two weeks and I think I pushed it too far - bread, pastries, waffles, egg noodles. 
  I'm waiting for the results of my recent blood work to see if the past few months of gym, saunas, cutting out of eggs, minimizing bad oils, and being regular has helped any.   Although I have been eating a ton of Natures path flax n pumpkin seed granola which I think is helping me with my constipation but I'm concerned if the fats in there have a negative effect on my cholesterol.  We shall find out in a couple of days.

Quote from Даниил on October 19, 2021, 1:19 pm

Quote from John on October 19, 2021, 1:03 pm

Quote from Даниил on September 27, 2021, 12:44 am

Does the psyllium work?

Since I also have problems with peristalsis, I am interested in understanding this. Although I would not take soluble fiber because of the recycling of vitamin A by bacteria, especially when there is already constipation. At one time, the starch-free diet worked very well for me, but I (fool) I started eating it again, and the second time I can't achieve the same result. I also have varicose veins, so I think I also have problems with high NO.

Once I made a long list of things that increase NO: arginine, iron(inos), PTH, TSH, estrogen, prolactin (nnos), ammonia(inos), vitamin A (lol) (nnos), vitamin E (nnos), homocysteine (inos)

I would also not recommend anyone to blindly take magnesium, I have had serious problems because of this before.

@john

@daniil
Sorry for the delay, been dealing with a lot of health issues. 

I only took the psyllium capsules a few times and didn't continue them.   Although I might start taking them again if it were to help with lower my increasingly high cholesterol. Will need to research how to lower it. My vericose veins are still flairing up on my lower legs, seems certain foods are a factor, possibly histamine high foods, and salt seems to give me MS symptoms. Google confirmed this after I realized what my high salt consumption with my symptoms. 
   Thanks for the list, maybe I need to stop the vitamin E cause it seems to give me greasy stool, and not sure if it's effecting my cholesterol.   
   I have had a good handle on my constipation since this post, but had to take a dose of lactulose for the first time in more than a month at 3am last night from gut toxicity,  I've been able to eat foods that usually cause me constipation past two weeks and I think I pushed it too far - bread, pastries, waffles, egg noodles. 
  I'm waiting for the results of my recent blood work to see if the past few months of gym, saunas, cutting out of eggs, minimizing bad oils, and being regular has helped any.   Although I have been eating a ton of Natures path flax n pumpkin seed granola which I think is helping me with my constipation but I'm concerned if the fats in there have a negative effect on my cholesterol.  We shall find out in a couple of days.

Phytoestrogens also definitely increase NO, so it's probably worth giving up flax seeds and the like.

I haven't figured out the exact list of foods that cause me constipation yet. But starch is definitely one of the factors, high fat content maybe too.