overloaded
07-20-2005, 01:05 PM
Greetings all.
I have some pain on the right side of the abdomen not the upper or the lower...just in between.
Strange thing is I wont even call it a pain but a sensation.
it happened like two times like when I got up from my bed.
I tryed lying down and pushing my fingers in side the place where I had that sensation and no pain or anything....
Could be the mind ?
Anyone have an Idea?
I also heard metamucil was good for fiber I think as Harry suggests so I am taking one spoon a day to have normal stools instead of diff variants...
I have some pain on the right side of the abdomen not the upper or the lower...just in between.
Strange thing is I wont even call it a pain but a sensation.
it happened like two times like when I got up from my bed.
I tryed lying down and pushing my fingers in side the place where I had that sensation and no pain or anything....
Could be the mind ?
Anyone have an Idea?
I also heard metamucil was good for fiber I think as Harry suggests so I am taking one spoon a day to have normal stools instead of diff variants...
Sponsor
Harry
07-21-2005, 01:10 AM
Overload,
Welcome to this board!!
You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.
One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!
I wish you well ---Harry
Welcome to this board!!
You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.
One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!
I wish you well ---Harry
overloaded
07-21-2005, 03:37 PM
Overload,
Welcome to this board!!
You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.
One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!
I wish you well ---Harry
Hi Harry
Ok, so soluble fiber where do I get the other fiber?
Thanks
Welcome to this board!!
You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.
One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!
I wish you well ---Harry
Hi Harry
Ok, so soluble fiber where do I get the other fiber?
Thanks
Harry
07-21-2005, 03:58 PM
All fruits and veggies including greens& green beans also nuts/seeds are mostly insoluble fiber. Wheat bran is insoluble.
Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.
This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!
All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!
Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.
This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!
All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!
overloaded
07-21-2005, 04:07 PM
All fruits and veggies including greens& green beans also nuts/seeds are mostly insoluble fiber. Wheat bran is insoluble.
Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.
This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!
All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!
Are you saying also that I should be consuming more then 1 tea spoon of metamucil?
Thanks
Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.
This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!
All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!
Are you saying also that I should be consuming more then 1 tea spoon of metamucil?
Thanks
overloaded
07-21-2005, 04:41 PM
And just to tell you something Harry
the past month had a lot of pressure cause of school and all
and I seen a big diff in stool sizes and all not it normalizes since I did well in everything and I wonder how long it takes for them to bulk up and all?
and they are light brown color is that ok ?
By the way since I started metamucil...........like 2 days ago..
the BM frequency increased like now I need to go a few times a day.....
is that ok ?
Thans again.
the past month had a lot of pressure cause of school and all
and I seen a big diff in stool sizes and all not it normalizes since I did well in everything and I wonder how long it takes for them to bulk up and all?
and they are light brown color is that ok ?
By the way since I started metamucil...........like 2 days ago..
the BM frequency increased like now I need to go a few times a day.....
is that ok ?
Thans again.
Dee77
07-22-2005, 10:12 PM
Glad it works for you. metamucil dont help me any.
Harry
07-23-2005, 12:08 AM
Dee -- you don't take enough!! Get the dose up to 7 or 8 grams then you'll see a difference!!!