Not a bad day, I stuck mostly to the no artificial sweeteners, then realized there was a little stevia in the chocolate additive I put into my evening yogurt, but not much. No diet soft drinks and no other artificial sweetener. I also got my fat up and stuck to my calorie limit. Belly not perfect but better.
Careful with adding cheese, Rob. That really constipates me. Apples help though as do prunes( just a few). Maybe add some flaxseeds to your cereal in the morning. I have LSA, which is a mix of Linseed, Sunflower seed & Almond meal, which is best kept in the fridge. Are you still having kefir?
I know cheese can have that effect, today I had cheese, but less. Trying to up it for the fat. The kefir has become homemade yogurt, same inoculum and recipe but incubated at a higher temp, 120 F. It tastes the same but is thicker and smoother. And according to what I read it converts more of the milk sugar to whatever it converts to, but not so as I can taste a difference.
i'll throw a tsp of flax or chia seeds in many things i make these days.
sometimes i worry about artificial sweeteners... something i don't really want to quit. even worse, i've settled on sodium saccharin (Sweet'n Low) which is one that gets a lot of &*#% from the Keto krowd. but then i read some studies and even when dangerous effects are indicated, they are using well over what i do.
Yes, thanks to you and Cate I did just that, just happened to have some flax seeds in the refrigerator so I added some both to breakfast and evening snack. They add an interesting texture and are a good source of fat. For me I am pretty sure the erythritol in the stevia I was eating was a problem, in fact if you look at the labels on most "stevia" sold in Walmart there is more erythritol than stevia in the product. Erythritol and other sugar alcohols often found in sweeteners are known problems for some people's digestion. However my most recent problem was not that, it likely came from too much of the stuff in the picture. Not sure what the problem was with this one. I really like the taste, but it is not nearly so powerful as advertise, probably takes 10X the advertised dose to taste properly. Anyway I have given it up. Beware this stuff!
That is interesting...I could also see that adding to feeling a bit down about things. One doesn't expect to get constipated while adding in a bunch of fruits and veggies and healthy eating in general! Would be good if the eliminating of artificial sweeteners solved the issue. Anyways I hope you can figure it out. A good working gut system really helps to make a person feel a lot better.
I agree, it shouldn't happen but it is... I don't think the artificial sweeteners are the problem, the constipation happened long before I started overdoing the sweeteners... My working theory of the day is too little fat, so I upped my fat yesterday and today, no effect yet but it may be too soon to expect it. I did ask my doctor about it a few months back, he just said that it did not surprise him.
Fresh cherries are doing the trick for now.
