I think going gluten free took a while for my digestive system to catch up to! It wasn't anything to do with fibre, I definitely ate enough.
My mind did go there back at the time, and I got a gluten free fibre thing (physsillum husk) from Holland and Barratts but it didn't help. You could try it yourself though. The H&B stuff was "colon care", about £10-15 I think, but I recently found smaller bags of physsillum husk in an independent health food shop for £5.
Well, for starters, don't supplement Calcium - it's known for causing constipation and whole wheat was a source of Magnesium, so the scales will tip in Calcium's direction when you go gluten free. You'll actually get to higher vitamin D levels without Calcium (as a supplement) as it is Magnesium that raises vitamin D. Good vitamin D levels should help you be more regular as it works like a hormone and regulates your gut. I agree that whole wheat has its uses as it contains Magnesium and you are missing out on a useful source there. Unfortunately, in me, the gluten aggravated so much that the fibre failed to soothe, but to be fair, dairy was possibly worse - especially low fat (processed) dairy (my dairy intolerance is genetic). I really like linseed - (there's a branded one that says how much Magnesium and CoQ10 you are getting) on my porridge with a few prunes - it may help. Also I find taking a b5 tablet occasionally (the ones I have are very big so I break one in half) helps with gut motility.
There are many different forms of magnesium that come in 100 mg doses. If you are taking the wrong type, you might actually be making constipation worse. Magnesium Citrate is the form recommended to help digestion. vitacost.com/blog/vitamins-...
Yeah but it's doubtful you're going to get 4000 mg just from eating fruit and veg - that's a hell of a lot of fruit and veg! Plus, being hypo, you're going to have trouble digesting and absorbing nutrients. If you got enough vit c you probably wouldn't be constipated, would you.
Hi, I'm gluten free and used to have awful IBS with constipation going back to childhood. I still get the odd flare up but nowhere near as bad.
You can but gluten free seeded bread or even bake your own. There are lots of cereals and muesli etc too.
I try to avoid these things as the ingredients lists are so huge, especially where the bread's concerned, and eat a lot of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and green leafy stuff. Chia seeds are good in breakfast cereal.
Drink plenty of fluids, try a probiotic and also magnesium citrate.
It takes several months to feel better on a gluten free diet and for many you may not “feel” the benefits at all. I eat lots of vegetables like cooked broccoli, carrots, peas, radishes etc. daily. I also take Magnesium Glycinate and Mineral drops that contain magnesium. If you have chronic constipation there could be other reasons behind it such as SIBO, other gut issues, stress and ofcourse the thyroid itself.
Eating carrots especially raw ones helps with the removal of metabolised oestrogens from the gut.
Regular bowel movements are key to removing used hormones otherwise they can in some case end up getting reabsorbed by the body adding to oestrogen dominance. It’s the estrobolome in our gut that is affected. You’d see this if you had high levels of the enzyme beta-glucoronidase from a stool test.
I just eat lots of veg and pulses. I don't think bran is good for gut health. Make sure you are eating enough fat - fat keeps you regular - bran and such like dry out, swell up and block the "exit"
I don't think that really works as one of the functions of the gut is to absorb moisture, so you end up overwhelming your gut in order to push through stuff that should never have been there in the first place - you just end up with mega colon. No ancestral/natural diet would have had added bran or fibre. But I haven't had constipation since I was a child eating rubbishy school food
Hi, I have always had a thyroid problem but never got my head around the gluten free regime.
I do however eat nuts which are high in fibre and some of the seeds and also berries and melon. Most days I have bran flakes, so rarely have a problem with constipation etc. It is only when I don't eat them, I have a problem and since I have got older.
Here is a link to some of the nuts and seeds that are good.
Hi I have Coeliac disease so have no option to be gf and have been for 2.5 years. Constipation was one of my symptoms. Unfortunately I was undiagnosed so long that going gf in fact made it worse due to lack fibre in gf food. Diagnosed now by gastroenterologist with chronic constipation prescribed Movical.
To be truly gf if having oats they have to be gf oats. Normal oats are grown with gluten containing crops and also grown in a rotating cycle. You can get gf porridge oats. Gf oats also in other foods.
You need to drink plenty water, plenty fruit and vegetables, as above various seeds and dried fruit. Magnesium in various forms,not oxide though, help too!
I’ve been GF for about 3 weeks now, and I love oatmeal and I was eating Muesli before and I found a GF muesli🤮I am now muesli free too, I will have to find GF oats for oatmeal. I’ve never been a big bread or grain eater, but now that’s all I’ve been thinking about eating since going GF.
I find red kidney beans, broad beans, (I buy them frozen), and of course baked beans help me. Also iceberg lettuce does the job very well, and figs when I can get them. Also Rhubarb and gooseberries, which might go nicely with the ice cream!
I agree. The majority of people seem to think they should defecate at least once daily. With so many people eating foods made from grains of various kinds, and vegetables and fruit, it isn't surprising that people produce so much "bulky waste".
I went on a low carb/keto diet. For the short time I managed to stick to it I only went every 2 or 3 days too. It was an unexpected side effect, but at least I realised why it was happening.
Yeah, but dogs are facultative carnivores, not omnivores like people (and cats are obligate carnivores), so a natural diet for a cat or dog would contain a little fibre from fur and feathers but very little else. having said that. I go once for every meal and have been grain and gluten free for over 10 years.
Yes. We found out the hard way that if you want to give your cat diabetes (I don't recommend it), feed her exclusively dry food. She refused to switch to canned food so I ended up cooking poultry for her.
I found that out the hard way too a long time ago and had to give my cat insulin shots twice a day, he lived an extra two years doing that, but now my cats are exclusively on canned food and I vary the brands and protein choices so that they don’t get tired of the same old food everyday.
The only thing that keeps me regular is being optimally treated.
I’ve been low gluten for years because of my low carb lifestyle, I went GF for a few months and then introduced some without a lot of tragedy but then went too far and stunk out my whole family with my wind and felt a bit fluey (I guess, I’ve never actually had flu) with some headaches. So I cut back again and found my sweet spot of what amount of gluten I can and can’t eat. So I have a sensitivity rather than a huge problem.
What about raw veg? That’s more roughage than when cooked. And what about this site might be useful?
Been reading about a new kind of Spanish wheat that has far less gluten, but it is not guaranteed to be ok for everyone with gluten sensitivity - could be worth exploring if you are not adverse to a little .... Mind you, I hear 'new' and 'wheat' in the same phrase and I worry what else they've done. Would be better if they reintroduced old-fashioned wheat. I swear that wheat these days is much more dwarf in size, but very dense, barely reaching my knees - it used to be tall and stately - something you could imagine wild birds and mammals living among.
Many years ago, I found Amaranth flakes to be very delicious. Then my store decided to stop carrying it. Now, several specialty stores do carry both the grain and flakes, as does Amazon. Unfortunately, I have been low-carbing it for over 2 years. No gluten, but 26 grams of carbs.
You don’t sound daft at all, I’ve read from many different sources that the raw food diet is the healthiest way to go for dogs, don’t you have to supplement with vitamins and other things too though?
I think the raw food diet is supposed to be healthier for cats too, getting back to their natural eating but I haven’t gotten up the nerve to try if for my dogs or cats yet, good to know that there are ready mixed powders out there to help with it though.
My niece is hypothyroid also and has problems with constipation and she swears by bullet proof coffee, she says that it keeps her regular, you might google it and see if it might be for you, I think it may basically be buttered coffee.
Glad you have learned of some more ways to get more GF fiber into your diet. I have been gluten and dairy free for about 3 weeks, I am trying it because of Hashimotos, to see if it makes any difference. I wasn’t a big grain or dairy eater anyway but these past 3 weeks I have been craving both, I thought oats were GF also, there’s a lot to learn about it all. I did get the Gluten/Dairy Digest capsules that Izabella Wentz recommends, mainly for eating out. Good luck to you on your Gluten free journey!
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