Need Help For Chronic Constipation And Digestion Problems

[Guacamayo]

I should clarify that the magnesium I was taking wasn't pure malate, but a mix of malate, citrate, and glycinate. I'll see how I go with only malate.

Thanks for that heads-up @charlie, I'll be getting some Lipo thiamine and benfotiamine and trying them out for a month or two (alongside magnesium - 100mg B1 to 150mg Magnesium if I'm correct). Question: Is there a lipothiamine brand you'd recommend, because the only one I can track down is the Cardiovascular Research Ltd. brand and that has a staggering amount of potentially bad added ingredients.

 

[charlie]

I should clarify that the magnesium I was taking wasn't pure malate, but a mix of malate, citrate, and glycinate. I'll see how I go with only malate.

Thanks for that heads-up @charlie, I'll be getting some Lipo thiamine and benfotiamine and trying them out for a month or two (alongside magnesium - 100mg B1 to 150mg Magnesium if I'm correct). Question: Is there a lipothiamine brand you'd recommend, because the only one I can track down is the Cardiovascular Research Ltd. brand and that has a staggering amount of potentially bad added ingredients.

I prefer the Allithiamine. And yes, the ingredients are not the best unfortunately.

 

[Guacamayo]

@Dino D I just received my Mag Malate...so when is the best time to take 1g of it? At night or in the morning? And how long does it take to have an effect? I know that high-dose Vitamin C should be taken in the morning because that has an effect within the hour, whereas Senna and Cascara take something like 12 hours for their laxative effect.

Any side effects from taking 1g of Mag Malate long-term?

 

[Dino D]

@Dino D I just received my Mag Malate...so when is the best time to take 1g of it? At night or in the morning? And how long does it take to have an effect? I know that high-dose Vitamin C should be taken in the morning because that has an effect within the hour, whereas Senna and Cascara take something like 12 hours for their laxative effect.

Any side effects from taking 1g of Mag Malate long-term?

some mag groups recommend taking 800-1000mg everyday like for ever...
spread the dose trought the daY with meals or around meals...
start with around 400 mg and up it to 1000 in three days... but you can start with 1000... nothing special or dangerous in my opinion...
i didnt notice anything special, after two-three days it started working and then it worked everyday... its not like l super laksative, you just go, it feeals normal...

 

[Dino D]

@Guacamayo did it work?

 

[Guacamayo]

Yes it does work, but its laxative effect is pretty mild (1g dose that is). It's similar to drinking a cup of prune juice with a tablespoon of lemon juice. Although the prune juice has the effect within the hour, the Mag Malate takes something more like 8-9 hours to have an effect.

But yeah it's like a mild once-off kind of effect. And taking 600mg throughout the day didn't really do anything.

I think things like Senna, high dose vitamin C, cascara Sagrada, and this prune/fig stew that I make have a better gallbladder emptying effect because the laxative effect tends to last like all day.

And question: Do you get habituated to it over time? Like if you were to take 1000mg every day/every other day, would the laxative effect wear off and you'd need to keep increasing the dose?

 

[Dino D]

Yes it does work, but its laxative effect is pretty mild (1g dose that is). It's similar to drinking a cup of prune juice with a tablespoon of lemon juice. Although the prune juice has the effect within the hour, the Mag Malate takes something more like 8-9 hours to have an effect.

But yeah it's like a mild once-off kind of effect. And taking 600mg throughout the day didn't really do anything.

I think things like Senna, high dose vitamin C, cascara Sagrada, and this prune/fig stew that I make have a better gallbladder emptying effect because the laxative effect tends to last like all day.

And question: Do you get habituated to it over time? Like if you were to take 1000mg every day/every other day, would the laxative effect wear off and you'd need to keep increasing the dose?

no, but i didnt took it for too long...
yes, everybody needs to find its dose... keep going i hope it will work longer...

 

[somuch4food]

Have you read this thread: Tips For Promoting Bowel Health And Preventing Constipation

I found this post particularly eye opening:

Members that are not on bottom;
Tom;

Cascara, energy, cancer and the FDA's laxative abuse.

"Despite the greater prevalence of constipation in women and older people, even specialists in gastroenterology are very unlikely to consider the role of hypothyroidism or other endocrine problems in chronic constipation."

"Aging and stress increase some of the inflammatory mediators, tending to reduce the barrier function of the bowel, letting larger amounts of bacterial toxins enter the bloodstream, interfering with energy metabolism, creating inflammatory vicious circles of increasing leakiness and inflammation."

"Often people visualize something like a sausage casing when they think of the intestine, but when the intestine is becoming inflamed its wall may swell to become an inch thick. As it thickens, the channel narrows to a few millimeters in diameter, and may even close in some regions. In the swollen, edematous, inflamed condition the contractile mechanism of the smooth muscle is impaired. The failure of contraction is caused by the same structural changes that increase permeability. (Garcia, et al., 1996; Skarsgard, et al., 2000; Plaku and von der Weid, 2006; Uray, et al., 2006; Miller and Sims, 1986; Schouten, et al., 2008; Gosling, et al., 2000.)"

"Obviously, in the very swollen, structurally deformed intestine, with almost no lumen [very constricted but thick walls], neither a stimulant nor a simple fibrous bulk could restore functioning, because even with stimulation the smooth muscle is unable to contract, and the closed channel won’t admit bulk. Even gas is sometimes unable to pass through the inflamed intestine. Mechanical thinking about the intestine fails when inflammation is involved; now that inflammation is known to play an important role in Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease, it will be more acceptable to consider its role in constipation."

"The contractile ability of smooth muscle, that’s impaired by swelling and inflammation, can be restored by antiinflammatory agents, for example aspirin (or other inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis) or antihistamines."

"Emodin and the anthraquinones (and naphthoquinones, such as lapachone) weren’t the reagents that Koch considered the most powerful, but emodin can produce to some degree all of the effects that he believed could be achieved by correcting the cellular respiratory apparatus: Antiinflammatory, antifibrotic (Wang, et al., 2007) antiviral, antidepressant, heart protective, antioxidant, memory enhancing, anticancer, anxiolytic and possibly antipsychotic."

"An effective laxative (besides preventing inflammation) causes not only coordinated contraction of the smooth muscles of the intestine, but also adjusts secretions and absorption, so that an appropriate amount of fluid stays in the intestine, and the cells of the intestine don’t become water-logged."

"In the presence of bacterial endotoxin, respiratory energy production fails in the cells lining the intestine. Nitric oxide is probably the main mediator of this effect.
The shift from respiration to glycolysis, from producing carbon dioxide to producing lactic acid, involves a global change in cell functions, away from specialized differentiated functioning, toward defensive and inflammatory processes."

"This global change involves a change in the physical properties of the cytoplasm, causing a tendency to swell, and to admit dissolved substances that normally wouldn’t enter the cells.
The interface between the cells lining the intestine and the bacteria-rich environment involves processes similar to those in cells at other interfacial situations throughout the body--kidney, bladder, secretory membranes of glands, capillary cells, etc. The failure of the intestinal barrier is especially dangerous, because of the generalized toxic consequences, but the principles of maintaining and restoring it are general, and they have to do with the nature of life."

"Besides endotoxin, estrogen, vibrational injury, radiation, aging, cold, and hypoosmolarity, increase NO synthesis and release, and increase cellular permeabilities throughout the body.
Estrogen excess (relative to progesterone and androgens), as in pregnancy, stress, and aging, reduces intestinal motility, probably by increasing nitric oxide production. The anthraquinones inhibit the formation of nitric oxide, which is constantly being promoted by endotoxin."

"When these intrinsic corrective processes are inadequate, as in hypothyroidism, with increased estrogen and serotonin, extrinsic factors, including special foods and drugs, can reinforce the adaptive mechanisms. These “adaptogens” can sometimes restore the system to perfect functioning, other times they can merely prevent further injury. Sometimes the adaptogens are exactly like those the body normally has, but that are needed in larger amounts during stress. Tips For Promoting Bowel Health And Preventing Constipation

"Another kind of adaptogen resembles the body’s intrinsic defensive substances, but isn’t produced in significant quantities in our bodies. This type includes caffeine and the anthraquinones (such as emodin) and aspirin and other protective substances from plants. These overlap in functions with some of our intrinsic regulatory substances, and can also complement each other’s effects."

"The anthraquinones, like other antiinflammatory substances, reduce leakage from blood vessels, but they also reduce the absorption of water from the intestine."

@mayweatherking

 

[Vins7]

Please try Betaine Hcl and lowering protein intake while eating smaller meals more frequently. I have managed to reduce my white tongue by 80% so far for the first time in years. For me the more protein I eat the worse it gets. I have the EXACT same thing that food just feels like it’s sitting around in the stomach doing nothing. High dose Betaine HCl and low protein intake help enormously. I just eat very spread throughout the day and supplement with an essential amino acid blend. My nails and facial hair grow 2-3x as fast as before currently. In addition my nailbeds are way stronger and hair feels even thicker than it was (I am blessed with very good hairline genetics so this was not a problem, it just feels even thicker and stronger than before).

Hello.
I know that it's an old post but I want to know, I have chronic constipation and white tongue and I thought It was fue to carbs.
How many protein were you eating and what amount of betaina HCl when yo fixed your white tongue and improved your hair?
I'm really intereses.