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Gunni
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Thanks to a wealth of knowledge and tips here on the forum I've made some meaningful progress towards better health.

I most certainly was deficient in B1, causing the symptoms I described in this post as diabetes like

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and those symptoms have now mostly subsided with that supplementation.

Also, some of my more pronounced symptoms at night, usually following high fat containing meals, have largely faded due to supplementing with betaine and pepsin during meals.

 

I am however still dealing with severe constipation regularly, I feel this issue has been lessened but (and this has been confirmed via imaging) a lot of what I eat is still just getting held up in my digestive system causing issues.

My solution is drinking a lot of hot drinks and an occasional enema..

Now while it does feel like I'm on the right path, I'm unsure of whether I should up my dosages or if I might be missing some other integral digestive aid via vitamin/mineral.

Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions, thanks!

My current supplement regimen is
  Daily with first meal
    100mcg selenium
    Vitamin d3 4000IU
    Strong b complex

  1-2x daily with meals
    3x 650mg betaine hci, 250.000 pepsin
    400mg Magnesium citrate
    100mg B1 thiamin

And I crush most of these before ingesting.
 

 


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trents Grand Master

How much fiber are you getting each day? Have you done the math on that? The medical community recommends getting 25-30 grams per day but most people fall well short of that. This is especially true when people rely a lot on processed gluten free foods. The celiac community doesn't have the benefit of being able to consume a lot of mainline whole grain foods because they usually contain wheat, typically, the main source of the fiber in them.

Gunni Rookie

Thanks @trents, I have for sure been slacking on the fibers... I used to ingest a lot of psyllium husk so I'll get right back on that :D

And happy to hear any more suggestions/ideas from the forum gurus here!

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trents Grand Master

30 grams of fiber seems to be the magic number for me insofar as regularity goes. And make sure you drink plenty of fluids with it if you take psyllium.

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