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Poopin n' pootin !

dstgirl2000
on 11/16/09 3:09 am
My mom always said that I was full of ****........And right now, she's right!  I know this may not be a comfortable topic to talk about, but I need some advice and relief.  I stay constipated!!  What's the deal??  My wl progams has been going great.  The weight is coming off beautifully and I couldn't be more pleased, but most of the time I just feel like I'm going to explode.  Although, I am one of the people who never was "regular".  I could count on twice a week, maybe 3x on a good week.  but since the RNY it's more like once a week and it is work getting that one in.  Yeah I know...TMI.

I confess, I'm not getting in as much liquids as I should.  It's more like 30-40 oz. a day.  I get in all my protein and vits.  The exercise is lacking due to knee injuries which I'm having surgery on this week to hopefully get me back in the gym soon.  I'm putting Benefiber in my protein, eating Activia yogurt and drinking V-8 on the regular, but what usually happens is just excessive and really foul gas issues!  I mean I can let 'em rip.....I'm Gassy
Any advice on how i can get "moving"?

Thanks BAF,
                        
gigilani
on 11/16/09 3:12 am
I had IBS going in, so I was the same way.  I use probiotics & senna tea to try to keep me moving, so now I'm back to my old regular schedule of every 2-3 days.


HW:358/CW:242:GW:160
dstgirl2000
on 11/16/09 3:37 am
Thank you Gigi.  What are probiotics?
                        
gigilani
on 11/16/09 4:08 am
probiotics are the "good" bacteria that should be in our stomachs.  A couple of the things they help do is keep us "regular'"  &help with the apsorption of vitamins.  Here is a copy of the explanation given on a mb thread that lead me to research it further.

Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows

 

STANFORD, Calif. — New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics suggests that the use of a dietary supplement after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery can help obese patients to more quickly lose weight and to avoid deficiency of a critical B vitamin.

In a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, John Morton, MD, associate professor of surgery at the medical school, showed that patients who take probiotics after the gastric-bypass procedure tend to shed more pounds than those who don't take the supplements. Probiotics are the so-called "good" bacteria found in yogurt as well as in over-the-counter dietary supplements that help in the digestion of food.

"Surprisingly, the probiotic group attained a significantly greater percent of excess weight loss than that of control group," said Morton, who wrote the paper with lead author Gavitt Woodard, a third-year medical student, and five other medical students at the Surgery Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation in Stanford's Department of Surgery. Morton has performed more than 1,000 of these bypasses at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.

The researchers followed 44 patients on whom Morton had performed the procedure from 2006 to 2007. Patients were randomized into either a probiotic or a control group. Both groups received the same bariatric medical care and nutritional counseling, as well as the support of weight-loss study groups. Both groups also were allowed to consume yogurt, a natural source of probiotics. In addition, the probiotic group consumed one pill per day of Puritan's Pride, a probiotic supplement that is available online and in many stores. Morton has no financial ties to the company that makes the supplement.

The study showed that at three months, the probiotics group registered a 47.6 percent weight loss, compared with a 38.5 percent for the control group.

The study also found that levels of vitamin B-12 were higher in the patients taking probiotics — a significant finding because patients often are deficient in B-12 after gastric-bypass surgery. The probiotics group had B-12 levels of 1,214 picograms per milliliter at three months, compared with the control group's levels of 811 pg/mL.

Morton said he now recommends probiotic supplements to his patients, and he plans to continue to look for ways to enhance the outcomes from the procedure.


Roughly 15 million Americans are morbidly obese, and bypass surgery is becoming an increasingly common treatment for the problem. Some 150,000 Americans who have a body mass index of more than 40 — who are typically at least 100 pounds overweight — have the procedure each year.

Morton said the study was prompted by the fact that some patients have problems eating after gastric-bypass surgery. "For some reason, the food doesn't go down right," he said. When no anatomical reasons could be found for blockages, he hypothesized that a build-up of bacteria in the intestine — bacterial overgrowth — might be the culprit.

"Bacterial overgrowth can be bad in that it changes your motility, how you empty," Morton said. "A lot of people aren't aware that we all carry about a lot of bacteria in our intestines and that they're extremely helpful in aiding digestion. And I thought, 'Well, if we give these patients probiotics, then maybe we can improve these symptoms.'

"Part of the obesity puzzle may be due to the kind of bacteria you have in your intestine," he said



HW:358/CW:242:GW:160
dstgirl2000
on 11/16/09 4:17 am

Thank you so much for this valuable information.  I appreciate it!

                        
gigilani
on 11/16/09 4:20 am
You're welcome.


HW:358/CW:242:GW:160
Lavender
on 11/16/09 7:05 am - Northern, CA
dr. morton put me on this but not for gas or irregular bowel but, due to obdominal pain that couldn't be found as to where the pain was coming from and VIOLA it helped tremendously...now if i don't take it...sure enough the pain comes back with a vengence!

 

dstgirl2000
on 11/18/09 4:45 am
Thank you so much for the information.  I'll give it a try!

Janice
                        
Lavender
on 11/18/09 4:50 am - Northern, CA
hey janice before trying it out, please consult with your surgeon first

a box of 30 cout $18 at walmart, cvs $22

 

SableEssence
on 11/22/09 11:02 am
Gigilani,
You might have posted this information and I might have missed it but what type of probiotics are you usin gin your senna tea? Is it in powder form?

    
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