CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a condition of the bowels that don't move
frequently, resulting in dry, hard stools. Moving the bowels can be difficult and uncomfortable and turning it
around is harder after the pattern of constipation has been established. Let's look first at all the different
symptoms might be considered constipation and then we'll look at the causes. Understanding what causes constipation
is paramount in learning how to turn this condition around. Relying on stool softeners, laxatives, colon thingies
or enemas is not answering the root of the problem nor is this dependency good for the colon. Any of them are fine
for an occasional short-term aid, but know that constipation is not normal and it is worth it to the health of
your whole system to figure out the underlying cause and fix it.
SYMPTOMS
OF CONSTIPATION
Symptoms of constipation may vary from person
to person and also from time to time. I have had patients think they are not constipated because they moved their
bowels regularly, even though the frequency was every 7 days. A healthy digestive system moves the bowels at least
once daily and the longer food stays in the colon, the drier and harder it becomes. There are differing opinions
on this but most people find they feel better the more regular they are. The most common symptoms of constipation
are listed below:
- difficulty passing stool
- hard, dry stools
- infrequent stool
- pain with passage of stool
- abdominal bloating and/or pain
- abdominal distention
- feeling of incomplete evacuation after bowel
movement
Relying on stool softeners, laxatives, colonics or enemas
is not answering the root of the problem nor is this dependency good for the colon. Any of them are fine for an
occasional short-term aid, but know that constipation is not normal and it is worth it to the health of your whole
system to figure out the underlying cause and fix it.
CAUSES
OF CONSTIPATION
TREATMENT
FOR CONSTIPATION
GALLSTONES
AND CONSTIPATION
There is a corelation between constipation
and the formation of gallstones according to studies. Constipation or "slow intestinal transit" time
is associated with the formation of gallstones.1 A slow metabolism such as caused by hypothyroid simply
slows down all bodily processes from the movement of the bile to the movement of the bowel. It can even slow down
thinking processes. A diet of refined foods has been showed to contribute to both of these conditions as well as
does a sedentary lifestyle.
RESEARCH
1.HEATON K. W. EMMETT P. M. SYMES C. L., BRADDON F. E. M. An explanation for gallstones in normal-weight women:
slow intestinal transit
Lancet, 1993, vol. 341, no8836, pp. 8-10
"Biochemical studies have shown
that slow intestinal transit is associated with lithogenic bile."
"Of all the symptoms studied,
only constipation showed changes that approached statistical significance (p = 0.0681). There was a significant
improvement of constipation…"
(1)Torsoli A, Corazziari E, Habib FI, Cicala M. Scand J
Gastroenterol Suppl. 1990;175:52-7.
(2) The physicochemical basis of cholesterol gallstone
formation in man William H. Admirand and Donald M. Small 1Boston University Medical School, Department of Medicine,
Section of Gastroenterology, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
(3) Friedman GD. Natural history of asymptomatic and symptomatic gallstones. Am J Surg 1993; 165: 399-404.
(4) Nagase M, Hikasa Y, Tanimura H, Setoyama M, Kamata T, Mukaihara S, Maruyama K., Etiology of cholesterol gallstones.,
Gastroenterol Jpn. 1979;14(1):40-7
(5) Ruppin DC, Dowling RH.Is recurrence inevitable after gallstone dissolution by bile-acid treatment? Lancet.
1982 Jan 23;1(8265):181-5.
(6) Weinstein S, Lipsitz EC, Addoniziol L, et al. Cholelithiasis in paediatric cardiac
transplant patients on cyclosporin. J Pediatr Surg 1995;30:61-4.
(7) Carey MC.,Pathogenesis of gallstones.Recenti Prog Med. 1992 Jul-Aug;83(7-8):379-91
(8) M.M. Moga, Alternative treatment of gallbladder
disease,
Medical Hypothesis Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages 143-147 (January 2003)
(9)Igimi H, Tamura R, Toraishi K, Yamamoto
F, Kataoka A, Ikejiri Y, Hisatsugu T, Shimura H. Dig Dis Sci. 1991 Feb;36(2):200-8
Medical dissolution of gallstones. Clinical experience of d-limonene as a simple, safe, and effective solvent.
Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
(10,12) Hiroshi Tanimura and Yorninori Hikasa,
The Etiology and Pathophysiology of Cholelithiasis
Journal of Gastroenterology, Springer Japan ISSN0944-1174 (Print) 1435-5922 , Volume 10, Number 1 / March, 1975
(11)U. Leuschner, M. Leuschner, J. Sieratzki,
W. Kurtz and K. Hübner,Gallstone dissolution with ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with chronic active hepatitis
and two years follow-up
Springer Netherlands, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Volume 30, Number 7 / July, 1985
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Constipation
I treated an elderly
woman in my office for bloating. She came to see me because she had emphezema and the abdominal bloating was so
severe that it made her breathing more difficult. When she lay on the table her belly protruded. I treated her
for some time with acupuncture and herbs but it was the beet recipe (on this site) that helped her the most. Then one day I gave her a bottle of the concentrated beets (in the starter and maintenance
kits) and within a few days she passed bile in her stool, the bloating went down and she hasn't been constipated
since (which was a life-time problem).
Sometimes bile salts is the
best thing to relieve someone's constipation and is a good place to start for someone with gallbladder problems.
In fact, we had to make our Bile Salt
capsules smaller because the most common complaint or side effect of the Gallbladder Starter Kit was diarrhea.
Once we lower the dosage in the capsules we don't have that problem any more.
Gallstone Research
"Retained gallstones in the bile ducts
account for 60-70% of all the cases of postcholecystectomy syndromes. A solvent d-limonene preparation was injected
directly to the biliary system of 200 patients to dissolve or disintegrate the retained gallstones. The outcomes
were: retained stones completely disappeared in 96 cases (48%); partial dissolution in 29 (14.5%); chelating agent
was also used with partial dissolution in 16 (8%); ineffective in 59 (24.5%)."(9)
Igimi H, Tamura R, Toraishi K, Yamamoto F, Kataoka
A, Ikejiri Y, Hisatsugu T, Shimura H.
Dig Dis Sci. 1991 Feb;36(2):200-8
Medical dissolution of gallstones. Clinical experience of d-limonene as a simple, safe, and effective solvent.
Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
Bile Salts dissolve gallstones...
"Chenodeoxycholic acid"
(bile acid) "at a dose of 3 mg/kg per day inhibited the formation of cholesterol gallstones in animals and
a human female case whose stones had disappeared within 12 weeks by administration of chenodeoxycholic acid was
reported."10
Hiroshi Tanimura and Yorninori
Hikasa, The Etiology and Pathophysiology of Cholelithiasis
Journal of Gastroenterology, Springer Japan ISSN0944-1174 (Print) 1435-5922 , Volume 10, Number 1 / March, 1975
Bile Salts dissolve gallstones
again...
"Chemical dissolution
of cholesterol gallstones using ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in six patients… The stones dissolved in five patients…
A stone recurred in one patient six months after the end of therapy; the others have remained free of stones for
up to 24 months."11
U. Leuschner, M. Leuschner, J.
Sieratzki, W. Kurtz and K. Hübner,Gallstone dissolution with ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with chronic
active hepatitis and two years follow-up
Springer Netherlands, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Volume 30, Number 7 / July, 1985
Butterfat contributes to gallstone formation...
"A 15% or 20% butterfat
diet as a large supply of saturated fatty acids induced a relative deficiency of EFA"(essential fatty acids)
"in animals, and we succeeded in producing cholesterol stones even in the starch diet group."12
Hiroshi Tanimura and Yorninori
Hikasa, The Etiology and Pathophysiology of Cholelithiasis
Journal of Gastroenterology, Springer Japan ISSN0944-1174 (Print) 1435-5922 , Volume 10, Number 1 / March, 1975
If you've had an attack and you don't want another
You need to get on some natural
products that thin the bile such as will be recommended when you submit your questionnaire.
You need to change your diet, especially your fats.
Order
my newsletters full of
tips that
will help you to turn your impaired fat
digestion and your gallbladder health
around.
You need to educate yourself and then
implement the concepts.
If dietary changes are difficult for you,
you will want to use the recommended
products that are specifically designed
to help your body to crave healthy
foods.
God bless you for this website. R. Smith
Day ten on the gall bladder starter kit and the pain is gone. Following the diet regime and taking the supplements
and the improvement is amazing. I appreciate all the advice on you website and in the emails and am changing my
lifestyle as directed. The results are most gratifying. You know your stuff and present it well. I am most appreciative.
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