Metamucil vs. Konsyl

I think you can get Metamucil with no sugar

I think the 'sugar free' Metamucil is sweetened artificially. I'm a psyllium fan myself. I don't mind the sawdust. 

Based on the Metamucil web site, it appears to always have some sweetener. It's either sucrose, aspartame, or maltodextrin. If it says "sugar free" on the label it seems to have aspartame.

My son uses acacia powder for fiber. we buy 100% acacia  from Renew. I put it in capsules for him so he doe snot have to drink it.

Life.http://www.renewlife.com/organic-clear-fiber.html

If the acacia is doing its job that's great. I think the thickening/gelling may be what gives some of us the desired result, though.

For my son, the acacia helps make bowel movements formed. It has made a huge difference for my son in that way!  I think the "will not thicken"  which I cut and pasted from web is referring to the texture of drinking the acacia.  My son won't drink it anyway. I put it in size 00 capsules and he takes 5 at breakfast, 5 after school and 5 before bed. 

I made a bit of a discovery today about Konsyl that can make it *much* more palatable. I ordered a few bottles from the manufacturer, and they enclosed a plastic cup with a lid, with a label saying "Shaken, not stirred." It turns out that vigorous shaking really mixes the Konsyl well, substantially better than any amount of stirring. It no longer seems like sawdust. I'm still mixing it 50:50 with sweetened Metamucil.

 

I presume that any shaker will do, as long as you have a leakproof lid.

Scott what dosage of Metamucil do you use or have you used in the past? The recommended two rounded teaspoons 3x per day? When you hybridize the Metamucil and Konsyl into Konsamucil, does that impact the dosage amount?

I mix together a half-dose of each (based on the recommended doses of Metamucil and Konsyl on the labels). I fussed a bit the first time to carefully measure a half-dose of each (using a digital kitchen scale), so I could see how the right amounts looked in my kitchen spoons (kitchen spoons are all different sizes). This makes the daily measurement easy and quick.

 

The shaking (rather than stirring) mixing method is so effective I might try switching to all Konsyl, instead of the mixture, to further decrease the sugar, but I'll use up my Metamucil supply in any case.

I follow a gluten free diet and Konsyl powder is free of any additives where Metamucil has gluten and sugar.
Konsyl was a life saver for me

where do you purchase konsyl?

I live in NYC, I've been able to purchase it at drug stores, Rite Aid, CVS, Duane Reade. My insurance pays for it with a written prescription from my doctor.
You can also get it through Amazon or EBay.

I normally get it at CVS, but they were out of stock for quite a while, so I ordered it at www.konsyl.com. It was cheaper than CVS if set up as a (cancellable) automatic reorder of three containers. I use the "Original Formula," which is guaranteed to be most like sawdust.

It turns out that Konsyl will send you a free shaker cup, which I've found works much better than stirring. It's one of the phone options if you call them at 800-356-6795.