Seeking Book Recommendation on GUT HEALTH

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K_InTheFlo

Hi everyone! I've had my J-Pouch since 2000. I have been dealing with Pouchitis on and off. When I got off Dairy & Gluten that minimized it. BUT I still go frequently. For some reason I haven't really explored my gut health until now. I just started VSL#3DS and feel better. I am interested to read more about gut health and what more I can do. I actually had told my GI about VSL33 about 5 years ago (thanks to this discussion forum) and now he is actively prescribing it. But I have not made much advances on my own. I'm "ready". So if you have a book or a few suggestions please let me know what it is and how it helped you! I know enough now that I'm not going to the docs for this. The experts are not near me. I live in Maine. I feel like you all have tried so much and , to me, you are the experts and the patients!

**Also I have had to partial blockages this year and eating a lot of raw veggies isn't going to work for me.

Thank you!

Karen

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Tags: GUT, Pouchitis, Seeking Book Recommendation, J-Pouch, HEALTH, Dairy Gluten

Scott FMember

Most of what is written about “gut health” is about colonic function, and has essentially nothing to do with folks who have J-pouches. If you’d like to reduce your frequency you ought to start by thinking through the physical cause. There’s a big difference between low pouch capacity vs. high output, for example. There’s a difference between managing liquid stool vs. soft solid vs. formed. There’s a difference between true urgency (I.e. delay will cause an accident) vs. a pressure sensation/discomfort that could be safely ignored. If you can describe your frequency issue more completely you’ll get more useful suggestions.

10/5/184:15 PM

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