Celiac desease and laxatives?!
Question: So, christmas time sucks, coz theres so much good food i cant eat.
But i know 2 things:
1) gluten flatten the villi and microvilli in your intestines, which is why i cant have gluten(wheat)
2) laxxatives make things move through your intestines faster and smoother.
So, if i were to take laxatives b4 eating gluten, would it make it move past my intestines to fast to cause the villi to flatten?
Answers: So, christmas time sucks, coz theres so much good food i cant eat.
But i know 2 things:
1) gluten flatten the villi and microvilli in your intestines, which is why i cant have gluten(wheat)
2) laxxatives make things move through your intestines faster and smoother.
So, if i were to take laxatives b4 eating gluten, would it make it move past my intestines to fast to cause the villi to flatten?
No the laxatives wont make a difference. In fact that can make things worse bc your body would start to depend on them and mother nature wont do her job!
If you have Celiac I suggest you seek out some support groups www.csaceliacs.org. Click local support.
www.celiac.com great online support
The hardest part about Celiac is accepting the diagnosis and adjusting to the GF diet. But it is vital, necessary and your life does depend on it. Which do u prefer, cancer or the gluten free foodS? There are PLENTY of good GF foods out there (trust me, the extra 20 lbs I gained after going GF proves it!)
There are great cakes, cookies, brownies, etc. If u want u can email me and ill send u my 'newbie' info packet and lists of yummy GF foods.
If you do ACCIDENTALLY ingest gluten (happens to all of us) u can take something like aloe vera juice to help get things moving but thats only for an occassional ACCIDENTAL ingestion. Aloe vera juice is a natural laxative.
Many laxatives also contain gluten as a filler or coating and that would be defeating the purpose!
Feel free to email me for more help.
I would not advice this.you can go to northpole.com and find plenty of good recipes that wont hurt you.I have celiac myself and know how you feel,but please dont do anything silly.The laxatives could really do alot of damage especially to aceliac patient.
Don't do I too have celiac and I go enough never take a laxative .Do you want to be in the hospital for the holidays. There are too many alternatives, check all the web sites ,go to whole foods if there is one near you or traders village they have a lot of things you can eat you have to make up your mind this is how you have to eat in order for you to be healthy