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I had something far worse a few years ago as a result of a bad diet. A bout of gastrointestinal bleeding which combined with mild hemophilia almost did me in -
by kranner 18y ago
I had something far worse a few years ago as a result of a bad diet. A bout of gastrointestinal bleeding which combined with mild hemophilia almost did me in - seriously. I went running 5 miles every evening, so lack of exercise wasn't the problem.
I've switched to fruits and unprocessed grains since then but it took me another few years to realize the other serious dietary problem I had - not chewing food enough.
Now it's a lot, lot better and I can focus on work instead of my stupid digestion.
- wallflower 18y agoI tend to wolf my food down without thinking. How did you consciously solve your issue?
- kranner 18y agoWell, I'd moved to Singapore for about six months and I returned (to India) a few months ago. Like the dog that didn't bark in the night, the time in Singapore was perfect - speaking of my digestion - without any special effort. But after I returned, the same old bloating and hard stools (sometimes quite painful) recurred. Obviously, these conditions became sufficiently irritating that I was forced to analyse. After a bit of thought, I realized that the Chinese-ish diet in Singers was mostly soup-like with lots of hot water, whereas back here at home it's stiff grains like wheat and corn with lots of husk, with much less liquid ingested. So I figured I should try to make what's going in be of similar consistency to what I knew worked. I decided I would try it for a week, strictly, and it worked wonderfully. And so I've stuck to it.