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Ibs , Constipation , DiarrheaQuestion by Adam on 03/07/2007
Replied by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand)
Always going in the morning and emptying the bowels work, but perhaps just as important is keeping the body's pH in a stable level is important to have a stable bacterial flora colonies that does not changes as pH is now under control.
A simple solution to the problem that should help the most, and you are encourage to try different level of dose.
1. For your age, the estimated alkalinity the body requires to maintain a stable set of bacterial flora colonies is about at least 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day. Once in the earliest morning you wake up, another time before bed time of the same dose.
2. To give a good friendly bacterial flora colonies, taking some good yogurt taken once a day, preferably after meal during supper or before supper. The bacterial colonies should at least stabilized.
3. A simple sea salt have a tendency to eliminate most unfriendly bacteria colonies. The preferred dose often is to drink this in a drinking water.
There are two possible dose, but your condition I think it is closer to 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt, plus 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda in one liter of water.
If this is too strong for you (diarrhea or too much loose stools), then go for 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt plus 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda as your drinking water.
If the solution appears to be too salty regardless of how little you put in to your drinking water, your water is contaminated with heavy metals, which is what causing all the problems. Therefore, at least give it a try to drink at least a week of bottled glass mineral water with the usual sea salt and baking soda as your drinking water.
Once you know if the source is in fact a contaminated drinking water with heavy metals, or that you take swimming course (chlorine can play havoc with your bowels once they get absorbed through your skin), then you need to take every day a reasonable amount say 1/2 handful of coriander chinese parsley in 4 days out of 7 days.
Assuming that chlorine is your source of problems of irregular bowel movements. Yes I had it and it was resolved by adding 3-6 more drops of dechlorinator, sodium thiosulfate 10% solution in 1 liter of drinking water, in addition to the baking soda and the sea salt. You may get initial loose stools in the beginning of use, but it is only a temporary condition as it rids of toxic bacteria by clearing up the system.
Keeping a stable pH, reduced dietary sugar, eating some yogurt in supper time, getting morning bowel movement, plus normal bowel movements preferably 2-3 times a day. should note some improvement in your health.
Your nausea can resolved by taking a good vitamin B complex supplements for the week, then stop. The appetite should normalize, and nausea should be gone. If not take 500 mg of vitamin C, preferably sodium ascorbate. Students seem to be deficient in vitamin C all the time, especially woman. Why that is so, I don't know, perhaps stress in school and too much studying depletes vitamin C levels.
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