In my list of recommendations from my most recent visit to the GP (along with a coeliac blood test and Buscopan) was to increase the fibre in my diet, and apparently this Digestive 1st cereal was the way to do it.
My doctor couldn’t remember the name of it at the time, just said it was from CSIRO and that it would have much more fibre than the regular muesli I eat. Oh and that if I do have coeliac disease it would probably make me feel worse.
I googled it from my phone, and bought it from Woolies.
I have to say, it’s very sweet (I’m used to the raw oats of untoasted muesli), and I had to get used to it being toasted. I would eat it if I need it, but I think I’d prefer my untoasted for taste and texture reasons. But if you’re a toasted muesli fan, you should probably give it a try. Or the Protein 1st or Heart 1st if that’s what you need!
(I’m back on untoasted this week!)
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I hope it works. When my doctors were trying to work out what was going on with my intestines, they gave me metamucil to increase the fibre in my diet. It sent my symptoms off the charts. I ended up being diagnosed with IBS.
Here’s hoping that it isn’t coeliac disease, cause gluten free bread is one of the worst food products known to man.
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Couldn’t you buy regular muesli and add extra bran for fibre? As well as grated apples and such?
Good luck, I hope it’s not coeliacs, but that said, it’s easy once you’re used to it.
Fibre is our biggest problem eating gluten free actually.
IBS is where my money would be if there was a betting market. Just because of the inconsistency (or perceived inconsistency) in what I react to. Plus it’s not just dairy. And the blood test for coeliac is negative, but I’m yet to get the colonoscopy. The fun continues!
I’ll just have to add in fibre in other ways, more all bran? ;)
@Veronica – yeah! I think I just have to add it in old style.
I’ll get used to anything, but I’d just like to be told what to do instead of trying to figure it out myself ;)
My parents use psyllium husks to add fibre to cereal. I can’t say that I share your love for untoasted muesli. It’s toasted for me!
As a child one of my fave snacks was a cup of dry rolled oats with some raw sugar.
I tried these cereals months ago and at first, I thought they tasted really bizarre, but they kinda grew on me. Still, I think I prefer oatmeal :) Hope you get the tummy issues figured out soon though!
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Oh I took buscopan for years. It worked really well for me because back then my main IBS symptom was massive painful intestinal cramps. Don’t accidentally take it twice in a row, it makes you feel really really weird and awful (like you’ve been drugged or something). I only managed that once in the years I took it though and I’m terrible at taking pills, so you’ll be fine.
I also tried metamucil but it made me gag, and I eat plenty of fibre in fruit and suchlike anyway (plus I’m lucky in that I can eat beans for Africa without symptoms, they’re a trigger for quite a lot of people). Adding insoluble fibre like bran can be harsh for some people, whereas kiwifruit has lots of weird cell walls full of fibre (more than other fruit) that may be better (although you’re mildly allergic right?), fruit in general is good (specially if it has peel like apple), plums can be too harsh because of other chemicals in the skin, and starchy things like kumura can also have soluble fibre in them (I can’t remember which one is best though). Look for things labelled prebiotic because that’s the good fibre (assuming it’s labelled right), helps the good bugs grow.
I’m also chock full of information about IBS in general if you have any questions. I was diagnosed at 17 and now have a MSc in digestive physiology, those things aren’t a coincidence (although now I study IBD). You should definitely read the latest Rome criteria at least (I’ll find a link later) because that’s the gold standard for diagnosis. I’ve never had to have a colonscopy thankfully, probably because I was diagnosed long ago enough it wasn’t standard then plus my symptoms are classic (right down the the co-morbidities).
I sent you some papers. I have all kinds of pdfs about bowel habits on my laptop.
That is so cool :) *reads and re-reads Shelley’s comments*
Interesting about plums. I don’t seem to do too well with dried fruits (seem a little harsh). Kiwifruit is something I have been avoiding… I love grannysmiths, hate red apples ;)
I like learning. All my pdfs are about autism or trying to work collaboratively with teachers. Maybe I do need more on bowel movements! :)
I have some other fibre samples floating around, like benefibre, which seems to mix in well with a lot of things, not just weird like metamucil.
wow i think ill give this a go ive heard so much abt it!
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