Fasting and Psyllium husks?

(Jim) #1

I’ve heard Carl mention that he takes psyllium husks when he fasts. I would like you to know that some people are highly allergic to psyllium. I being one of them.
I took psyllium husks on a doctor’s advice and after twice ending up in the hospital with uncontrollable vomiting, I stopped the psyllium and the issue went away.

I ran into the doctor at a social event some years later and asked him about it and he said some people get violently ill by taking it.

My initial symptoms were a foul burbing the day before it turned into vomiting every 15 minutes.

Thought you should know

(Christopher Avery) #2

Jim, I heard @carl reverse that statement on a podcast from late 2016. I too have stopped taking a fiber supplement as a precaution.

(carl) #3

Yes. I had major problems before I stopped taking that stuff. It all works out.

(Moragh Lippert) #4

Most of my Holistic Nutrition clients have trouble with psyllium another alternative is chicory inulin.