tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post6290655012010229019..comments2023-05-14T10:37:22.333-05:00Comments on tess's paleo journey: oh ... my ... GAWWWWD!tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-14046982129780974072014-10-09T02:11:45.458-05:002014-10-09T02:11:45.458-05:00Yes, try something else. The latest Animal Pharm p...Yes, try something else. The latest Animal Pharm post doesn't inspire much confidence in raw potato starch; and nor do RN's latest pics. It's all pretty embarrassing, really.Michael Frederikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329099816577248881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-50572208089485737452014-10-08T21:19:49.601-05:002014-10-08T21:19:49.601-05:00May be my prejudgment against RS could be less if ...May be my prejudgment against RS could be less if I tried not raw potato starch, but something else. Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-92149388038853915482014-10-08T19:53:05.772-05:002014-10-08T19:53:05.772-05:00I don't remember her eating an unusual diet. S...I don't remember her eating an unusual diet. She just ate the same as everyone. Nobody now knows what exactly led to her total proctocolectomy, but suffice to say intestinal problems certainly run in the family. I have Crohn's myself.<br />But, yes, like Larcana says, it is quite common. And especially people with bad cases of colitis ulcerosa can actually really improve their life.<br />Then there is the case of David Smith, aka Wolverine, who had I believe perhaps one foot of duodenum left! He did ok on HFLC, but has since had an intestinal transplant.<br />Michael Frederikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329099816577248881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-39621457609404620032014-10-08T19:20:14.946-05:002014-10-08T19:20:14.946-05:00I read Konstantin Monastyrsky's book, Fiber Me...I read Konstantin Monastyrsky's book, Fiber Menace, some time ago and I was a little shocked by his point of view.... however, my intestines work SO WELL on an ultra-LC diet (and so badly when I overdo something like lettuce) that I have to believe the recent preoccupation with gut-bugs seems misplaced.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-67748134793514534392014-10-08T18:18:13.405-05:002014-10-08T18:18:13.405-05:00Watching how my body adapted to eat fatty foods af...Watching how my body adapted to eat fatty foods after my gallbladder was removed amazed me. Soon after the surgery any food was causing diarrhea.<br /> Richard is fuming that people give up RS after initial horrible farting instead of working on the adaptation. I am not sure it is reasonable to grow GI flora in order to eat raw starch which I don't consume as a food. May be the variety in GI flora is overrated.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-86495091607325416762014-10-08T17:39:04.154-05:002014-10-08T17:39:04.154-05:00Micheal is right...there are a lot of people with ...Micheal is right...there are a lot of people with hemi or total colectomies running around and living a healthy life. This starch stuff is BS in my humble opinion...the body is very adaptable. And yes, we don't have real human based work on this topic..and I'm done with it. Larcanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109743909244156390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-88631090378783400932014-10-08T16:39:00.489-05:002014-10-08T16:39:00.489-05:00WOW -- 30 years without a colon and healthy.... y...WOW -- 30 years without a colon and healthy.... you have an excellent point, there! do you have any idea what she ate during that time?tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-16612028216817200872014-10-08T16:37:26.751-05:002014-10-08T16:37:26.751-05:00i suspect that if one doesn't use antibiotics ...i suspect that if one doesn't use antibiotics or eat sugar, there's little reason to worry about them.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-40085831509789898032014-10-08T14:59:33.955-05:002014-10-08T14:59:33.955-05:00Having read a considerable number of papers on the...Having read a considerable number of papers on the matter, it appears to me that the microbiome is basically uncharted territory. I know there are people who have formed strong opinions based on their pubmed trawling, and people who now have taken preemptive diet interventions based on these ideas even though they had none of the dreaded symptoms of RS deficiency (yet). Meh, let them eat paste.<br /><br />My great grandmother lived into her 90s despite having her entire colon removed for the last 3 decades of her life. So much for a healthy microbiota being the sine qua non for a healthy long life.Michael Frederikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329099816577248881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-37451195403772580342014-10-08T13:54:09.903-05:002014-10-08T13:54:09.903-05:00I believe in the adaptability of a human body, and...I believe in the adaptability of a human body, and microbes are more adaptable that humans with much longer history of their evolution. So, based on just common sense, it is hard to believe for me that when my body got used to eating less starches microbiota could fail to get adapted.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.com