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If you’ve ever heard of Metamucil, that’s just psyllium husk in a powder form and it’s not just for old people. Adding some of this to your daily routine has a ton of benefits. I tried to write a few sentences explaining the benefits but they all turn out like shit.
... but they all turned out like shit
Well punned good sir
Make sure you take it a couple hours before or a couple hours after you take any meds. It can encapsulate the meds before they're absorbed into your body.
Well that’s a pain in the ass, isn’t it?
I believe it though. Researchers out there have shown that even things like time of day can make a HUGE difference in the measurable results of different remedies and medicines. It’s inconvenient as shit for those of us who would like to wake up, chug a handful of pills, and get on with our day.
Sorry for the pedantry but time of day is a something of a misnomer.
Many people live in weird and varied schedules.
For those who might need to be told, what time it is is irrelevant. It's typically the amount of time before or after something else happens that is the relevant information here so consider how that affects you if you don't live a typical morning to evening lifestyle.
And also learn what things you should and shouldn't eat or consume any time you take medication. It can easily be something as simple as substituting something instead of completely changing your routines. Unfortunately that is a trial by error thing so not a good method to figure out problems you may have with meds
Good to know, thanks! Currently taking it with my multivitamin
Humans evolved consuming a high fiber diet, but the standard American diet of highly processed foods has little fiber. Fiber is extremely beneficial, and feeds the gut microbiome, with which we have a symbiotic relationship and which helps us make things like serotonin. Consuming a whole foods diet, boosting fiber intake with things like psyllium husk and inulin, and regularly consuming fermented foods will help maintain a healthy gut microbiome. Microbiome disbiosis is one of the hallmarks of aging, and can have a huge negative impact on your health.
Came here to mention inulin as a great fiber supplement in addition to psyllium husk. Fixing my gut changed my life, the direct impacts for me on mood, well-being, inflammation, and overall health cannot be overstated.
IDK why anyone says this gives them the shits. Too much fiber slows things down. I take this stuff once a day and it just makes for less wiping and more cohesive shits. A minor improvement with no negative side effects.
Maybe using the sugar free version and they have an intolerance to the sweeteners? The sugar free version wrecks my guts, but no worries with the normal type.
Huh. That might be a possibility. The stuff I taken is in capsules, so no sweetener.
You might not be drinking enough water. Psyllium gels in contact with water, but if there's not enough it turns to rubber cement
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Had me worried for a second, like I JUST started eating Metamucil crackers and they've been fantastic so far. Thought I was about to find out something horrible about it lol
It's made from the blood of orphans but still worth it for a good B.M.
I mean yeah, how else could you give a shit?
You can get this in gummy form, its something ridiculous like only two gummy's will give you your daily fibre intake. Do NOT take more than the directions say, my god
I’ll have to try that. The capsules are no problem, the raw psyllium husk mixed with just water isn’t super pleasant
Oh believe me, I know about psyllium husk. Best shit of my entire life. The kind you genuinely have to resist the prideful urge to take a picture of.
It comes with age but age comes at different times for different people. If you find yourself thinking that bowel movements aren't as easy as they ought to be it's time. And yeah the main benefit is it gets easier to engage in the disgusting reality of biology.
Sorry to rain on your parade but psyllium plants soak up lead, and ConsumerLabs tested different brands and they all had significant lead, and like half of them had more lead than California’s suggested maximum. No way to avoid it. I switched to Citrucel or something generic that doesn’t have that problem.
You know what's good at removing lead from the body? Fiber. Real catch 22 here, drink more fiber, get more lead, drink more fiber, remove more lead.
And just to have a non-jokey answer, if it's grown outdoors, it's probably got lead in it. Prop 65 labels are on everything, making it the Boy Who Cried Wolf of safety labels at this point.
Haha, man, I love reading these expressions people are using to describe their massive shits in this entire thread.
I just eat a whole grains (brown rice, not white. 100% whole wheat etc) and plenty of fruits and vegetables that naturally contains fiber in addition to many other beneficial nutrients.
Your stool should be the consistency like toothpaste squeezing out of a tube. Mine is, albeit I go 2-3x a day , but I'll take it!
consistency like toothpaste squeezing out of a tube
This seems way too soft, like isn't it supposed to firm up a bit before you poop it out? Like, if I wipe 3 times and I still have soft poop behind the sphincter that ain't right. Ideally I'm thinking like ripe peeled banana or a little harder, you know? Actually drop a few logs rather than the soft-serv shape from the emoji. Maybe this is 80s-90s thinking though, from when dog poop was white.
Brushing my teeth tonight will be extra special now
Tried these. Took a shit so big I had to bust it up with the toilet brush because it wouldn’t go down. Don’t use this stuff unless your hobby is shitting because you’ll have BIG FAT MASSIVE SHITS 3 times per day.
In the civilised world we use the poop knife for such situations, sir!
Once you "clear the backlog" it settles down to a very consistent one-and-done-a-day
Yup. You just have to tank the first few days. If you're initially having gigashits, I'd take that as a sign that you need this more, not less
The funnies part is their ads: (same company, same product)
Pure for Her
Women's cleanliness supplement that delivers a premium blend of chia, flaxseed, psyllium and aloe, all in a vegan-friendly capsule. Pure for Her was created for women - for good health and good times.
Pure for Men
We've got you covered from the inside and out by offering a full line of top-rated fiber supplements and other personal care products to keep you feeling confident.
The male version = "be ready and confident for backdoor sex!" Like dude, can you make it less obvious? This is gonna be in my shopping history.
Psyllium?! I hardly knowum!