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Thread: low carb= constipation? food/natural remedy?

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09-24-2008, 12:43 PM

ShottleBop ShottleBop is offline

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I am a: Pre-Diabetic

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Location: Greater San Diego area

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I find that olive oil helps (30-some years ago, when I was in an intensive language course in Santander, Spain, almost every meal was drenched in olive oil--I was more than regular). Also, I take a couple of heaping teaspoons of inulin (fiber from chicory root) in a cup of coffee every morning.

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Dx prediabetic 02/08 (FBG 127 and 123)
A1c 02/08: 6.5; A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5; A1c 03/09: 5.3
A1c 09/09: 5.4
No meds