I always get diarrhea when I'm restricting too...I think it's because I restrict myself to eating mainly fruits and veggies - too much fiber and not enough food to properly form stools.
Well, that's not completely true. Your ancestors ate >90% of their food from fruit and veg. Mostly fruit. And how can you have too much fiber in your diet to not form proper stools?
clarification - eating too much fibrous food does contribute to diarrhea I believe. too much insoluble fiber and the food basically goes right through you...I would eat lots of carrots and (TMI) would just poops out the shredded carrots in an undigested form because that's about all I ate (and apples). Also, not eating enough bulk in general doesn't allow significant waste products to form to produce a proper stool. I could be wrong about all of this though....this is just what I know from my own experience and what I remember from learning about excretion in my biology classes in college.
I'm not too sure whether too much fiber can contribute to diarrhea or not, but I do know that eating fruit (especially when it's a variety of fruit, not just one) won't ever cause dairrhea, no matter how much you eat of it. That's from what I read on nutrition and from my personal experience speaking, which sadly is a lot because thanks to my disordered eating I've been going back and worth between constipation and diarrhea for years. Eating a lot of fruit as meals is one of the few things that calms my stomach down right away and ir works both ways.
I do know that eating fruit (especially when it's a variety of fruit, not just one) won't ever cause dairrhea, no matter how much you eat of it.
I can understand that with a variety of fruit, someone is much less likely to have diarrhea, but you can't guarantee that someone will never have diarrhea. some bodytypes (especially those who suffer from anxiety and spastic colon) need food other than fruit, or specific fruits, to maintain normal stools. it's not just fiber: it's also a matter of soluble versus insoluble fiber. I may be preaching to the choir, but raw fruits are a source of insoluble fiber which can exacerbate colonic problems. so a diet of just fruit needs much more specification.
by "bulk" i mean food in general...it's my belief that when you don't eat enough, there literally isn't enough food/waste to form a cohesive stool, hence the diarrhea. adding to that...too much insoluble fiber all at once will cause diarrhea. see http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/fecalincontinence/ lol. i love that i can discuss these matters on here.
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I can understand that with a variety of fruit, someone is much less likely to have diarrhea, but you can't guarantee that someone will never have diarrhea. some bodytypes (especially those who suffer from anxiety and spastic colon) need food other than fruit, or specific fruits, to maintain normal stools. it's not just fiber: it's also a matter of soluble versus insoluble fiber. I may be preaching to the choir, but raw fruits are a source of insoluble fiber which can exacerbate colonic problems. so a diet of just fruit needs much more specification.
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