Durey
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So I've been trying to improve my gut health recently and took 20g of activated charcoal before I went to bed and then every other day 3 tablespoons for a week. On the days I didn't take the AC, I took half a teaspoon of cascara at night. I've also been taking around 10-20mg of MB every day to help with various issues.
Around the time I began taking the AC I noticed that my belly was getting bloated during the day, really pregnant-looking. There was also some pain and tenderness of the abdomen. A distended belly is something I've never experienced before, except very rarely after huge restaurant meals. I tend to get gas after eating fiber (one of the reasons I tried the AC), but usually without discomfort and never with a bloated belly.
Now I wonder what went wrong. I've been eating more or less the same foods for the last 2.5 years, I don't have more stress or less daylight and I didn't introduce any new supplements. The only thing I changed recently was the addition of more baking soda than usual: half a teaspoon in 100ml of water first thing in the morning and the same before going to bed.
Oh, and a couple weeks before the bloating issues started I took a pinch of sulfur powder three days in a row (what Peat recommends for parasites). I don't think I have parasites, but as I eat raw egg yolks and the occasional raw liver, I took it just to be on the safe side.
Could it be that the charcoal removed lots of bacteria and led to a yeast overgrowth? Or did it change the balance of the microbiome in an unfavourable way?
Around the time I began taking the AC I noticed that my belly was getting bloated during the day, really pregnant-looking. There was also some pain and tenderness of the abdomen. A distended belly is something I've never experienced before, except very rarely after huge restaurant meals. I tend to get gas after eating fiber (one of the reasons I tried the AC), but usually without discomfort and never with a bloated belly.
Now I wonder what went wrong. I've been eating more or less the same foods for the last 2.5 years, I don't have more stress or less daylight and I didn't introduce any new supplements. The only thing I changed recently was the addition of more baking soda than usual: half a teaspoon in 100ml of water first thing in the morning and the same before going to bed.
Oh, and a couple weeks before the bloating issues started I took a pinch of sulfur powder three days in a row (what Peat recommends for parasites). I don't think I have parasites, but as I eat raw egg yolks and the occasional raw liver, I took it just to be on the safe side.
Could it be that the charcoal removed lots of bacteria and led to a yeast overgrowth? Or did it change the balance of the microbiome in an unfavourable way?