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Diarrhea after fasting hack

Looking for a hack to avoid diarrhea after a fast.

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So I had that for a long time. It started when I started fasting, no matter what I broke the fast with. It then continued to any time I ate for the last two years. It was constant. About 6 months ago I started taking digestive enzymes with pro and pre biotics and I almost never get the runs now. Not with fasting, it doesn’t matter what I eat. I only get it while sick. I am convinced it changed everything for me.

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Why is this is an issue? I fast and have a runny poo every time after I eat. So I poo, Bidet the butt or wipe and then move on with my day. What’s the problem? I think this is mostly unavoidable but doesn’t seem like a big deal to me.

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It happened to me when I started longer fasts 41-48h(2x per week) and that happened for a few months. It drove me nuts as I tried different approaches to break my fast and nothing really worked. I do a keto diet. Then all of a sudden I stopped having issues and I can pretty much break my fast with whatever I want now and seldom have issues. I do tend to eat a couple of hard boiled eggs and some macadamia nuts to break most times…but could eat a ribeye, broccoli, and salad too and be fine

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I find that if I break with sourdough bread it’s less of an issue but this is a big frustration of mine too. Because it means I cant just break my fast when I want to or need to, I need to break it when I know I’ll be near a toilet in 30-45 mins. It’s annoying.

I want to try homemade kaopectate with kaolin clay and pectin. We will see.