Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Ok so a bit of background: Been eating paleo/phd style for 5 months and my digestion has improved but still not fully recovered. Generally my digestion is slow, for example if i stop eating at 8pm i still have a full stomach at 11pm. Lately I tried eating a handful or raisins after my meals and it seems to be speeding up my digestion and its quite noticable. What could be the reason for this? btw i eat about 100-150g of carbs total mostly from sweet potato and rice, not counting veggies. If i eat more starch it doesn't have the same effect as eating raisins on my digestion. Also chewing food is much easier now because i produce more saliva. So for some reason raisins have a really positive effect on my digestion but I'm trying to figure out how..

I have no weight problems btw and I would say pretty good insulin sensitivity.

flag	asked Apr 20 2012 at 5:20 paleoguy11 441●2●12

Could it be the fibre? A bit like eating prunes for regularity? A handful of raisins adds up to a pretty big bunch of grapes. – Jeannine Apr 20 2012 at 6:16

Raisins are a source of massive farting in my house. Thank god my wife is off the raisin bran! Once, she had a bag of dried apricots whilst we were on vacation. That was an extremely rough week! (Warning - a word was used that is not meant to be spoken - and I don't mean fart.) – Dave S. Apr 20 2012 at 12:24

Yea raisins give me gas too so thats why i chew as much as i can and spit out the skin/fiber. no gas :) – paleoguy11 Apr 20 2012 at 17:06

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That's the fructose. Eating a lot of sugar was one of the many ways I improved my digestion a lot. – Korion May 4 2012 at 7:39

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There are 3 ways I can stop gas from forming : sugar, retinol and thyroid hormone. – Korion May 18 2012 at 10:21

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Acumen Athletics · Answer 1 · 2012-05-18 13:26:50Z UTC

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8pm-11pm seems pretty normal to me. Unless you ate 1 blueberry.

answered May 18 2012 at 13:26

Acumen Athletics
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Hey now. Blueberrys are filling. – j3wcy Jun 15 2012 at 15:44

George Brodie · Answer 2 · 2012-04-20 06:39:54Z UTC

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The raisins aren't speeding up the digestion, they are speeding up the movement of food through your tract. Could be good, also, could be bad.

answered Apr 20 2012 at 6:39

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true, there is a difference between speed of digestion and movement of food through the gut. – paleoguy11 Apr 20 2012 at 17:05

Raisins help me digest? hack this

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