Benifiber problems

[Jb1176 79]

The directions from my clinic say to consume 25 gr of Benifiber a day. I am still on pre op diet (surgery 4/16/15) and my body won't tolerate that much Benifiber. Horrible you know what for a day.

The directions on the package say 2tsp=3gr Fiber. Thus by my calculations that's 17tsp's of Benifiber a day. I divided that amount equally between two 32oz Water bottles so that I would be getting on my 64 oz of Water a day.

Anyone else take Benifiber in pre op and post op phases? How much Benifiber do you take?

[KateP 359]

Why wouid you if not constipated? I didn't have a pre-op diet so can't comment on that and post-op I DID take it. But only because I became constipated. Here in the UK, our equivalent Fybogel comes in singie dose sachets to dissolve in Water and during my early losing stage, I took one sachet morning and night because if I didn't, I became constipated. I even needed to take a stool softener as well.

Benefited can't be quite the same as Fubogel though as one of my sachets contains around 1-2 teaspoons in it, so that Is a max of 4 tsps a day.

But although common, not everyone has thus problem. It seems logical to me that if your digestive system is working normally, adding fire is only going to cause discomfort.

[KateP 359]

Silly typos and my iPad won't let me edit! Adding fibre not fire!!!!