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Coconut kefir and constipation

I bought some coconut kefir at Whole Foods after reading on a constipation blog for my daughter that this keeps things moving for kids with encopresis. She rejected it for the taste. It’s so expensive that I’ve been taking a teaspoon a day instead of another kind of probiotic. Wow. Yesterday I felt like I had the stomach flu, the urge to evacuate was so strong in the morning and within a half an hour after meals, and then possibly traced it back to taking this.  They talk about starting with a teaspoon and then moving to a half a cup a day.  Do you think it’s good for me?

~Lisa

Dear Lisa,

Coconut products are considered very cold in Chinese Medicine.  The effects will therefore be very different in different people. For those with heat problems it may be a panacea.  With cold digestion or low digestive fire it may be horrible.  Also, being a tree nut, even though cultured, there is a higher possibility of sensitivities than with other products. So, yes it could have caused the problems that you mention.

That being said, I do not have much experience with the coconut kefir as very few of my patients have used it.

Be Happy!

Dr. John Nieters, L.Ac. DAOM

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