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Dealing with the stink

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Also try taking some probiotics. Since being on RMAT, mine still peel the paint, they just don’t warp that walls anymore. Mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >The stink comes from poorly or incompletely digested food and more >importantly the bacteria that breeds on it. There are many foods that will >perpetuate stinky stools. Coffee is one of the worst. I’m sure you know >about coffee breath and coffee BO so it should be no surprise. I used to >have a roommate who used to eat these chocolate Dove bars (I love them >too, but…). Whenever I saw these in the fridge I knew I was in for some >smelly times. Oh boy did he ever stink up the place. I was always happy >when he ran out of them. >Things that can help are not combining proteins and carbohydrates. They >tend to interfere with each others digestion. Also eat fruits alone or >before heavier foods. If you eat fruits after a heavy meal they tend to >ferment because they get stuck behind the other food. Cut back on coffee, >chocolate and sweets in general. If you do eat desert have it alone and >let it digest before throwing more food into the system. Finally try >taking enzymes. Enzymes can help you digest food better. Fruits have >natural enzymes built in or you can find them at the health food store. >Beano is another food enzyme product that can help digest certain proteins >and also helps reduce gas. >So I say quite trying to cover it up and find out what you are doing wrong >with your eating habits. Once you get your digestion in order the stink >will go away. Like George Forman says,, I guarantee it. >- Jeff (jmho) > We all have some sort of ailment here so let’s be frank. > I have had Crohn’s for 6 years now. Had a resection 3 months after I > was diagnosed. Doing so so now but the worst part is, when ever I use > the bathroom, it stinks. I mean the smell of bile or whatever is > really really bad. We have bathrooms on all 3 levels on our home and > always try to head for hte level that is fartherest away from the > populated part of house becasue it spreads over the whole level. Short > of buying stock in an air freshener company so I could recoup some of > the cost of mutilple cans of Lysol, does anyone have any suggestions? > Candles are not an option becasue we have a 2 1/2 year old who would > be drawn toward them like a moth to a flame (heh). > Altering my diet has not helped at all. > Suggestions? Anyone else encounter this problem? > Moesha

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