What should poop look like after beginning a raw food diet?
I started about two weeks ago, I am doing between 50- 80 percent raw, and for the last few days especially my poo has been dark and crumbly looking. I know it is not coming all out either. I am not passing gas really much, and I feel bloated and nasty. It is very uncomfortable. Could this be the stuff that was stuck in my intestine? Whats going on?
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Yes, it probably is some intestinal residue, but it could also be the 50% of cooked food- especially if you eat a lot of processed foods.
When one is completely raw (after detox, which takes about thirty days)
bowel movements are generally large, light in color, close to odorless, and they float. They may still be crumbly, since they are not at all dense.
Raw food can affect different people in various ways.
The digestive system requires heat to process what we eat.
If we eat a lot of cold raw food, we put out the fire, so to speak, and it can interfere with our normal processes.
It takes time to adjust to the raw foods, so introduce this slowly. Always start a meal with some hot herbal tea or other warm drink, or you can have a cup of soup. This gets the stomach ready to digest.
Raw food all the time makes the body cold, and the digestion slow.
Alternate simple steamed veggies or soups with your raw dishes.
There is a system of health called Ayurveda which explains these ideas in detail.
It is normal when starting the raw foods diet to pass unusual stools. The stuff that has laid there undisturbed gets stirred up and pushed out by the quantity of roughage you are taking in..
A simple suggestion is to include some cooked brown rice in your diet everyday. It helps remove this stuff quicker, and normalizes peristaltic action.
After a few weeks your poo should start to regain normalcy, though it may be larger and float more.
Good Luck
I agree with Jen it’s some intestinal residue.