Diarrhea help  

Thanks for posting this. I am always interested in natural remedies for common problems. I was intrigued with this because I have never heard of it; I did a Google search and there are many good references stating that cinnamon is an effective remedy for mild diarrhea.

Whenever my kids have diarrhea, their doctor told me to give them lots of fluids. gatorade is a favorite to replace the liquid loss. We were told too to give patients bananas because of the calcium content.

I think and my advice is go to your doctor and ask a medical help about this problem.

You may also be deficient in a vitamin--in this case a deficiency of niacin (a B vitamin). Even people with irritable bowel syndrome (or it used to be called "colitis") can be helped by this vitamin. Too much niacin at one time can cause your skin to flush--it's not dangerous and only lasts about 20 minutes, but it can be scarey if you don't know the reason. If you only take 50 mg. at a time, you shouldn't have a problem with it. I have always had a niacin deficiency and take 100 mg. 3 times a day every day and it really helps.

Excellent tip!! Never heard it before.. I have heard of cheese, banana and apple juice for kids with diarrhea but that was a long time ago.. long!!

But this I will write out.. you never know( and you never want either) wink!

Have you tried it? Does it work and how long does it take?

I have gotten into the habit of using Imodium - which plugs me up for several days afterward - which is not good.

I will have to try this..thanks.

I'm going to have to try this one. Figure it can't hurt and I would much rather use a home remedy such as this instead taking a store bought pill. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to keep it on hand for next time. I'm sure it won't be long before its needed.

I have heard that coconut is helpful is controlling diarrhea.Someone said that eating two coconut macaroon cookies a day helped overcome cronic diarrhea for them. I have talked to several people that had diarrhea because of IBS and because of chemotherapy drugs.They have said that coconut is benifical to them.I even heard that a cady bar with coconut in it will help...

Great tip, that is new to me. As with posters above me, I have been taught that bananas are good to give. Also, something that has not been mentioned, yogurt. When the body has diarrhea, we need to add back some good bacteria...and yogurt does this.

thanks for the tip. I suffer with colitis, so I will have to try that and see if it helps with that.