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Q. Your Web site mentions that eating two Archway Coconut Macaroon cookies daily can control chronic diarrhea. While this tip might be helpful for some, it may carry too high a health cost for others. These cookies are high in saturated fat and sugar. They could hardly be considered healthful when consumed every day.A. It is certainly true that many cookies (not just Archway) are high in sugar and fat. Consumed daily, they represent significant calories.
We suspect that the magic ingredient that eases diarrhea is coconut. Many readers with chronic diarrhea tell us it has helped them. It is probably not necessary to eat cookies to get the benefit. Unsweetened shredded coconut may provide some protection from diarrhea.
I don't know anything about this remedy as I rarely have diarrhea, but I wonder if the macaroons that are sold at Passover in the Jewish section of most grocery stores would have the same effect without as much fat and sugar? Passover always comes around Easter. Just a thought!
My husband periodically has a lot of trouble with digestive issues/diarrhea. I always keep a can of coconut milk in the pantry and take with us on vacation. He drinks this and it's amazing--it really helps.
Have used toasted coconut flakes for several years to control loose stools from probable irritable bowel syndrome. I toast the coconut flakes as they are easier to chew, and use about a heaping soupspoon a day. It helps a lot. I wish I could find them already toasted; it is a real chore to do it myself.
My husband had been in the hospital for several weeks with a virulent form of pneumonia. After multiple courses of IV antibiotics he developed serious diarrhea. He was very weak and actually fell twice trying to get to the bathroom. When my daughter brought him homemade coconut pie, the diarrhea disappeared,only to reappear when he did not eat any coconut. I wish I'd known about this when I was raising my 4 children!