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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.
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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!
I really want to know from the 'medical community,' is coconut high in saturated fat, or is it just in the cookies?? What about unsweetened flaked coconut????
After my wife died suddenly I begin to drink too much. A side affect of the drinking was diarrhea. I eventually realized that the drinking was not helping with my grief so I stopped. Except the diarrhea did not stop. I had heard that coconut would help - no real affect. A nutritionist said to me that it would have to be the Archway Coconut Macaroon. After two days it disappeared and has never returned.
I have been using coconut macaroons (do not have to be Archway)---for about 6 months now to control diarrhea.
I also use flaked coconut on my cereal each morning---1 tbs. full, and it controls diarrhea all day.
HOWEVER, my doctor told me not to use coconut because it will clog the arteries because of the saturated fat.
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS SATURATED FAT PROBLEM ALONG WITH CONTROLLING DIARRHEA?
People's Pharmacy response: Although coconut certainly contains saturated fat, it is not clear whether it will contribute to atherosclerosis.