"Ozgirl" > wrote:
> Nick Cramer wrote:
> > When I saw my diabetician a few months ago, he told me to increase my
> > Vit D from 800 to 2000 IU per day. A few days later, I came down with
> > severe diarrhea. I stopped taking the the extra Vit D, but the runs
> > continued for months! When I told my wife, she started making a tea
> > for me, using pomegranite rinds. Within 4 days, I was back to normal.
> > Does anyone else have any experience with pomegranite rind or leaf
> > tea?
>
> Not at all but I am surprised about the supposed cause being the Vit D. A
> number of years ago my daughter had bad runs (with vomiting), months down
> the track she still had the runs (no pain or vomiting). She was stool
> tested and found to have a bug, the type you can get swimming in creeks
> etc (which she had been doing) or eating under cooked chicken. The name
> of the bug escapes me but it wasn't e-coli. Antibiotics cleared it up
> rapidly and took care of the trots. Is it possible you had a tummy bug?
> Pomegranate rind might just have a natural antibiotic effect? I have no
> idea about that but a possibility? Do you feel up to trying the Vit D
> again? It is a most valuable vitamin.

Thanks, Ozgirl. I haven't been swimming in a creek in many decades and they
cook my chicken well. I see my diabetician on Thursday and when I tell him,
he'll probably order a stool test. I don't know the mechanism of the
pomegranite rinds/leaves, but they sure work! Yes. I'll try the Vit D
again.

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