I suffer from ibs-c or spastic colon, and wanted to take a creatine suppliment?
i suffer fom spastic colon with constipation, and wanted to start taking a creatine monohydrate suppliment for my weight lifting workouts. would this be ok? or will it affect my spastic colon?
It shouldn’t exacerbate your other symptoms; however, when your gut is so hyper reactive, almost anything can cause spasms. I’ve had ibs patients who got cramping from drinking water.
You can successfully address your ibs by dramatically changing your diet. You might consider researching a raw food diet–especially eliminating dairy and wheat. I’ve had good success with patients by putting them either on a "juice feast" (fast) and/or raw fruits and vegetables. I know it sounds counter-intuitive because raw vegetables probably upset your system. The American diet–rich in sugar, meat, cheese, white flour–is extremely stressful on your system. The protocols I have mentioned, will give your system a break so that it can heal.
It will be ok. I have to be honest with you though and say creatine supplements are a waste of money, they don’t do anything.