Green Smoothie

The first thing that occurs to me is that you could possibly need to consider stopping the Metamucil, after all it would be better to try just getting your fiber through your food. It is just artificially flavored and colored psyllium husks. Here’s the list of ingredients. If you’re taking the sugar free one then it has aspartame.
Sucrose, Psyllium Husk, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Orange Flavor, FD&C Yellow No. 6.

EB: thanks for your response. I’ve been using the coarse milled variety which has no color or flavor. It does have sugar. As a result I use quite a bit less :-). I avoid the sugar free like the plague. It’s a migraine waiting to happen. I used the name “Metamucil” even though I use the store brand because it is a product everyone knows.

You could be taking too much fiber now. So cut back on the packaged stuff and maybe phase it out altogether. The body gets used to using psyllium so if you become constipated by removing it completely then phase it out over 3 days.

EB: my doctor prescribed it because I eat a lot of fruit & veggies and have had this problem for several years. He said it would absorb the extra water and firm things up. My problem is I don’t take it as directed – I only take it once per day on average and I’m supposed to take it three times per day. It has helped some. I can now eat raw or steamed broccoli and cauliflower without having terrible consequences. I really rebelled, let me tell you!

FYI although it’s less tasty, you can buy psyllium for a fraction of the cost and simply add it to water or food. I just checked Amazon and the branded stuff is 1.5 times the price of the plain husks/powder.

EB: I’ve seen it at the health food store, but didn’t know how to substitute it. I would have done so for sure!

The next thing that occurs to me is that it might not be the greens at all. It could be that you’re eating more fruit than you normally do.

See how that works to maybe for a few days just eat a salad that has the exact same amount of greens that you would put in your smoothies.

And for a few days try your smoothies without any greens at all and have an all-fruit smoothie. (I think an all green smoothie no fruit may be a little harder to take but do it if you think you would like to.)

EB: I’ve had fruit smoothies for some years now with no problem at all. My favorite is red grapes, berries, & banana. I’ve also had savory ones with tomato, carrot, celery, bell pepper, and a handful of spinach. Another one I’ve tried is grapes, pear, and 1 leaf of kale. I’ve not had problems with those at all. Also, it seems to be worse when on the days I forget the psyllium and gets better when I take more. Of course, that could totally be my imagination.