Frank Wuts said: > >My theory of the loose stools, is that with more raw fruits and veggies you > >get more Vitamin C intake. It is known that a lot of Vitamin C will cause > >loose stools. Does loose stools imply incomplete digestion or is there simply > >more water content in the stools? Jean-Louis Tu wrote: > I don't think that vitamin C is the cause. I agree that some people on megadoses > of vit. C (10 grams/day) have experienced loose stools, but even if you eat 2 kg > oranges/day, you won't get more than 1 gram of vit. C. > If you have loose stools because you eat too much fruit, don't think you are > detoxifying and that the situation will improve. In fact, it will probably > worsen. In my case, after 7 months of ~60% fruit, my stools not only became > loose, but actually liquid! The only way I could correct that was by limiting my > fruit intake. I have heard from friends getting loose stool from as little as 1 gram/day. My loose stools does not come from too much fruit, I eat very little, but from a lot of vegetable juice. I still would like to know if there is anything wrong with having loose stool. Frank.