>Some questions:
>
>-Sometimes, I go a whole week with only one bowel movement. I don't feel
>constipated (i.e. painful abdomen, leaden feeling), but it sometimes worry
>me. I eat mostly meat and fish, with about three portions/day of broccoli
or
>salad greens, no fruits or nuts.

I will consider less than a movement a day as symptomatic of a
malfunctionning colon.


>So sometimes I'll drink a laxative herbal tea, containing 'cascara sagrada'
>as the main ingredient. It's rather effective. I wasn't able to find out if
>this is leaf material or a bean or anything. Anyone got info? And are
herbal
>teas paleo in general?

cascara is a tree growing wild in the pacific  North west forests .they were
used by the native as a medecine and were using the bark , the berries and
may be the leaves . Your tea is probably the bark..
there is a very potent intestinal regulator called "Cassia fistula ".it is a
leguminous tree producing a one foot long bean with  disks of black pulp
surronding the seeds . It is a used by ayurvedic medecine for a very long
time.
The raw  sweet  pulp is sucked out of  the cellulose disk separating the
seeds  ( 2 or 3 disks is enough to start,  more and you will have to run to
the toilet ) .
The peoples eating   raw by instinct  love the taste ,when the medecine is
needed by the body and  it becomes very repulsive when not needed.
It is not available commercially but can direct you to a source if
interested.

jean-claude>
>-I have to force myself to eat some days. Today my first meal was at 4 pm,
>tuna salad and some browned ground beef. I'm afraid taking in too little
>food will slow down my weight loss, as it's been pretty good when I eat a
>lot during the day. Should I just eat when I feel like it (which means
>sometimes eating a small meal /day and that's it) or...?
>
>Comments and answers very welcome,
>
>Nancy.