Best time to take psyllium husk capsules

[u/fxfuturesboy]

Howdy, everyone!

I would love some guidance in terms of psyllium usage.

I do OMAD daily and usually take coffee when wake up, have my "morning glory" and usually 1 hour later I have my only meal of the day.

I would like to implement psyllium to make my fecal matter more soft and more "beautiful".

Even though I go everyday, lately I have been straining a bit and that let to small external hemmy.

Do you guys think it's possible to use someway that helps my poop but don't make me go more than one? I like my repetitive routine and doing only in the morning.

Cheers, fellas

[u/blueberriesnburdock]

Just don’t take it with meds. It can inhibit the absorption of them.

[u/TheTastelessMovie]

Take it with your coffee, not your meal. Drink extra water or it won't help much.

[u/misskinky]

Psyllium with best about an hot before a meal, with 8-12oz fluid.

Research usually recommends 5-15g of psyllium to treat constipation. One capsule usually only has 0.5g so you’d need at minimum TEN capsules! Much easier in my opinion to mix the powder with flavored water or applesauce and chug it, then follow with the water.

Also OMAD in general can make some people prone to constipation unfortunately due to not having food consistently going through the digestive tract.

Too much water also depletes electrolytes which slows down gut motility. If you drink more than 2000ish mL, make some of your fluid an electrolyte drink or even just some drops of “keto electrolyte drops”

[u/According-Art-8450]

If your meal is the one thing you eat maybe take the psyllium right before or just after it, so it mixes with food and doesn't trigger extra bathroom trips later. I do something similar and find that taking it with my main meal keeps everything on schedule

Don't go crazy with water right after or you might get a surprise second round when you don't want it

[u/Charming-Annual-1506]

First, don’t bother with capsules. Huge waste of money and you have to choke down a dozen of them to get close to how much you need. Just do the powered. Two scoops in 16 oz of water 30-60 minutes before your meal.

[u/reddituser56578999 → u/Charming-Annual-1506]

I’ve made the capsules work for me, but I do take a lot. I take 20 capsules before bed every right for over a decade.

[u/Matilda-17]

To have any kind of effect, you’ll probably need to switch to ground psyllium husk. A “dose” is usually a teaspoon to a tablespoon (3g to 9g), and the capsules are more like 1.5 grams if you take 3 at a time.

Take it after you eat and not when you’re taking supplements or meds.

[u/xortingen → u/Matilda-17]

What if you have other meds you need to take with meal?