Undigested food in stool (UDF)
Seeing bits of undigested food in the stool is often harmless — some plant fibre never breaks down. It matters when it comes with lasting loose motions, weight loss or other bowel changes. In LMNT, undigested food (UDF) is taken very seriously, and a whole family of UDF treatments exists for it.
- Undigested bits in the stool are usually high-fibre vegetable matter that the gut does not break down
- It is not a problem unless it comes with lasting diarrhoea, weight loss or other bowel changes
- The small intestine does most of the digesting and absorbing of food
Source: Mayo Clinic (undigested food in stool); MedlinePlus (malabsorption syndromes)
What is Undigested food in stool (UDF)?
Food is broken down by chewing, stomach acid, pancreatic juice and bile, and then the small intestine soaks up what the body needs. Some plant fibre — the skin of corn, seeds, some vegetable skins — never breaks down, and seeing it in the stool is normal.
When digestion or absorption is weak, more food passes through unused. Then the stool may be loose, bulky or oily, with gas and weight loss. Causes include coeliac disease, lactose intolerance, a pancreas that makes too few enzymes, and some bowel diseases — these need a doctor.
What are the symptoms?
- Pieces of food visible in the stool
- Loose, bulky, pale or oily stools
- Gas, bloating or belly discomfort
- Weight loss without trying
- Tiredness, as the body misses nutrients
What causes it, and who is more likely to get it?
Usually harmless
- High-fibre food such as corn, seeds and vegetable skins
- Eating fast and not chewing well
Food moving too fast
Poor digestion or absorption
- Coeliac disease or lactose intolerance
- A pancreas that makes too few enzymes
- Crohn's disease and other bowel diseases
How is it found?
Undigested food on its own needs no tests. A doctor looks further when it comes with lasting diarrhoea, weight loss, blood in the stool or other changes in bowel habit.
Stool tests
Look for fat, infection or blood; a stool elastase test checks whether the pancreas makes enough enzymes.
Blood tests
Can show missing nutrients and screen for coeliac disease.
Imaging or endoscopy
Used when the doctor needs to look at the bowel itself.
The neurotherapist examines the pain points and asks what else stands behind the patient — a long chronic disease, diabetes, constipation, infection, joint pain. That answer chooses which UDF treatment is given. The therapist also asks about diabetes, cancer, raised stomach acid and heart disease, because these change the Medulla point.
How Neurotherapy sees Undigested food in stool (UDF)
In LMNT, undigested food is called UDF, and it is treated as a root matter, not a small complaint. Before any formula at all, the food rules and a fast come first. Then the therapist chooses a UDF treatment to suit the patient, from the simplest to the long, multi-stage ones.
Which UDF treatment? The patient decides
- Food rules and fastalways first, before any formula
- Nothing else remarkablethe simplest UDF treatment
- A long chronic disease behindOLD UDF
- No special tendencythe general UDF formula
- Infection, inflammation, joints, abdomenthe comprehensive six-stage treatment, or the infection / inflammation formula
- Diabetesthe basic and eight-stage treatments for diabetics
There are also UDF formulas for pain at Gas, B₁₂ and folic acid with constipation (the stomach-setting formula); for knee pain, back pain, a child with CP and raised alkali; and for body pain, brain disease and paralysis. Sessions are counted, not applications — “× 6 treatments” means six days.
The coming of UDF is itself a chief cause of the coming of the great diseases.
Neurotherapy treatment for Undigested food in stool (UDF), step by step
Examine first
The therapist checks Liv° and Mu°, reads your reports, and asks about diabetes, cancer, stomach acid, heart disease and any long illness.
Food rules and the fast
The food rules and the fast your therapist explains come first — before any formula at all.
Choose the UDF treatment
The simplest treatment where there is nothing else remarkable; OLD UDF where a long chronic disease stands behind; the general formula where there is no special tendency; the comprehensive or infection formulas where infection, inflammation, joint pain or abdomen problems come with UDF.
Diabetes changes the formula
In diabetes (10) Medulla is not given, even inside a UDF treatment. There Gas Only stands alone and carries the formula by itself — nothing is put in the Medulla's place.
Count sessions, not applications
“× 6 treatments” means six days of sessions. Progress is reviewed; if UDF treatment has been given again and again and is still not fully right, the plan is looked at afresh.
Points and formulas used
Simplest UDF treatment
The shortest UDF treatment — for a patient with nothing else remarkable.
Open →OLD UDF
The long, seven-part UDF treatment — where a long chronic disease stands behind the patient.
Works through
Comprehensive UDF treatment
Six stages — for infection or inflammation, abdomen problems, arthritis, knee pain and cervical spondylosis with UDF in the stools.
Open →Diabetics, the basic treatment for
For diabetics: Gas Only stands alone, because (10) Medulla is not given in diabetes.
Works through
Open →Never do this
- See a doctor if undigested food comes with loose motions lasting more than a few days, weight loss, blood or black colour in the stool, pale oily stools, or severe belly pain.
- (10) Medulla is never given in diabetes, even inside a UDF treatment — Gas Only stands alone and nothing is put in its place. It is also not given in cancer or with raised stomach acid. Heart patients get (10) Left Medulla only. (10) Medulla
- Follow the food rules and the fast only as your therapist sets them, and tell your doctor if you have diabetes or take medicines that need regular meals.
- Cancer: if the person has cancer, (10) Pan, Thymus, Pit, Lu + Sh, Rt. Ov / Lt. Ov and (30) Medulla are never given — the therapist changes the plan.
- Keep taking the medicines your doctor prescribed. Neurotherapy works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.
Watch
A step-by-step demo of the full UDF (undigested food) treatment: 15 Medulla, Parkhoo at both hips, Half Kundli, 10 Medulla with 1 Gas Only and 1 Gas 'I', then the Gal, Spleen, Liver and Mucus points and Ajay Normal on the thighs and forearms. It is given to support digestion when food passes through undigested.
A step-by-step demonstration of the long UDF treatment (OLD UDF). Remember: in diabetes, cancer or raised stomach acid the (10) Medulla shown here is not given, and heart patients get (10) Left Medulla only.
Test yourself
What research says
- Strong evidence
When food and acid leave the stomach, the hormone secretin calls for pancreatic juice that neutralises the acid so digestion can go on in the small intestine — one of the steps that must work for food to be fully digested.
- Strong evidence
The gut's own nerve network, working with the vagus nerve and the brain, controls how fast food moves and how much digestive juice is released — the nerve control that LMNT's Medulla and Gas points are aimed at.
No clinical trial of Neurotherapy for undigested food in the stool has been published yet. Improvements reported by neurotherapists are clinical observations.
For you
Everyone
Chew well, eat slowly and cook vegetables soft — food that is chewed into small pieces is easier to digest.
People with diabetes
Tell your therapist first: your UDF treatment is built without (10) Medulla. Keep your sugar checks and medicines as your doctor set them.
This page explains; it does not diagnose. Neurotherapy works alongside your medical care — keep taking the medicines your doctor prescribed, and see a doctor for any new or severe symptom.