treva, here's a good link on hiatal hernia with diet tips: http://heartburn.about.com/od/hiatalhern2/a/hernia_diet.htm

Also, don't do any heavy lifting or bending over for an hour or so after eating. To be quite honest with you try laying off any lifting or bending at all for a few days and see how you feel. When I drop somethiing I get a chair to sit in then pick it up.

Those fibers and herbal products will cause your ileocecal to lock open. Thats what causes constipation. From what I've seen too many candida diets fail because the number 1 priority should be to have the stomach and instestines working mechanically before rigid candida diets are undertaken.

I went from 4-6 BMs per week to having 10-20/week by just focusing on my hiatal hernia and ileocecal valve. Another sure sign of ileocecal valve problems is BMs that come out real thin without a lot of volume. When the ileocecal is functioning properly the BMs become thicker in size with a lot more volume.

By focusing on your ileocecal and hiatal area you will feel a lot better very soon.