ARGGGHHHHH!!!! Non-digestible things (Laxastat, Petromalt, petroleum jelly) speed stuff through the body. Cooking oils are digestible, not only that but in studies on humans oils (fats in general) SLOW digestion which is exactly the opposite of what is needed. Also, polyunsaturated oils (unlike monosaturated or saturated) are linked to some nutrient deficiency disorders appearing in ferrets in a study (which if memory serves) was done in New Zealand about 10 or so years ago. Don't forget that UTIs (urinary tract infections) can be helped by giving dried cranberries or blueberries in addition to the antibiotics. Just recently the chemical compound in these two fruits which prevents bacteria from sticking to walls of the urinary tract was foundand reported in Science News or NY Times (Not sure which of the two I read it in...). It's a varient of the tannins. IN Scandinavia there is another berry called the bilberry. I do NOT know if this berry has this compound, but it's known for sharing some other compounds in common with blueberry, and for having higher level of one antioxidant than blueberries have. The reason I mention it is that I've seen Swedish preserves with bluberry and ones with bilberry marked "blabarssylt" but if it's bilberries it might not have the tannin type needed. [Posted in FML issue 2474]