Everyone gets constipated occasionally. You get busy running around, staying out late, paying very little attention to your diet, eating meals on the run- and suddenly you are constipated.
When you realize you have a problem, the first thing to do is:
- Take a look at your fluid intake and increase it.
- Add dietary fibre immediately. From 25 to 35 grams daily for all adults.
- Prunes are a good natural laxative, as well as a good snack.
- Exercise increases the rate by which food travels through your digestive system.
- Walking is particularly helpful.
- Do not ignore urge –try to toilet –train yourself again.
- Tension and anxiety can cause constipation because this is a part of the fight –or flight – syndrome. Try to relax and calm down.
- Some foods are constipating. Everyone knows the expression ‘it makes the cheese more binding’, and for some, all dairy products have the same effect.
- If you are really uncomfortable, an occasional enema or a suppository will be OK, but remember laxatives can become addicting very easily. It is much better to rely on fibre and fluids to regulate yourself.
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