What is the best treatment for constipation?

khorshidnaz16 wrote: »

I bought some dry figs and I put 7 of them in the water every night. Then I eat them every morning. It is very good for constipation. Even when you do not eat breakfast. You can also eat some Almonds,Lettuce,peanut butter,Carrots and the best thing is Spinach.

But the 7 figs doesn't fit in to my calories. And dried fruit usually has sulphites. I don't like eating in the morning.

What should I make with Almonds, lettuce, peanut butter, carrots and spinach?

khorshidnaz16 wrote: »

What is the best treatment for constipation?

The vegan diet.

Make sure you are getting sufficient good fats in your diet, plenty of water, exercise.

If you have introduced a lot of fibre in a very short period of time, wind back the fibre and introduce back slowly.

khorshidnaz16 wrote: »

I do not how many grams. I just eat 7 Almonds every day.

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

khorshidnaz16 wrote: »

I make a salad with them every day. And I eat peanut butter with honey. And 7 Almonds every day.

Sounds like a weird salad. I don't eat honey - sugar feeds cancer. And can I just have 6 Almonds? Perhaps my Almonds are different sizes to yours - how many grams is 7 Almonds?

But that is not accurate logging. You should weigh all solids and measure all liquids.

Add more fiber and do it regularly to be regular.

• I add 1 TBSP ground flax seed as well as both Glucomannan Powder (From Konjac Root) and Inositol Powder to my morning smoothies.
  
• I have a low calorie blended meal (I put the ingredients in a food processor -- a blender works as well) that I make up on the weekend for lunches during the week. Usually several bunches of parsley, Persian cucumbers, celery, bell pepper, carrots. Sometimes I add garlic or onion or avocado. I put sea salt in it, raw apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. I eat about 8 oz. of this with my lunch. I cook up some chopped mushrooms and mixed greens and store this separately. I mix up some of this into my blended meal just to give it some texture.
  
• I chew up a 1000 mg Ester-C tablet twice a day (which has some fiber from the Citrus Bioflavonoids (Citrus sinensis) (fruit) Sweet Orange, Tangerine, Lime, Lemon, Acerola Rutin, Hesperidin Complex (Citrus spp.) (fruit).
  
• I try to remember to take Natural Calm unflavored magnesium (which can be laxative inducing).

Other things to try:

• Psyllium husk (get one with the least amount of additives and add to a smoothie); or,
• Methylcellulose (I like Garden of Life - Dr. Formulated Organic Fiber Citrus)
• Probiotics (I like Five-Lac)

For quick relief:
1. Senna (I like Nature's Way) at night before bed

**or**

2. (From Dr. Axe) 2 teaspoons of sea salt (you don't want to use table salt) first thing in the morning on an empty stomach in liter of filtered water. You want the water to be warmer than room temperature, but not boiling or very hot. It should be cooler than the temp you would use to brew tea or coffee. Grab a glass jar with a lid and add the salt, hot water, and some fresh lemon juice or lemon water (which helps cut the taste of the salt). Shake it vigorously to fully dissolve the salt. Make sure no granules are visible, which will settle at the bottom of your jar/lid if they’re still undissolved. Drink the mixture quickly, within a few minutes if possible (under 5 minutes is the goal). Since it doesn’t taste great (it’s very salty!), you will probably want to drink it down as fast.

Are figs becoming a recurring theme? Is this a thing now?

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khorshidnaz16 wrote: »

I make a salad with them every day. And I eat peanut butter with honey. And 7 Almonds every day.

I don't really like peanut butter either, and don't usually want honey (it's good in some recipes, of course). And sometimes I want 9 or 10 almonds!

It's weird I'm not constipated.

Lounmoun wrote: »

I understand that fats, fiber, water and exercise may help with constipation.

This, as well as hitting the magnesium micro.