Natural Solutions for Constipation

Natural solutions for constipation abound. As a naturopath I have helped So many of my clients with constipation. 

• Are you tired of feeling bloated, uncomfortable and heavy?
• Have you been suffering in silence for years?
• Do you feel tired and irritable?
• Do you have a hard time passing your stools?
• Do you have painful hemorrhoids and fissures?
  

What is causing your constipation?

I outline 15 different causes in my FREE ebook.

You can figure out which ones are causing your constipation and learn exactly what to do about them!

My latest ebook will help you finally get regular and stay that way!!
Tons of Natural Solutions for Constipation

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Here are just a few of the tips I go into more detail in my ebook.....

Are you getting enough fiber?

How do you figure out which foods contain fiber?

It's easy!

They Grow!

So that includes...

• Vegetables
• Fruits and dried fruits
  
• Nuts
• Seeds
• Whole grains

What foods don't contain fiber?

• Animals and any products derived from animals, ie dairy, cheese etc.
• Just about all packaged, processed, fast foods (Sometimes fiber is added in although it may be synthetic fiber and have none of the benefits of real fiber. Inulin is synthetic fiber, check your list of ingredients!)

Foods to replace with better alternatives - Natural solutions for constipation

Avoid... Dairy
Choose... soya milk, almond milk, soya cheese.

Avoid... white refined flour and all foods containing it
Choose... stone ground whole grain flours such as spelt, kamut, oat, quinoa, etc.

Avoid... White rice, including white basmati
Choose... brown rice, millet (the most alkalinizing cereal) quinoa, rye, buckwheat, etc.

Avoid... cooked carrots
Choose... raw carrots, carrot juice, beets, raw grated and beet juice, celery and all vegetables, alfalfa sprouts as well as sunflower and radish sprouts.

Avoid... bananas
Choose... apples, dates, figs, raisins, prunes. It is good to wash and soak dried fruit before eating.

Avoid... sugar, soft drinks, coffee, tea, chocolate
Choose... pure water

Avoid... heavy animal protein
Choose... beans, nuts, tofu, poultry, eggs

Hydrate - One of the Essential Natural Solutions for Constipation

You want to be a river not a stagnant pond!

The most important thing to do as part of your natural solutions to constipation is to drink plenty of water every day. If you need to, put some lemon or lime or cucumber slices or strawberries or any other natural flavor.

How much do you need?

About 1/2 your body weight in ounces.

Coffee and tea don't count, in fact they are diuretics which means that like alcohol they deplete the body of fluids.

For every cup of coffee, tea or alcoholic drink you have increase your water intake by 1 and 1/2 cups.

Question about constipation:

I am 38. I have chronic constipation and chronic anal fissures since having my first child. Using laxatives for about 17 years. Trying to eat food which has fiber. I'd like to get rid of the laxatives, please help me out.
Emmy

Sue-Anne's Reply:

The main things for you to do is increase water and increase fiber. It is unfortunate that you have been on laxatives for so long. They make your intestine lazy. The colon is a muscle and by taking laxatives the muscle is weakened. It is important to eat foods high in fiber to tonify and reinforce your colon. It will take time but it is possible.

For constipation, foods to avoid- reduce:

• cheese, dairy
• white rice
• cooked carrots
• sugar
• coffee, tea, chocolate
• replace some animal protein with beans,
• replace frozen foods with fresh foods.

Increase:

• fruit and vegetables especially with the peel
• raw carrots, beets
• whole grains
• nuts - especially raw almonds and walnuts
• seeds - sunflower and pumpkin seeds
• dried fruits
• wheat bran, oat bran, spelt bran, (flax seeds - freshly ground)
• sprouts
• Foods with pectin like apple sauce - easy to make homemade, go for organic apples if possible, regular apples are high in pesticides.

Healthy Snack for constipation

Chop by hand or in the food processor:

1/3 pound organic raisins
1/3 pound organic prunes
1/3 pound organic dates

Put in a bowl and add
8 tables spoons of whey protein powder
6 tablespoons ground flax seeds
8 tablespoons organic molasses

Mix well
Add a little water if necessary, form into balls about golf ball size. Eat 1 before a meal with a large glass of water. Complete with a probiotic supplement.

Another natural solution for constipation:

You can take psyllium hulls. Starting with a tiny amount, 1/8 tsp in full glass of water, followed by a 2nd full glass of water. After 3 days increase to 1/4 tsp always with 2 glasses of water and keep on increasing very slowly every 3 days, working up to 2 teaspoons per day for 6 months and then gradually decreasing. Also see my page on constipation.