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What Causes Chronic Constipation?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:03:27 +0000

What causes chronic constipation? Chronic constipation is most often the result of poor eating habits, lack of exercise, emotional stress, and a lack of a healthy morning routine. Chronic constipation can cause intense physical discomfort, including abdominal pain and bloating, indigestion, heartburn, irritability, and an overall feeling of being unwell.

Lack of adequate fiber and fluid intake is the most common cause of chronic constipation. Fast food and processed snacks are low in fiber and high in fat. Fatty low fiber foods become packed and hard in the intestines and are more difficult to eliminate. Inadequate fluid intake only makes the problem worse.

Increasing fiber intake is not as hard as it sounds. Switching to whole grain breads, cereals, and snacks and adding at least five servings per day of fresh fruits and vegetables will usually do it. Aim for 27 grams of fiber per day, and drink at least eight glasses of water each and every day to prevent chronic constipation from taking hold.

Exercise is also necessary to regular bowel function. Getting very little exercise contributes to constipation problems.

Adding exercise doesn’t have to be an ordeal though.

One effective solution is to drink a cup of hot water with lemon or a cup of strong coffee each morning and then spend ten to fifteen minutes jogging on a treadmill before breakfast. Take proper time for elimination, and try to add another fifteen-minute walk later in the day.

Finally, laxative addiction can actually make chronic constipation worse, so avoid the laxative-constipation cycle whenever possible, making sensible lifestyle changes and using laxatives only as a last resort.

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Treatments for Chronic Constipation

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:01:18 +0000

Chronic constipation can leave you feeling miserable and bloated, but you don’t have to just accept it. Small changes in your routine and/or diet can go a long way towards relieving chronic constipation, which is more often than not more about lifestyle issues than digestive tract problems.

The following treatments for chronic constipation have been used successfully:

Eat dairy products with pro-biotic cultures. Pasteurization kills off most of the friendly bacteria that live in the digestive tract and aid in health elimination. Try adding pro-biotic yogurt or cheese to your daily diet for three weeks.

Eat more fiber. Avoid refined starch and fat (found in fast food and snacks) and take in more liquid and fiber (found in fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grains). Aim for 27 grams of fiber each day.

Drink more water. Drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses and adding lemon juice or honey to some of it will help you to move your bowels.

Exercise at least 30 minutes each day. One of the best treatments for chronic constipation is to take a hot drink (hot water with lemon, coffee, or if you dislike both, a glass of prune juice) each morning and then follow that up with a brisk walk or jog before eating a high fiber breakfast.

Take time in the bathroom. Many people are chronically rushed and don’t take the time they need for proper elimination until it becomes a problem.

Chronic constipation is usually the result of bad habits that build up over time until they create a problem. The good news is that a bad habit can always be replaced with a good habit. Healthy diet and exercise habits can cure chronic constipation for good!

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Home Remedies for Constipation Relief

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:07:49 +0000

Some of the best home remedies for constipation rleief are also among the first recommended by doctors. The best strategy is to try the mildest remedies first, and then, if those don’t work, try something a bit stronger until you get relief.

One of the best home remedies for constipation is to drink a cup of hot water with a fresh lemon squeezed into it when you first get up in the morning, and then go for a brisk walk. You can add sugar to the hot lemon water (for hot lemonade), and if you don’t have fresh lemons on hand, reconstituted lemon juices works just as well.

Many people find that substituting a glass of prune juice or a cup of strong coffee for the hot lemon water works just as well.

Another home remedy for constipation that is mild but effective is adding more fiber and more water to your diet. Most people need at least 25 grams of fiber per day for healthy digestion and elimination.

Try eating oatmeal or bran cereal with fruit for breakfast each day. Switch to whole grain bread for sandwiches (with a least 3 grams of fiber per serving), and add at least five servings of fresh fruits and vegetables and eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily.

Several easy-to-make drinks are popular home remedies for constipation. These include one half cup of olive oil mixed with one half cup of orange juice taken before bed, or a cup of warm milk with honey, or warm water with honey three times a day.

If all else fails, one or two teaspoons of aloe vera gel or castor oil taken internally will have a laxative effect and get your system started again.

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