I’m having issues with constipation. Any suggestions?
Improper diet and inadequate fluid intake are high on the list of causes. Under normal circumstances, a diet that has adequate fiber and fluid can eliminate constipation. Fiber helps promote the wave-like contractions (peristalsis) that keep ingested food moving down your intestine. It stimulates your colon to expand, making it easy for waste products to pass quickly and efficiently through the GI system.
In addition, as non-digestible fiber substances are moved along, they absorb over seven times their weight in water, resulting in softer, bulkier stools. The growing problem we are experiencing, can actually be traced back to 1870 when the roller milling machine was invented, to refine wheat. The result is that much of what we eat now has been so processed that the fibrous parts of the wheat are no longer available to us. Today, there are many medical reports of diverticulosis (sac-like bulges that protrude out from the wall of the colon or large intestine) among other problems that can be linked to bowel malfunction due to decreased fiber intake.
We recommend a return to a rural African diet look-alike, foods with the highest fiber content: whole wheat cereals (5 grams of fiber or more) and grains (must say “whole” on the label), fruits with skins, dark green leafy (spinach, kale and celery), root (parsnip, turnips and carrots) and cruciferous (Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage) veggies.
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