Does eating fruit and vegetables (natural fibre) make your feces soft or hard?

Answer 1

Natural fiber should make your feces softer, and less dense, or compact This is a generality, however, and it's possible to have several different outcomes, including no change at all.

Answer 2

Eat nourishing food with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables being part of it. Chew each morsel at least 32 times. This will activate signal to the brain as soon as u have had enough. Besides this change in eating style, take regular light exercises and brisk walks every day. U will be able to gain/shed all extra weight gracefully and in a reasonable time span. No food or drink in between the food and not more than three meals a day, unless u r diabetic. MANAGEABLE.

Answer 3

Eating plenty of fruit and veges prevents constipation and regular bowel habit.The more fruit you have in your diet the more regular bowel habit you will have. Then when you get older you will not suffer from large bowel cancer or diverticular disease.It has been proven that when you do not eat enough fiber the amount of time the toxins remain in contact with your intestinal cells will be longer and this can damage the cells and promote cancer. In general a diet which is rich in vitamins and fibers plays a very important role in your well being.

Answer 4

It depends on how your body reacts to the influx of a new source of fiber. some people don't do so great, as I'm sure you've heard older people talk about so just go gradual.

There is almost no one that can eat too many veggies or fruit, maybe with dried fruit, but not with fresh fruit/veggies.

Answer 5

Ellen, they can make them brick hard. Your water intake is just as important. Remember, the large bowel is designed to absorb water out of the feces. If there is not enough water in them, they can, and will become hard. Drink more water.

Answer 6

hard. these are high fiber foods. fiber helps add bulk to your feces. however if your stomach is sensitive, some fruits could soften your stool. citrus fruitsl ike oranges, watermelon and mangoes could cause soft stools.