Ok, i've been getting constipated lately and i was wondering other than taking metamucil, what food can i eat that would help?
2007-11-14 09:47:25 · 24 answers · asked by The Dreamer 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
-Drink plenty of fluids
-Get plenty of exercise
-You'll want to eat foods with plenty of fiber such as:
1. Dried beans, peas, and other legumes
This includes baked beans, kidney beans, split peas, dried limas, garbanzos, pinto beans and black beans.
2. Bran cereals
Topping this list are Bran Buds and All-Bran, but 100% Bran, Raisin Bran, Most and Cracklin' Bran are also excellent sources.
3. Fresh or frozen lima beans, both Fordhook and baby limas
4. Fresh or frozen green peas
5. Dried fruit, topped by figs, apricots and dates
6. Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
7. Sweet corn, whether on the cob or cut off in kernels
8. Whole-wheat and other whole-grain cereal products.
Rye, oats, buckwheat and stone-ground cornmeal are all high in fiber. Bread, pastas, pizzas, pancakes and muffins made with whole-grain flours.
9. Broccoli-very high in fiber!
10. Baked potato with the skin
(The skin when crisp is the best part for fiber.) Mashed and boiled potatoes are good, too-but not french fries, which contain a high percentage of fat.
11. Green snap beans, pole beans, and broad beans
(These are packaged frozen as Italian beans, in Europe they are known as haricot or french beans.)
12. Plums, pears, and apples
The skin is edible, and are all high in pectin.
13. Raisins and prunes
Not as high on the list as other dried fruits (see #5) but very valuable.
14. Greens
Including spinach, beet greens, kale, collards, swiss chard and turnip greens.
15. Nuts
Especially almonds, Brazil nuts, peanuts, and walnuts (Consume these sparingly, because of their high fat content.).
16. Cherries
17. Bananas
18. Carrots
19. Coconut
(dried or fresh-but both are high in fat content).
20. Brussels sprouts
If this doesn't work I would buy a laxative, if that doesn't work then I would go to the doctors
hope this helps :]
2007-11-14 09:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why should it be embarassing ?!
Guaranteed to stop constipation. Consume lots of Wrigley's spearmint chewing gums. If you read the small print on the packet it says that overdoing it results in frequent runs (so to speak) to the toilet.
2007-11-14 18:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prunes are good so is broccoli and apricots. Drink water. Also you could eat salty foods because that may help to get more water into your stool.
2007-11-14 17:58:25 · answer #3 · answered by Rebecca R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prunes are the traditional aid I believe. They taste a bit yuk on their own though.
Loads here for help to get things moving.
http://www.constipationadvice.co.uk/
Hope you feel a bit better soon.
2007-11-14 17:52:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Search On the web!!! Don't be embarrased!! Everybody gets constipated, but not me!!!LOL
2007-11-14 17:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by gnomie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink a lot of water and eat vegetables such as carrots and other foods that have fiber in them.
2007-11-14 17:51:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prune Juice is disgusting but it helps
Good Luck
lol
2007-11-14 17:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eat lots of vegetables, and actually drinking a lot of water does wonders, seriously.
2007-11-14 17:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by Cris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This works for me--apples, prunes and anything with fiber
2007-11-14 17:57:08 · answer #9 · answered by kitty till to you 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bingeing on prunes and/or mandarins and/or oranges for a few days should help.
2007-11-14 20:34:25 · answer #10 · answered by Susan Yarrawonga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋