Relieving Constipation Naturally

Relieving Constipation Naturally




by Richlion

If staying regular is a struggle for you, here what I recommend...


1. Get checked for hypothyroidism, especially if you’re a woman over 40. Constipation is one of the hidden symptoms of hyopothyroidism. (But of course, it's not taking care of the cause – just giving you a name for what you have.)

2. Try squatting. This is the best, natural position to help expel stool from your colon and reduce your risk of hemorrhoids, and it’s still the way many people around the world go to the bathroom.

Place a small stool next to your toilet. This will elevate your knees. This will stimulate your intestinal contraction. Throughout history this is how man used to have a bowel movement.


3. Eat plenty of fiber-rich foods. Vegetables are sources of fiber. For added fiber to help normalize your stool, try whole organic flaxseeds. Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder, then add a tablespoon or two to your food.

You can also try organic psyllium. Psyllium is unique because it will help soften your stool if you’re constipated, or reduce frequency of your bowel movements if you have loose stools.

4. Exercise regularly. This helps stimulate circulation and intestinal function, causing your bowels to move properly. Do 'toe touches' and 'sit-ups'.

5. Take a high-quality probiotic. This helps to balance the good and bad bacteria in your gut, which is essential for proper digestive function. Probiotics are also useful in fighting IBS, which can contribute to constipation. To find out more about probiotics, click here.

6. Aloe vera and magnesium supplements can also be useful tools to speed up your bowel movements.

7. Head 'Nature's call'.

You can incorporate and you won't even know that your lifestyle had changed – that's the beautty of it.

For more about a natural remedy, you can read more here...

All the best,

Richlion

Constipation: Its Causes and Cures

Constipation: It's causes and cures



by Richlion

Constipation is a common problem but one that can be easily remedied with a simple lifestyle change.

The irony is that most people don't realize they are constipated. The reason is because of doctors. They say that a normal bowel movement should be two or three a week! If you do have this, you think your normal. In reality you are constipated.

You should have at least two a day. The ideal is one after every meal. So if you eat three times a day, as most people do, you should have three bowel movements a day.

Without regular bowel movements, toxins build up, and this can lead to all kinds of diseases. Constipation can also increase your risk of hemorrhoids (fecal impaction).

Though millions of people have constipation is easy to relieve.

To take care of any condition, you have to go to the cause. So, what causes constipation?

Constipation is do mainly to a poor diet – one that lacks processed foods, sugar and fresh vegetables. You must have food high in fiber. Fiber helps move the bulk through your intestines and promotes regular bowel movements.

Other common causes

believe it or not laxative can cause constipation – when used to excess. Most laxitaves are chemical in nature. When taken regularly, you intestines rely on it. Eventually, your intestines can fail to work properly.

An under-active thyroid glad is a common cause, too. This is known as hypothyroidism.

IBS, otherwise known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, is when your colon works slow and the contents cannot move through your digestive tract fast enough.

Do you ignore the 'urge to go'? This is another cause of a sluggish bowel movement.

Why Laxatives are NOT a Good Option

$750,000,000 a year is spent on laxatives – money don't the toilet, you can say!

This is true even of senna or cassia laxatives, which are frequently marketed as natural, but they are not. If taken for a couple of months, it may decrease your colon's natural ability to contract. These over the counter laxatives can damage nerves, muscles and other tissues in your large intestines.

So if you absolutely must use a laxative, make sure it is only for a very short-term period. And remember that laxatives do absolutely nothing to address the underlying causes of your constipation.

For a safe, effective and natural way to treat IBS or constipation, you can read more here.

For your health,

Richlion

Most Diseases Start in the Bowels

Most Diseases Start in the Bowels

by Richlion

Most people don't realize that most diseases start in the bowels. Our
bowels get clogged over time. What remains is old petrified faeces.
This is according to famous natural pathetic Dr. Norman Walker.
I now, it's not a very pleasant subject but it's one that has to be
addressed.

Cause of irritable bowel syndrome

As discussed previously, irritable bowel syndrome is believed to be due
to the abnormal function (dysfunction) of the muscles of the organs of
the gastrointestinal tract or the nerves controlling the organs. The
nervous control of the gastrointestinal tract, however, is complex. A
system of nerves runs the entire length of the gastrointestinal tract
from the esophagus to the anus in the muscular walls of the organs.
These nerves communicate with other nerves that travel to and from the
spinal cord. Nerves within the spinal cord, in turn, travel to and
from the brain. (The gastrointestinal tract is exceeded in the numbers
of nerves it contains only by the spinal cord and brain.) Thus, the
abnormal function of the nervous system in IBS may occur in a
gastrointestinal muscular organ, the spinal cord, or the brain.

The nervous system that controls the gastrointestinal organs, as with
most other organs, contains both sensory and motor nerves. The sensory
nerves continuously sense what is happening within the organ and relay
this information to nerves in the organ's wall. From there,
information can be relayed to the spinal cord and brain. The
information is received and processed in the organ's wall, the spinal
cord, or the brain. Then, based on this sensory input and the way the
input is processed, commands (responses) are sent to the organ over
the motor nerves. Two of the most common motor responses in the
intestine are contraction or relaxation of the muscle of the organ and
secretion of fluid and/or mucus into the organ.

As already mentioned, abnormal function of the nerves of the
gastrointestinal organs, at least theoretically, might occur in the
organ, spinal cord, or brain. Moreover, the abnormalities might occur
in the sensory nerves, the motor nerves, or at processing centers in
the intestine, spinal cord, or brain. Some researchers argue that the
cause of functional diseases is abnormalities in the function of the
sensory nerves. For example, normal activities, such as stretching of
the small intestine by food, may give rise to abnormal sensory signals
that are sent to the spinal cord and brain, where they are perceived
as pain.

Other researchers argue that the cause of functional diseases is
abnormalities in the function of the motor nerves. For example,
abnormal commands through the motor nerves might produce a painful
spasm (contraction) of the muscles. Still others argue that abnormally
functioning processing centers are responsible for functional diseases
because they misinterpret normal sensations or send abnormal commands
to the organ. In fact, some functional diseases may be due to sensory
dysfunction, motor dysfunction, or both sensory and motor dysfunction.

Still others may be due to abnormalities within the processing centers
One area that is receiving a great deal of scientific attention is the
potential role of gas produced by intestinal bacteria in patients with
IBS. Studies have demonstrated that patients with IBS produce larger
amounts of gas than individuals without IBS, and the gas may be
retained longer in the small intestine. Among patients with IBS,
abdominal size increases over the day, reaching a maximum in the
evening and returning to baseline by the following morning. In
individuals without IBS, there is no increase in abdominal size during
the day.

There has been a great deal of controversy over the role that poor
digestion and/or absorption of dietary sugars may play in aggravating
the symptoms of IBS. Poor digestion of lactose, the sugar in milk, is
very common as is poor absorption of fructose, a sweetener found in
many processed foods. Poor digestion or absorption of these sugars
could aggravate the symptoms of IBS since unabsorbed sugars often cause
increased formation of gas.

Although these abnormalities in production and transport of gas could
give rise to some of the symptoms of IBS, much more work will need to
be done before the role of intestinal gas in IBS is clear.

Dietary fat in healthy individuals causes food as well as gas to move
more slowly through the stomach and small intestine. Some patients with
IBS may even respond to dietary fat in an exaggerated fashion with
greater slowing. Thus, dietary fat could--and probably does--aggravate
the symptoms of IBS.

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