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A high-fiber diet, that's how to deal with constipation

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A high-fiber diet, that's how to deal with constipation

How can we cope with them? Many factors can affect them, such as stress, poor lifestyle, and poor nutrition.

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1. Reasons to steal

Functional constipation, on the other hand, is caused by our lifestyle inappropriate diet, sedentary lifestyle or psychogenic factors. There are different causes of organic constipations, such as mechanical obstructions in the large intestine such as intestinal constriction, tumors, and causes associated with various medications such as iron-containing medications used in reflux disease, depression, hypertension, or jaundice.

2. It's a high-fiber diet

It is a mixture of substances such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectins, gum, mucus and lignin. It also increases the intensity of the fermentation process. The main source of dietary fiber is whole grain products such as whole-grain bread, coarse grains, cereal flakes, e.g. oats. The amount of fiber in vegetables is 0.55, 8 g/100 g of the product, whereas in fruits it is about 2 g/100g. According to WHO recommendations, a dose of 25 g of fiber per day also enables the normal functioning of our body.

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Water itself is also beneficial because it flows through the stool and facilitates emptying. However, the demand is individual and depends on factors such as gender, age, health status, physical activity level and environmental factors, such as air temperature. It contains lactic acid, which inhibits rot processes and helps to develop beneficial probiotic flora. These are soft drinks and alcohol. The fiber also binds water to the gut, so if we provide too little water, the contents of the large intestine become drier and its products become thicker, which makes it harder to move through the digestive tract and excrete fat.

4. Regular physical activity

When a stimulant for peristalsis is lacking, there is also an increase in the restrictive area of the intestine, which is likely to also slow down peristaltic bowel movements. These forms of activity are particularly recommended for constipation as improving intestinal peristalyticity. Appropriate physical activity plays an important role in the presence of constipations. For this reason, it is recommended to increase physical activity in the form of walking, running or swimming. It may also be helpful to prevent exercise that strengthens the abdominal muscles that are involved in the process of defecation.
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