Archive for July, 2011

Dietary Fiber and Constipation

    Constipation is characterized by three or lesser bowels in a week. People with constipation tend to suffer from hard and dry stool which compels them to strain every bowel movement.     Headaches, stomach aches, nausea or feeling bloated are expected once a person is constipated. When your are constipated it is very [...]

Abuse of Laxatives as a Cause of Constipation

    Many people believe that laxatives can be used to reduce weight. This is because of the wrong notion that when you defecate a lot, it will make you slim. That is a lie! Laxative is not used to reduce weight but to allow you defecate when you are constipated.     Often, this [...]

Constipation and Intestinal Function Problems

  By understanding how the colon works, we can understand how and why constipation occurs. As the stool is being formed, water is absorbed by the colon. Fecal wastes formed are then pushed to the rectum by the muscle contractions in the colon.     The colon then absorbs water from the stool when it [...]

Can constipation be serious?

What Considered Constipation?   Constipation happens when bowel movements become difficult or less frequent. Although frequency of bowel movements vary from person to person, going longer than three days without it is considered too long. Generally, after three days, the stool is expected to become harder and more difficult to pass.     When Constipation [...]

Constipating Foods

  Constipation is the most common illness of the people all over the world which is often manifested with almost 3 to 4 times bowel movement in a week. This means also that the person suffering this kind of sickness happens to have having a hard time passing the stool during defecation.