The Perfect Diet to Keep Away Constipation

No doubts you should be really careful when it comes to decide on your daily menu if you are susceptible to hemorrhoids. Goal number one is to avoid constipation at any cost. Thus you have to choose foods which will let you easily empty the guts.

In general fresh fruits and vegetables, cereals, nuts should be constant part of your daily menu. They contain fibres, vitamin C and flavonoids which strengthen the sides of the veins. Your food should be also rich in vitamins and mineral salts.

However you should base the selection of your food on the type of constipation you are trying to avoid or currently have.

Decreased peristalsis and lazy bowels

In case of decreased peristalsis and lazy bowels it is recommended that you focus on food rich in fiber and ballast substances, such as vegetables and fruits with rough fiber, wholemeal bread, fermented beverages. You should include larger amounts of fat and carbohydrates in concentrated form.

You may not eat rice, rusks, toasted bread, chocolate, tallow, strong black tea, cocoa. These are particularly detrimental to your state. In addition avoid mixing proteins with carbohydrates (meat with potatoes for instance, or meat with bread).

You should prepare your meals by cooking, baking in the oven, steaming, frying.

Spastic Constipation

In case of the spastic form of constipation you have to eat foods without cellulose and gross irritants. In the daily menu include more fat and concentrated carbohydrates (fresh, jams, honey)

You may not eat spicy cheese with sharp spices, spicy salty canned meat and fish, jerky, sausage, smoked meats, dry sausages, rice, rusks, toasted bread, chocolate, onions, radishes, turnips, eggplant, medlar, pomegranate, lemons, blueberries, chili pepper and paprika peppers, horseradish.

You should prepare your meals by cooking, grilling and steaming. Avoid fried foods and browning of food.

It is highly recommended to drink a lot of water. A lot means more than 1.5 liters a day.

Eat 4 to 5 times a day. Periodically (which means 2 to 3 days per week) eat only fruits or only vegetables the whole day.

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The Perfect Diet to Keep Away Constipation

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Nov 10, 2009

Fresh Cabbage and Carrots Salad
by: Peter

Usually I put a strong emphasis on vegetables in my daily menu. At least one of the meals is 50% fresh vegetables salad.

I adore cabbage salad with carrots. The way I do it is to grate 1 part carrots for every 3 parts cabbage and mix those with olive oil and apple vinegar. I avoid putting salt.

1. This salad is extremely healthy because of the various vitamins.

2. I am never constipated. In case I have signs for this to happen I just eat one pewter of salad with nothing else and get things just right.