Foods that Cause Constipation

In this article, I will mostly highlight the various kinds of foods that cause constipation. A person’s diet is extremely important for their health and their peace of mind about not becoming constipated. Eating correctly is extremely important, and a person should avoid constipation causing foods at all cost. Foods fall into specific categories, and water, remain the most important items in one’s diet. Fibre-rich foods such as whole grain slices of bread, fiber-rich plates of pasta, fruits and veggies, as well as oil and protein-rich foods such as meats, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts and seeds and dairy products should be taken in more regularly than those foods that are merely... Read More

Karo Syrup for Infant Constipation

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One of the most stressful situations for parents of young infants is when their baby has constipation. It is quite a common site for parents of newborn babies to run into a pharmacy and get something to relieve the baby’s constipation. Nursing babies seldom get constipation, but the situation is quite different with formula fed babies. The formulas used to feed babies are made from non-human milk sources, and this can lead different kinds of irregularities. One such irregularity is constipation. So, now the question is "Karo Syrup for Infant constipation", how much effective? Instead of using even more unnatural substances to remedy the situation of a baby having... Read More

Milk of Magnesia for Constipation

Milk of Magnesia for Constipation has been around forever. My maternal grandmother NEVER used to be without it. It was what she would use for everything from nausea to heartburn to constipation. Milk of Magnesia works by means of a method called oral osmoses, where the medication draws water from surrounding tissues into the intestines in order to let the stool pass more easily. The learned name for Milk of Magnesia is Magnesium Hydroxide. Milk of Magnesia is available as an OTC (over the counter) medicine that relieves constipation. It is not just good for constipation, but can also be used for heartburn, acid reflux and indigestion. Read More

Side Effects of Constipation

Constipation is a condition that can only be fully understood once you have eperienced the condition for yourself. Sometimes the side effects of constipation can be more severe than the actual condition. I once knew a lady that died in hospital after she was admitted for treatment of a fecal impaction (when the stool compacts to solid form within the bowels and cannot be passed natural at all under any condition, no matter what) following a bout of severe constipation. This lady was my mother in law. While her bowels were being cleared by medical personnel of the compacted stool, she suffered a heart attack and because she could not... Read More

What’s Good for Constipation?

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What’s good for constipation? Constipation can be the cause of a lot of suffering and misery. When you are not constipated this doesn’t trouble you at all, but wait until this… um… constipation strikes! Now it’s all well and good to talk about it and hear about it, but the question remains: What's good for constipation? What will get you through the misery in one piece? Read More