A massive long-term study shows that Mediterranean and plant-based diets can help prevent chronic constipation in aging adults. Surprisingly, the benefits weren’t explained by fiber alone. Western and ...

Research backs it up.

New evidence points to three simple everyday foods that may ease constipation more effectively than the usual fibre advice.

The authors make the point that bowel functions in general are associated with a lot of health outcomes. Direct association would be somebody with severe constipation, or the long term can be and ...

If you are one of those who suffer every time you try to go to the toilet, you are probably fed up with the generic advice to ...

Mediterranean and plant-forward diets appear to lower the odds of chronic constipation in aging adults, independent of fiber intake. Western and inflammatory diets show the opposite pattern, raising ...

If you struggle with constipation every winter, you're not alone. Gastroenterologists see a clear seasonal pattern in India. As temperatures drop, digestive complaints rise. Constipation, bloating, ...

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People who struggle with chronic constipation have a new drug-free option to help get things moving again.It's a first-of-its-kind capsule about the size of a regular pill — but instead of releasing ...

After spinal cord injury gastric motility is slowed. This results in prolonged transit time. Stool can remain in the colon 2-3 times longer than normal. Water absorption is increased which leads to ...