5 Foods That Can Cause Constipation

Constipation is a common problem that is generally defined as having less than three bowel movements per week. Some foods can help relieve or reduce the risk of constipation, while others can make it worse.

In this video I'm looking at 5 foods that can cause constipation.

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[Inmate]

My constipation doesn’t stop me from going. It just causes my stool to get really hard and large…causing massive painful hemorrhoids because my butt hole doesn’t open wide enough to let it out.

Edit two years later: turns out I never had hemorrhoids, but instead I had an anal fissure. Not sure which is worse, but that thing was ultra-painful when it burst open. With years of work, I’ve gotten it to 95% heal, but it’s still there just to remind me that my butt is not to be messed with. With better eating habits, a jar of Pranicura, and always having a bottle of Miralax on hand, I’ve managed to get it to a point where I’m never feeling like I’m pooping shards of glass anymore.

[bakeandtake]

Looking liKe indian cricket captain..virat kohli

[bobbyadkins]

I ended up in the emergency room after eating too much fiber. Felt like I was dying and very well could have been close to it. I didn't know that you need a lot of liquids to go with it.

[nkonko]

Nuts and seeds also contribute to constipation.
Fibre content is the food for bad bacteria that leads to constipation. So it is advisable to take probiotics with fibre

[kathrynemason]

You can't talk about heavily processed food on the one hand, then mention 'soya milk' on the other. It's about as processed as you can get, like 'vegetable' oils.

[tsotechow]

You didn't include the greatest cause of constipation, white sugar.

[jeanjones]

Cheese, bananas, and nuts cause major constipation for me.

[jimScienceNerd]

Yes! Unripe bananas are a problem. I don't think milk (skim milk) is a problem for me. I eat very high fiber cereal with milk each morning. Normally I'm regular. Agree with everything else.

[sigma]

This video got a lot of mismedical info. For starter, pooping three times a week is not defined as constipation. Constipation is when your stool is hard and you have to strain, even if you are pooping 2-3 times a day.

[freshlasagna]

why are all the rappers talking about constipation?

[AlteroCoach]

Red meat eaten by itself alone is digested almost completely and it doesn't need any fiber to "move along".

[jennieosborne]

What if you have kidney disease how fo you get rid of constipation?

[thebrinegamer]

Is rice proccesed grains?if so ima starve ig, well veggies is sure but thier NOT ENOUGH

[maryempire]

I'm 29 years old women when I drink milk I get constipation and rectal bleeding.
Need to stop drinking milk.

[SSoko-pw]

How can it become heavy if it has not been heavy for 10 days and the middle of the stomach is hard?

[healthycookingandvlogging]

m not using all these things but still constipation

[enemanozzle]

Since thousands of years (Egypt!) the optimal manner to overcome not only occasional constipation but chronic constipation too naturally will be taking castor oil. Remember that castor oil is the only laxative that will not work in the intestines by irritating them, but by activating and synthesizing certain substances in the human body. So any habituation of the human body or diminishing laxative effect is absolutely impossible and castor oil is suitable in a special manner for chronic constipation. Take 1 tablespoon (15 ml) castor oil early in the morning on an empty stomach; eventuelly later a second tablespoon castor oil.

[matt-qzdv]

Fewer than three a week? You should have 1 a day.

[damiennknox]

Everytime I put in strawberries an blueberries in my protein shake it throws my digestion of can u explain this

[JohnMartinez-isov]

Milk makes me go. Meat I don't have a problem with. Vegetables help me go. It's bread and french fries I think that are the problem.