Constipation! Foods That Help | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz | Exam Room Live Q&A
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- Certain foods have a natural ability to relieve constipation.
What foods help constipation the most? Find out when gastroenterologist and bestselling author Dr. Will Bulsiewicz joins The Exam Room Live with “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll.
On This Episode
- Top foods for constipation relief.
- What causes constipation?
- Is fiber the only solution?
- Are laxatives helpful or harmful?
- Fast constipation relief.
- How to prevent constipation.
- What is your poo telling you?
- And more!
Have a question for Dr. Bulsiewicz? Post it in the comments or chat and we’ll get to as many as possible during the show.
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The pediatrician always told us to remember “P” for poop. (Peaches, pears, peas, prunes, etc.) 😊👍
31:39 magnesium
Potatoes! Boiled taters are full of water and fiber and excellent for getting ya pooping
What about pizza pancakes and Parmesan cheese just kidding 😂
Plain popcorn
Phiber🙂
When my kids were little I found something that worked for us if they'd ever have constipation (usually from getting fast food) which consists of a small bowl of prunes and a full apple or a couple apples. They have to chew it themselves, no chopping, a fully intact apple with skin will stimulate their digestive system starting at the mouth in a smooth moving manner and not too quick as not to cause loose stools. Making sure to get in lots of water, and a good walk is vital.
That kind of strategy with kids is great...with their smaller digestive systems and colons that are not tortuous or elongated. But it is completely useless for adults who really struggle with this condition every day. An entire package of prunes does nothing but give us gas and pain. Apples have 0 effect.
@27:04 when Dr.Will started talking about pelvic floor issues being more common among women - so true about there being an overlap with incontinence and constipation. Thank you for mentioning it
Ty for the video and info but could you pls check volume levels before recording ? You are much higher than the Dr. I have to turn up very high to hear him then turn it down when you talk cause it's just so loud . Ty again
I agree about the Volume. Dr. Bernard volume is almost always low compared to the volume when Chuck speaks. Would help if this could be adjusted.
Me too I've had to turn up the volume for the same reason.. I'm from the UK ...
Interesting. I haven't had this problem.
Very helpful session! I’m especially grateful for the magnesium discussion. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.
I have recently been diagnosed with IBS. Nothing works! The gas, bloating, pain, fatigue, constipation/diarrhea are miserable! I feel like I've lost my quality of life. Had every test imaginable to rule out other things. My 6th GI told me it's chronic. Yes! I know! I have suffered with this for years! He put me on Rifaxin, then Movantic. They didn't work. The 1st one was $800. My pain management doctor put me on Amatiza which helps a little. I had this before the pain med. He basically told me to have a nice summer & good luck! GI's get frustrated with me. Is there hope for getting rid of IBS? I'll try eating the food you recommend & get your book. Thank you. I take so much just to go that a normal person would be crapping their brains out!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Thank you for this video. I have shared it with my friend who has suffered with chronic constipation since chemo therapy.
You know, there's a story about kiwis and New Zealand. Let me tell the truth about this lovely little fruit and it's connection to New Zealand. In fact there is no special connection to New Zealand. The fruit originally came from China and were called Chinese gooseberries and there was a bit of resistance from Australians for a little while. I grew up with the Chinese gooseberries name in Australia and they grew wild all over lands that abutted farm lands and along the roadsides along with wild passionfruit vines, wild blackberries, chokos, lemons and Granny Smith apple trees. Well, that was along the south east coast of Australia where we holidayed as young kids. The soils are a little more fertile than most of the Australian continent. I don't know if it was the same in New Zealand. Anyway, in tbe 1950s New Zealand farmers appropriated Chinese gooseberries as their own and began calling them kiwis after the little brown flightless birds native to New Zealand. If you google kiwi birds you will see they look just like the bird form of the fruit. They are very cute. Back to the farmers, they just started to grow kiwis and they launched a massive worldwide marketing campaign to make the 'theft' of Chinese gooseberries official in the early 1970s. For little New Zealand, our Gondwanaland cousins (look that up too, it dates from the separation of Australia and New Zealand from South America and Chile in particular 180 million years ago in the Jurassic period. Chile and New Zealand share similar soils, vegetation, tall mountains, lakes and ancient fiords. Australia is the oldest continent on our planet and doesn't have any of these characteristics, hence our very different vegetation, animal and birdlife. So, there you have the cheeky story of the appropriation of kiwis by the Kiwis (our nickname for our New Zealand cousins). Do check out the birds because the name of the fruit makes so much sense once you've seen kiwis the birds 😊
Very knowledgeable
That intro was top notch, Chuck! Love it
Great guest! Thank you!
I am definitely chronic. I am strictly WFPB but still constipated. I’m trying to drink a lot of water thinking that might be it.
surprisingly being WFPB or vegan does not fix all health conditions, prevent cancer or heart disease or benefit everyone. surprise surprise. My experience with my own child's consultation is that there's a magic formula - beans are terrible - if you eat a lot of beans take them out and see how you go. they can be very binding. Bananas as well. Also do a test to see what your transit time is. the slower your system the more 'insoluble' you need.
it's too much fibre. that's all. the recommendations are 25-30g a day. try cutting back and having more insoluble.
so specifically explained. thank you. very helpful😊
how much magnesium and what kind of magnesium should women with constipation take, I do have bowl problem, sometimes I have accidents
Great info Chuck and Dr B. 2 Questions 1st Do whole plant foods provide all the protease, lipase, cellulase enzymes needed as part of digestion? 2nd How important is HCL amount to relieve constipation as one gets older? Thanks again congratulations Dr B. on Zoe study publication !
I've been working with a continence nurse to help my child who has neurogenic constipation. Beans and bananas and more soluble fibres ARE worse for my child. It took a lot of work and food diaries and experimenting to find out - now she's pooping every day or second day - a beautiful number 3 on the Bristol poop chart. No more beans/oats/chia/banana etc. Less fibre - and mostly insoluble. Before you stuff more fibre - remember it binds with nutrients and can be bad for you - particularly for children they can be deficient in nutrients with a too high fibre diet...due to anti nutrients that's why fibre requirements are set low - anti nutrients in plant foods.
regarding consultation solutions - important to test foods, and keep a good diary. Have a big cleanup with magnesium and then have a base diet and test food around that.
She now has steak and green beans and broccoli for dinner, two eggs for breakfast and chicken or fish with brown rice and quinoa mix for lunch with or without apple or raspberries etc.
before that we were doing oats for breakfast, or baked beans on wholegrain, blueberries etc and bananas every day, it just clogged her. too much SOLUBLE fibre - and syllium husks were not good - but then again her problem is a neurogenic constipation - so as Will says, important to know why you are constipated.
and 30ml of water per kilo of body weight -
Great Video!
My favorite dr
I have had histamine intolerance for quite some time now. It has really taken a toll on my every day life. I would like to know if it has been constipation that has given me the HI. After following the suggestions on the program, how do I know I have constipation or not if one can poop every day and still be constipated? I mean how do I know if I have really resolved the constipation issue?
I will give this a thumbs up and some hearts … ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have been suffering from constipation my whole life. I walk a lot, try to eat a lot of vegetables (get bloated a lot though), drink water, take 1000 mg of zinc oxide and nothing works! I have to take some natural supplements called Cleanse More every few days 😢
Do you ever try carnivore diet?
Zinc oxide or Mag oxide?
@@sectionalsofa oh yes , I meant magnesium oxide
There's your problem. Oxide equals rust. Magnesium Citrate. Take to tolerance. You can't overdose. Excess goes through bowel. In the hospital we called it mag-citrate. Just read the label. Not expensive.
Thank you. I've been taking plain magnesium 500mg. Not doing the trick.
I am so excited to come to the show in Vancouver!!!!! I follow you both, I will only be able to come on June 1, CHUCK will you be there on Saturday or only Sunday :(
Chuck is speaking on Sunday at 3:30...Carleigh Bodrug is on Saturday. I wanted to get my cook book signed....rats..Will is on Saturday, I was going Sunday to see Dr Gregor. Now what 🤷🏻♀️
@@lisabarnetson1362 too bad, i cant go Sunday :(
I went to Planted Expo in Seattle, well worth the effort to drive from Sandpoint Idaho to spend a weekend with WFPB folks.
Funny Introduction Chuck! 🤣🤸
Wonderful, are you taking new clients for NO POOP online?
Can u talk about apple cider vinegar. I've been using with water daily for a long time, but watched another prodcast about acid and alkaline in the body and said it wasn't good for the gut. I stopped using and miss it
Be careful. Straight vinegar can burn your esophagus according to Draw Greger.
Hire someone to design your wall for Podcast, Dr. B. Great content!
I've been constipated my whole life. Finally got on Linzess and feel much better. I go more regularly now. Take the mid-dose and nvr get diarrhea which is the most common side affect. They said I had to speed up the food going thru my system. Not sure of what is in this drug. I hope it's not dangerous. I eat WFPB which gives me ample fiber. I've tried everything! Good luck.
I'm also on Linzess. Also constipated my whole life and tried everything. At some point, I was doing enemas daily. So far Linzess is working wonders, but don't to rely on it forever. I'm hoping to find a solution.
Same here...linzess is so helpful. I also did daily enemas...frequent laxatives...prunes by the gallon...and I eat a ton of fiber. Linzess makes life possible.
I have IBS with chronic constipation. I’m also on linzess, which had been working well. Then I got a stomach bug and I got all screwed up again. Back on it now, along with miralax and magnesium. I put 1/2 teaspoons of psyllium powder into my oatmeal every morning too. So much medication but I need it. I’m also on WFPB diet with lots of fiber. Trying to drink more water but annoying to go to the bathroom so much. However, I understand the need. Dr B is a treasure!
@@vi3472 I am doing exactly the same
How about psyllium husk? Works well for regularity for me.
Will Zoe ever be available in Canada?
I was diagnosed with pelvic floor disfunction. Did physical therapy for months and did not work. Im on Linzess and is working, but don't wanna be on it forever. Magnesium worked until it didn’t anymore. Got to the point of doing daily enemas. Extra fiber makes it worse. Not sure what else to do.
YES! Magnesium
Blueberries and watermelon works wonders. Also, going on a long walk and magnesium if that doesn’t work.
Magnesium works for me
I just started watching but here in Arizona it's easy to get dehydrated. It's probably the one thing that causes constipation for me here, and it is not common for me. Far less common than on the standard western diet 7 years ago. I drink lots of water and tea.
But don't eat the skin of kiwi fruit, you get a yellow and red type as well, I am a Kiwi NZ. Beetroot will also help for constipation
I have a friend who is on the Carnivore Diet, it worries me.
Can you please talk about this diet in a future video?
I have a friend on a vegan diet that worries me very much a well. pale, fat, weak, tired.
@@Petunia-fl9lu yes, that is also worrisome. Your friend is probably not on a whole food plant based diet. French fries, potato chips etc. are vegan, but terribly unhealthy. Added sugars are as well.
We really should all use the term 'kiwifruit' instead of 'kiwi' for the fruit as people from New Zealand often refer to themselves as 'Kiwis' - just saying!
😂 We certainly don't want to sound like cababals. That's definatley not plant based 😁
Lol
Greens salads daily FIBER . Good fiber ????
I drank so much water And developed hyponatremia…three years now. Screw the water, it should only be 1/2 of your body weight.
30g per kilo of body weight.
I have a new one for Dr. B: "The King of the Colon!"
What is the cause???
Eatting too much fiber in vegetables ?????
80 g of fiber lead to some serious poop babies.😂 it’s never difficult though or time-consuming. I’ve been also eating more fruit to get my calorie density down, just a little bit very filling, and healthy.
Hello, so what can someone do if you have a combination of chronic indigestion and chronic constipation, and due to the indigestion the person has lost so much weight, also the person is on a plantbased diet. What can be done to stop these symptoms.
There is a dr who wrote a book called the acid watchers diet. He was on Chef AJs show. I got a lot of help with my insane indigestion. Now I back to normal. Perhaps he can help you. It is painful and I wish you health.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, I will look into it.
Lmao when he said need for speed!
Can ozempic or oxycodone cause constipation or lyrics.
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Is it really safe to take 1500mg of magnesium a day? That doesn't throw your electrolytes off? I take 400 and have been afraid to go higher.
Retired nurse here. Take magnesium citrate. We used it often in the hospital. Make sure it's citrate. You can't overdose because extra goes through bowel. Take to tolerance.
I got rid of constipation by eating more legumes.
His broad statement about "all artificial sweeteners are bad".
I don't think this is true.
Stevia and Monk fruit are technically not artificial right???
This Volume STORY THATS GOING ON FOR QUITE AWHILE, THEY DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM
Eat a large salad daily with lots of lettuces!!
Does nothing
but that constipated me. we are all different constipation is not one thing. in some people it's just prolapses in the vaginal wall so the poop is pushed into the vaginal wall not out the body. in others its a slow system and more fibre makes it worse. in some people they have a longer colon. In others they have too much wheat which has issues for them. It's a mystery and not one solution.
Does Zoe support the consumption of animals and animal products? If so, why is the Physicians Committee giving them a platform?
Zoe is 'plant forward' and Stanford is vegan leaning so they are not into animal products. the female dietician academic has investments in the almond industry. she said dairy milk is more nutritious than plant mylks, but that people should drink plant milks 'for the planet' which is ridiculous. Burning fossil fuels is the problem, volcanoes, rotting plant matter - the earth is oozing methane a few cows in a field living on grass and recycling methane is not a problem.
@@Petunia-fl9lu That just sounds like rubbish - particularly the part about a ‘few cows’. You need to do a bit of research Petunia on the devastating impact of animal agriculture on the environment.
Feedback : Interviewer voice is louder than the doctor. It's annoying as the voice suddenly get increased and have to adjust the volume every time he starts speaking.
The way in which I want a purely Chuck & Dr B podcast where they talk about anything.... Would sell a kidney.
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I love this channel BUT this video is ridiculous. Most of us have common sense but, What bothers me the most is this doctor doesn’t even know how to pronounce “ documentary” and he’s always very dramatic nor does he site actually FACTS via studies
He does cite studies.
Tom-may-toe Toe-ma-toe
Thanks 👍 SO VERY much. Hormones imbalance progesterone, Stress, TENSION FEARS, ANXIETY EMOTIONS RELATED TO CONSTIPATION , POOR BOWEL FUNCTIONS. PHYSICAL THERPY IS NEEDED. TO RESTORE PELVIC FLOOR FUNCTIONS VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ SO VERY
IMPORTANT SERIOUSLY. 💡⚖️🧠🫁💡👍👍👍👍👍👍🤩😍🌞🌞👍