An embarassing question!!?

Question

An embarassing question!!?
I get really bad constipation. I eat loads of fruit, I only take laxatives when absolutely necessary like when I havent been for over a week! I eat food with fibre when I can get it, bearing in mind I moved to North Africa from the UK months ago and quotAll Branquot is hard to come by. I havent been properly now for nearly weeks. Im beginning to feel really ill. Headaches, sluggish, no energy. Can anyone help please?

Answer

Firstly if I was you, I would use the laxative if you havent been in days tops, do not let it go on any longer than that. Very unhealthy. Most of them are fine, and are even used on children so arent going to cause you too much trouble if you take them now and then, or every rd day. Use a herbal onebrbrTry to get more fibre, although fruit has a lot of fibre in. If you can get dried fruit such as prunes or prune juice that should sort you out. As would licorice. But most importantly WATER. your body will not be able to go if it is not hydrated enough. and will relieve your headaches as well.brbrI hope your eating a lot of vegetables too? brbrYou could get a fibre tablet, but make sure you are getting lots of iron in that case and LOADS of water as fibre absorbs these. brbrThere are exercises that I know of as well.br The yoga move. Lay on the floor on your back, with your feet on the ground so that your knees are togther and raised up.brThen rock your knees from side to side, and then roll your knees all the way to one side then all the way to the other. Do this slowly and calmly for about minutes once or twice a day. Basically the floor is massaging the bottom of your back which can make you need a poo. brbr Simply raise your arms straight above your head. I read this one in a magazine the other day. Apparently this helps open everything up. Again I think this one would work best when you are relaxed.brbrIve only ever had constipation once, when I went on holiday with my friend and her scary aunt and uncle. I didnt go for weeks. I think it was more psychological than anything. Try going to the most private toilet you know and take your time!