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5 Foods That Make It REALLY HARD To Poop
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Shellie Reneé
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What happens in your bathroom is your business. We’ll be the first to say that. But because we want you to live a long and healthy life, we do wanna (kinda) know how things are going in there. 

You know, if you’re constipated. If you haven’t have a bowel movement (at least) once a day, if you’re bloated, if your stools are small and/or hard, if you’re straining to go (which can lead to hemorrhoids—yuck!) or you do go but it feels like there’s some crap, literally, that’s still up in there—these are all signs that you probably are constipated.

There are all sorts of causes of this. Two big ones are not drinking enough water and eating the wrong types of foods. If it’s been really hard to poop lately, before taking a laxative, see if you’re consuming too much of the foods in this article.

Sometimes just adding more fiber (leafy greens, beans, berries, pears, whole wheat pasta, oatmeal and flaxseed) may be just what you need to get your bathroom visits back on track.

About Shellie Reneé

Just a woman who digs all things relationships. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, that is. I've been writing (professionally) for close to 20 years, including having two books published. I'm also a marriage life coach and doula. Sometimes I speak to large audiences or do radio interviews, but usually I'm sitting in my favorite chair, surfin' the 'net and penning stuff that I wish I had read in my early 20s.

Listen, I don't have all the answers, not by a LOOOOONG shot. But whatever I can do to spare folks any heartbreak, bitterness or straight-up drama, I'll devote some keystrokes to doing. 

That's it...in a nutshell. For the most part. Kinda. ;)

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