How to Promote Good Bowel Elimination

Maintaining a healthy digestive system is key to feeling well. When we exercise and eat a balanced diet we help promote good bowel elimination, thus keeping our bodies active and healthy in the process.
It's never to late to start taking care of your body starting with the inside; here's how:

Things You'll Need

• Dietary Fiber
• Water
• Exercise

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Instructions

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  Eat foods high in Fiber:

  Fiber rich foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains are essential in promoting good bowel elimination. A high fiber diet makes stools softer to pass, therefore creating less straining, constipation and the possibility for hemorrhoids. Consuming a good amount of daily dietary fiber is a natural remedy for many digestive problems; You will notice a positive change in your bowel functions with an increase of fiber in your diet. It's ideal to have bowel movements 2-3 times a day.

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  Get plenty of exercise:

  Even if you've never exercised, you can start by walking more, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, and doing water aerobics. Adding a regimen of abdominal crunches or situps to your exercise routine is very helpful in preventing constipation and promoting good bowel elimination.

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  Drink more water:

  Water is very beneficial to promote good bowel elimination. Water is also a natural stool softener because it does just that if we drink enough of it. Keeping the colon moist by drinking an adequate amount of water, makes for an ease at bowel elimination, and also along with fiber, water helps to sweep toxins away from the bowel; And that helps keep your digestive system as a whole healthy so that it can function with efficiency.