Can too much salad make you constipated??
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LornaGrace
Full Member
i wouldnt think so. maybe its not too much salad, but lack of fibre? do you tend to have much? x
Shirleen
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No, as Salad is mainly water and plant fibre.
Try increasing your water intake.
Make sure you're not peeling potatoes, are using wholewheat pasta and mix your white rive with brown (brown rice on it's own is yuck!)
Are you eating your Hexb? You could try changing your Heb if you always eat the same.
Try using your syns on something oily, Olive oil as a Heb, or whatever you choose.
Also exercise is fabulous for the bowel, I know that 10 minutes on the recumbent cycle at the gym gets me going!
Try increasing your water intake.
Make sure you're not peeling potatoes, are using wholewheat pasta and mix your white rive with brown (brown rice on it's own is yuck!)
Are you eating your Hexb? You could try changing your Heb if you always eat the same.
Try using your syns on something oily, Olive oil as a Heb, or whatever you choose.
Also exercise is fabulous for the bowel, I know that 10 minutes on the recumbent cycle at the gym gets me going!
Funky_Munky
Put the kettle on
Tbh i tend to find the opposite!! If youre not used to eating so much veg it could have confused your body a bit but you would expect that to balance out after a few days.
As said above, make sure youre getting all your hebs. Also if youre doing red days, watch things like eggs and eating a lot of meat, as that can block you up so to speak.
As said above, make sure youre getting all your hebs. Also if youre doing red days, watch things like eggs and eating a lot of meat, as that can block you up so to speak.
boo68
One day at a time
Thanks everyone for your replies, the reason I say this about the salad is because I have ibs and fibre bloats my body and makes me constipated, so in essence I eat bran it will make me constipated (weird I know!) so, I've decided to up my veg intake as this has been really low apart from the salad. I'm having all my healthy extra's and I drink between 3 to 4 litres of water and juice a day. I hope this will sort me out, thanks again for all your replies Boo xx
I struggle doing just reds as I do love a nice pasta bake with loads of veg but I do mainly red with maybe 2 green a week. I'd try it, as long as you are on plan you shouldnt gain weight, just play around with the different days x
judimac
Mad old Bat with Attitude
Yes salad CAN make you constipated. We've had this topic in class.If you think of what it consists of, it's mainly water, and there isn't enough bulk in it compared with more solid vegetables. I had the same problem, and now I have it in addition to my meals not as a meal per se, ie tuna salad.Or I will have wholemeal bread to provide some fibre.
boo68
One day at a time
Thank you I thought I was going mad! Boo xx
boo68
One day at a time
Boo xx
lsf666
Watch this space...
Hi. I have Crohns disease which is an IBD rather than an IBS but it's mostly the same symptoms!
I always have had the opposite problem to constipation so when constipated I go for the types of food I would usually try to avoid and also up my water intake and move a bit more (I refuse to say exercise but walk somewhere etc). I find tomatoes and cheese help for me but it's different for everyone. Also, fibre helps too as others have mentioned.
Hope this helps x
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I always have had the opposite problem to constipation so when constipated I go for the types of food I would usually try to avoid and also up my water intake and move a bit more (I refuse to say exercise but walk somewhere etc). I find tomatoes and cheese help for me but it's different for everyone. Also, fibre helps too as others have mentioned.
Hope this helps x
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