What can I try to relieve constipation??!

What goes up must come down!. Sir Isaac Newton proved that, sitting under an apple tree!.

What goes in must come out!. You proved that, sitting on the toilet this morning!.

Well, didn't you!?

Or was it yesterday morning that you had your last bowel movement!? Or the day before!? Or one cold but memorable day early last December!?

Constipation is no fun!. Sometimes it can be painful!. But the cause of your sluggish bowels is often easy to find!. It may include a lack of fiber in the diet, insufficient liquid intake, stress, medications, lack of exercise, and bad bowel habits, says Paul Rousseau, M!.D!., chief of the Department of Geriatrics at the Carl T!. Hayden Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona!.

We take a look at all of these factors, and ways to remedy the situation below!.

Are you really constipated!? You think you have a problem, but do you really!? Like all of us, you have been bombarded most of your life by laxative advertisements that try to give you the impression that a daily bowel movement is essential to good health, and this just isn't so, says Marvin Schuster, M!.D!., chief of the Department of Digestive Diseases at Francis Scott Key Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland!.

Many Americans, he says, are subject to perceived constipation

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