Time to Go! Figs: A New Natural Treatment for Constipatioin

Our diet and lifestyle are so messed up that chronic constipation has become an incredibly common problem. There are a number of effective herbs for constipation, and now new research has added another easy, natural solution. You knew eating prunes could help, but did you know eating figs could? . . .

Forty people suffering from constipation were given either figs that had been turned into a paste or a placebo paste in a double-blind study. You could just eat figs, but the study used a fig paste because giving you a fig would make using a placebo impossible.

The people in the study all experienced reduced stool frequency, hard stools and difficulty passing stools. The paste they were given was equal to eating about 3 figs. They ate the fig paste or the placebo paste every day for 8 weeks.

The people who got the fig paste improved significantly more. Their Transit time went down significantly more: it was reduced from 63 hours to 38 hours. Their stools were significantly softer, and they experienced significantly less abdominal discomfort than people in the placebo group.

Figs, then, are an easy, safe, affordable remedy for the common problem of constipation.

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2016;25(3):487-96

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