Don’t let a trip to the bathroom leave you frustrated. Try Dr. Oz’s helpful tips on how to keep your GI tract in tip-top shape.
Whole Grains
Replace the white flour in your diet with whole grains. Look for whole grain bread and pasta to add the right amount of roughage to your system. Combined with adequate hydration, this will keep things moving smoothly. If whole grain pasta isn’t your thing, try Jerusalem artichoke pasta, which has high levels of insoluble fiber as well.
Peppermint Herbal Tea
To relieve constipation, sip on this delicious yet potent tea. Certain medications may cause constipation as an uncomfortable side effect, but this tea is sure to improve motility in the GI tract and get you going.
Sugar
Though it’s tempting to get your sugar fix from artificial sweeteners, they can leave you running to the bathroom. Our bodies don’t absorb artificial sweeteners correctly, so they suck water into the intestinal system. Because this water doesn’t get absorbed back out, it results in watery stools. A teaspoon of sugar is only 16 calories, so skip the fake stuff and replace it with the real thing to solve artificial sweetener-related diarrhea. For another diarrhea solution, try Dr. Oz’s Anti-Diarrhea Drink... Video= Anti Diarrhea Drink Link
B.O.A.T.
To start your day off right, make sure your breakfast is packed with fiber-rich foods. B.O.A.T. stands for bananas, oatmeal (especially steel-cut), applesauce and toast (whole grain). Eating these four foods is a sure-fire way to stay regular. My other blog; ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1. Across this bridge 2. Struggling parents 3. When life become a book 4. Read Between the Lines 5. The Sleeping Turtle Art Gallery 6. Layout Marketing 7. Internet Lifestyle 8. Marketing Myself
