A Natural Remedy for Constipation [Video]

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The act of defecation involves a very private sphere and is the object of cultural taboos, so much so that it’s rarely thought of, even by physicians—but it should be. Constipation accounts for three million annual visits to doctors in the United States and 800,000 emergency room visits. Depending on how you define it, up to 80 percent of the population may be suffering. Even people who don’t think they’re constipated may very well be clinically constipated. A quarter of their so-called healthy subjects reported experiencing incomplete emptying, and approximately half indicated increased straining. In fact, more than half had found blood on their toilet paper within the past year. In severe cases, the blood pressure spike associated with straining at …