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this is a quick video on the 7 best

natural laxatives now if you’re

constipated the problem that you have is

mainly in the large intestine more than

the small intestine the large intestine

has smooth muscle that allows it to

contract and push food along this tract

and that action is called peristalsis so

let’s start with number 1

senna is a really good remedy senator

has a certain chemical in it it’s a

natural chemical that’s eaten by your

friendly bacteria that stimulates smooth

muscle it stimulates motility it

triggers this peristalsis action not in

a small intestine but just in the large

intestine the next one is cascara

sagrada this is a very popular herbal

laxative that does the exact same thing

there’s a certain chemical in it that is

eaten by the bacteria that will

stimulate the smooth muscle contraction

now I will say that anytime you’re

taking a laxative you can deplete your

potassium over a long period of time so

if you’re in a situation where you have

constipation that you have to take it

make sure you take some additional

potassium simply because it could

deplete your potassium all right next

one is black psyllium okay this is a

certain fiber that will swell with water

because you need that water to form the

gel that actually helps things move

along but psyllium seed in general is a

very popular laxative Castro oil okay is

another good laxative it comes from

castor seeds and then we have magnesium

a lot of people add magnesium to herbs

to enhance the effect that magnesium is

a mineral that helps relax muscle in

general not just skeletal muscle but

smooth muscle to allow food to actually

go through the body so if you have pain

in the colon from some type of spasm

magnesium is a great thing to take as

well potassium is another mineral that

goes along with magnesium it can have a

similar effect okay vegetables in

general especially fermented vegetables

are really good to feed the bacteria but

you want to adjust the vegetables

sometimes increasing vegetable

we’ll feed the microbes to actually help

you eliminate but other times you might

want to decrease the vegetables

especially if you have a condition

called SIBO small intestinal bacterial

overgrowth because if you took more

vegetables fiber that’s fermented

especially you are gonna cause more

bloating so if you don’t have this

adding more vegetables would be a very

good thing mainly because a lot of the

digestion in the large colon is done by

the help of microbes and last thing is

actually taking friendly bacteria

it’s called probiotics so the

combination of adding probiotics with

fiber which feed the microbes usually

will correct constipation if you want

more information on a really good liquid

probiotic I put a link down below now a

common question that people have is I

don’t want to take a laxative because

they’re addicting okay well you have to

weigh out the advantages versus the

disadvantages of having constipation the

toxic effect of having chronic

constipation is very very very dangerous

to the body over a period of time versus

the minor side effect of taking a

laxative which is not going to be an

addiction it might be a small drop in

potassium but you can easily take more

potassium ultimately want to correct

what’s causing the constipation which

usually happens to be what you’re eating

or a lack of friendly bacteria but it

could also be the food that feeds the

bacteria which are these things called

vegetable fibers our bodies do not have

the ability to break down fiber and

that’s why we have microbes and as a

last note if you haven’t seen my video

on the basics of digestion check it out

I put it on this screen right here