The Best Vegetables to Help You Poop, According to Dietitians

The Best Vegetables to Help You Poop, According to Dietitians

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesThe Best Vegetables to Help You Poop, According to Dietitians

This surprising vegetable is a perfect addition to your diet if you could use a little help getting started.

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Isabel Vasquez is a bilingual registered dietitian who practices from an intuitive eating culture-sensitive framework. Her clinical experience includes providing outpatient nutrition counseling to adults with various chronic health conditions along with providing family-centered treatment for eating disorders in children and adolescents. She also provides intuitive eating coaching for Latinas to heal their relationship with food specifically their cultural foods.

Emily Lachtrupp is a Registered Dietitian with experience in nutritional counseling recipe analysis and meal planning. She has worked with clients struggling with diabetes weight loss digestive issues and more. In her free time you can find her enjoying all that Vermont has to offer with her family and her dog Winston.

Straining on the toilet dry stools or the feeling that your stool hasn't come all the way through are all signs of constipation according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. There are a number of possible causes from medical conditions to changes in medications but diet can also play a role.