MY GI doc put me on Miralax to keep my stools soft and small to prevent getting another fissure as I have anal stenosis from past fissure surgery. The Miralax works well, but I think its what is making me feel nauseous much of the time now. When I wake up in the morning I immediately have a strong urge to have a BM before I'm even up out of bed and its always a copious one. Sometimes a 2nd BM comes within an hour.I'd like something more natural that will do the same job. It seems most fiber supplements fail from the aspect of bulking up your stool. I dont want bigger and soft, but SMALL and soft. Any suggestions out there??

Thanks much
Pokey

Magnesium : )

I'm in shock read this link then pass it on

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435786/

Hey Missy, you need to be careful and not go to the other extreme of eliminating fiber completely. The healthier foods by no means contain fiber, albeit not too much. Veggies are the prime example, fruits also. Yes, you should eliminate grains, beans and legumes in general, reduce consmption of nuts and seeds but if you do not eat them anymore you might become malnourished with a whole bunch of other consequences.

I'm eatting fruit vegetables smoothies with fruit and almond milk and salads for lunch I've cut out all beans and grains I am still having a small amount of quinoa because I feel like I will starve if I just eat fruit and vegetables since I'm not eating any meat pasta bread or rice.

Magnesium citrate makes my bms soft and thin.