by Deleted User 7114 » 07 Jun 2018, 08:06
Hi FissureTraveler,
My smoothie is 3/4 cup oats (I am greedy!) with a spoon or two of frozen red fruits, a ripe banana (apparently unripe bananas make constipation worse, but ripe ones are ok), 1.5 tsp ground flaxseed (for smooth BMs) and whizz it all up with either coconut milk or almond milk (because I am dairy intolerant). It keeps me full all morning. I eat 2-3 prunes with every meal and I swear by them now. I have always been somewhat regular but this is taking it to another level. Same time like clockwork every single day! I just find that the combination of at least 6 prunes with 1.5l of mineral water per day keeps BMs really smooth and my digestive system running like clockwork.
Oh, and just a random observation about me that might help you. My digestive system can get out of whack and I may not go if I get out of a fairly strict routine, for example if I lie in at the weekend. If I get up and get on with my day in the same way as I do during the week, I always have a BM at the same time each morning. If I laze about in the morning, sometimes I don't go. It's an inconvenience but I've learnt to work with it. I get up at roughly the same time on weekends as I do during the week, and get dressed and have breakfast as on a workday. Then, like magic, I have a BM and after that I can have a lazy morning.