7 Best Natural Laxatives
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 11 May 2020
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In this quick podcast, I’m going to share with you the 7 best natural laxatives. If you’re constipated, it could be that 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 the tract.
The best natural laxatives:
1. Senna
2. Cascara sagrada
3. Black psyllium (swells with water)
4. Castor oil
5. Magnesium
6. Vegetables (fermented)
7. Probiotics
People often say they don’t want to take a laxative because they may be addicting. But, the toxic effect of having chronic constipation can be very dangerous to the body vs. the minor side effect of taking a laxative.
You might experience a small drop in potassium from taking a laxative, but you can easily take more potassium. Ultimately, you want to correct what’s really causing the constipation, which usually is what you’re eating, or a lack of friendly bacteria.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting |
| 0:05.3 | keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product, |
| 0:10.6 | call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. This is a quick video on the seven best natural laxatives. Now, if you're |
| 0:49.3 | constipated, the problem that you have is mainly in the large intestine more than the small intestine. The large |
| 0:56.9 | intestine has smooth muscle that allows it to contract and push food along this tract. And that action |
| 1:03.9 | is called peristulses. So let's start with number one. SENA is a really good remedy. |
| 1:09.7 | Sena has a certain chemical in it. It's a natural chemical |
| 1:12.9 | that's eaten by your friendly bacteria that stimulates smooth muscle. It stimulates motility. |
| 1:21.3 | It triggers this peristulis action, not in the small intestine, but just in the large intestine. The next one is |
| 1:28.7 | Cascara Sagrada. This is a very popular herbal laxative that does the exact same thing. There's |
| 1:37.1 | a certain chemical in it that is eaten by the bacteria that will stimulate the smooth muscle contraction. |
| 1:43.2 | Now, I will say that anytime you're taking a |
| 1:45.8 | laxative, you can deplete your potassium over a long period of time. So if you're in a situation |
| 1:52.8 | where you have constipation that you have to take it, make sure you take some additional potassium |
| 1:57.6 | simply because it could deplete your potassium. All right, next one is black |
| 2:02.0 | cillium. Okay, this is a certain fiber that will swell with water because you need that water |
| 2:07.9 | to form the gel that actually helps things move along. But cillium seed in general is a very |
| 2:13.5 | popular laxative. Castral oil, okay, is another good laxative. It comes from castor seeds. |
| 2:21.7 | And then we have magnesium. A lot of people add magnesium to herbs to enhance the effect. |
| 2:27.8 | But magnesium is a mineral that helps relax muscle in general, not just skeletal muscle, but smooth |
| 2:33.7 | muscle to allow food to actually |
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