If you notice that constipation gets worse when you either add in more fiber foods or when you add in a fiber supplement, this may be a sign that we're dealing with more of a motility issue, which often relates back to something called our migrating motor complex, also known as the MMC. We can kind of think of our migrating motor complex as the wave-like contractions that are happening to move food and waste through our digestive tract.

And if that process isn't working well, adding more fiber is just going to create a plug in the system.

It basically acts like adding the bulk that's creating a plug and then things can't move through the digestive tract.

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All right, friends.

Today we're going to discuss a really, really common issue that we see all the time in practice

and that I know a lot of people struggle with, which is chronic constipation.

Longtime listeners of the show will know that this is kind of my bag.

It's something that I've struggled with on and off. So today we have Nicole on the show with me. Nicole's one of our

full-time practitioners here at TFN, and she's been working with a lot of our constipation clients.

So welcome Nicole. Hi, I'm excited to be here and talk about this with you today.

Do you love talking about poop so much?

I do.

I just love it.

I guess it would be lack of poop in this situation.

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