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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, iron can cause constipation.  Agree with some recent posters about getting iron from food vs a supplement.  Red meats and liver are your best sources.  Avoid taking calcium/drinking milk when having high iron foods.  Eat high iron foods with foods high in Vitamin C as the Vitamin C helps the absorption of iron.

Read "Fiber Menace", the website or his book:  http://www.fibermenace.com/.  Author recommends the direct opposite of everything we always hear.  He recommends less water and to greatly reduce your fiber intake.  His book states that fiber is a temporary laxative that bulks up your stool then your colon becomes dependent upon it for having a bowel movement, so you need more and more fiber increasing the size of your intestines and increasing the size of your stool.  Or something like that.

Take Vitamin C to bowel tolerance to help you go if you are stopped up.  Use a glycerin laxative if you can't get it out.  Don't dig it out!  Or take Milk of Magnesia, just don't do that long term as your remedy.

Take a good probiotic or eat lacto-fermented foods to help increase good gut bacteria.

FYI - was clogging toilets when pregnant too.  Working on trying to resolve BM's via nutrition and things are definitely improving.[/quote]

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