I always gets hard stool even though i eat so much of raw fruits and vegetables. What to do?

Hello,
Eating alot of fruits and vegetables in diet is good but you should make sure those fruits and vegetables should be rich in high fibre content with sufficient vitamin and minerals. I highly suggest you to follow diet rich with high fibre fruits and vegetables and also include some of the herbs which will help you combat this problem. Usually fruits and vegetables which you consume is digested and metabolised easily either it will be utilised in the energy expenditure or it will be stored if you're intake is not sufficient.

1. Firstly when you consume fruits and vegetables make sure you increase your water intake with it as well. It will help in flushing off the toxins and helps your organs to throw waste metabolised products faster without making them stagnant in the body.
2. Include vitamin C, D rich food in your diet like- orange, pineapple, kiwifruit, amla, papaya, lemon juice these food help in boosting the metabolic system.
3. Add high fibre food in your diet like green leafy vegetables such as spinach, beans, cabbage and add beetroot in your diet as well it a good source of all the vitamins and minerals.
4. In grains you can use oats, ragi, bajara, jawar to make roties out of it and can eat with steamed vegetables sabji.
5. Add socked 3-4 dates in your diet on daily basis. Dates are good source of minerals and helps in constipation.
6. Drink atleast 2-3 glasses of water early morning as soon as you get up before going to washroom it will activate your organs and helps in elimination process too.

Thankyou,

Dr. Ruchika Sharma

Hi, am happy that you are having more fruits and vegetables and raw diet.

• You are having compliant of hard stools.  
• May be it's due the fibre which is present in your raw diet may be not the fibre which necessary for bowel movements.  
• Fibre are two types soluable and insoluable. Insoluable fibre is good for bowel movements, it retains the water and helps to soften the stools and gives bulk.
• Avoid soluable fibre rich foods. Ex. Rice or wheat bran. Some kind of beans cruciferous vegetables are source of soluable fibre. Taking soluable fibre gives a bloating feel in the stomach. 
• And drink more water which helps to stimulate the regular bowel Movements and toxin elimination. 
• Avoid dairy products.
• Avoid white sugar, white flour and polished rice,  fatty producs , spicy food. Items and oily products. 

Namasthe!

Namaste Shailendra

The reason for hard stools can be as given below

1 Improper sleep at night

2 Quantity of watery fruits and vegetables may be too less

3 Too much old matter could be in your bowels.

4 You may have started on more fruits and vegetables very recently

5 What else do you eat in your entire day other than fruits and vegetables?

Be Happy Be Healthy Always

Swati Dhariwal

Nature Cure Practitioner

Hi there,

The main cause of hard and dry stools are due to constipation which occurs mostly due to lack of dietary insoluble fibres and less fluid intake.Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables doesn't mean that you're getting sufficient fibres.

When food moves through the colon most of the waters are absorbed through it. If the food movement is too slow, more waters are absorbed repeatedly, leaving the remaining particles dry and hard making it difficult to pass through. 

•Fibres in fruits and vegetables are of two types i.e, soluble fibres and insoluble fibres. Most of the fruits and vegetables contain both fibres but some are rich in soluble fibres while some are rich with insoluble fibres.

•Insoluble fibres are those fibres that will help prevent constipation which includes wheat brans, whole grains, whole bread, certain fruits and vegetables, seeds and nuts. These fibres help retain water, which helps to form larger, heavier and softer stools that easily passes out through the rectum.

•  Soluble fibres are less effective against constipation although both are very important for the proper gut functions.

• Fibres works best in combination with ample of water. Increase the amount of fluid intake daily. This will help ease with hard stools.

• Follow a regular eating time, this will help improve the bowel movements.

• Go for daily physical activity or exercises, it will help improve your metabolism and speed up digestion, absorption and excretion

नमस्ते,

 कभी-कभी पर्याप्त मात्रा में कच्ची हरी पत्तेदार सब्जियों के सेवन के बावजूद मल कठोर हो जाता है इसका कारण पर्याप्त मात्रा में जल ग्रहण न करने, भोजन को खूब चबाकर ना करने ,क्रोध, ईर्ष्या ,चिंता ,तनाव ,रोते हुए भोजन करने ,पर्याप्त मात्रा में नींद न लेने की अवस्थाओं में ऐसा होता है ।

• रात्रि में 7 से 8 घंटे की नींद अवश्य लें, शरीर से दूषित पदार्थ बाहर निकलते हैं, कोशिकाओं का निर्माण होता है।

• प्रतिदिन प्रातः गुनगुने पानी में नींबू एवं शहद का सेवन करें इससे आंतों की दीवारें फैलती है , दूषित पदार्थ शरीर से बाहर निकल जाते हैं।

•  प्रतिदिन प्रातः लौकी  या खीरा के जूस का सेवन करें।

• सलाद -मूली, टमाटर, प्याज (400 ग्राम सुबह एवं सायं)

• मिट्टी के घड़े में रखे हुए जल को बैठकर जब भी प्यास लगे धीरे-धीरे सेवन करें इससे भोजन का पाचन,अवशोषण व मल का निष्कासन आसानी से होता है।

• रात्रि का भोजन- सायं 7:00 बजे तक हल्के सुपाच्य भोजन को कर ले, जिससे भोजन का पाचन आसानी से हो जाए सोने से पहले।

• ठहाके के साथ हंसे, सकारात्मक सोचे, प्रसन्न चित्त रहें।

 निषेध-जानवरों से प्राप्त भोज्य पदार्थ, चीनी - मैदे से बनी हुई चीजें ,डिब्बाबंद -मसालेदार भोज्य पदार्थ ,नशीली वस्तुएं , रोते हुए ,हंसते हुए, जल्दी-जल्दी, क्रोध, ईर्ष्या ,चिंता ,तनाव की अवस्था में भोजन ना करें, रात्रि जाागरण ,सोने से 2 घंटे पहले मोबाइल, टेलीविजन ,कंप्यूटर का प्रयोग।

Dehydrated stools can be caused for various reasons and also the way you eat raw and it’s time period too 

When the colon is lined with rotting waste, unwanted bacteria and foods that was not digested properly in the stomach and before coming into the colon. The causes still remains the same - foods such as dairy eggs, gluten, meat, seafood consumed over a long period of time with heavy fats and proteins that weakens the bile and the hydro chloric acid in the gut. With weaker stomach acids and and ineffective weak bile, the food does not to get digested properly and leaks into the intestine while the pathogens feed on them . Overtime it reaches the colon which is the final dumping ground. This causes inflammation, pains constipation, diarrhoea and can also result in piles, fissures and yeast infections on the excretory organs.

To heal this condition., It is best that you start cleaning the  GUT, which in turn will clean the liver, which in turn will be ready to absorb and deliver nutrients throughout the body and eventually cleaning the intestine as well.  If the previous organs in the process have done their job, the colon will not have to take a hit. it’s very important that the liver starts doing its job to heal any kind of intestinal issues/organs of excretion so that the unwanted food , pathogens and heavy metals doesn’t end up in the intestines and colon. Ideally these are supposed to thrown out naturally after altering its state, but when they end up as-is, they attract more issues in the colon which the colon might not be geared up to do 

When body organs are clean, they do their job perfectly well. With a right lifestyle this can be achieved . You must switch to a low fat plant based lifestyle. Low fat here because fats also come in low % from raw foods like fruits vegetables and greens. 

1. Give rest to the digestion and colon by juicing majorly for few days with greens,  fruit or veg juices only in abundance like it’s your meal - 3-4 lts for a week. 
2. Stop the consumption of dairy eggs meat seafood sugar coffee tea green tea 
3. Stop all forms of fats ( oils , grease , nuts seeds ) that will add load to an already compromised liver
4. Stop all forms of foods that are purchased
5. Go raw on greens, fruits majorly for one full month/ 2 months as conditions improve
6. Juices till 12, fruits for lunch, vegetables and greens chewed completely and eaten for dinner . 3-4 cups of greens
7. Cooked food post that has to be only once a day without using oils or ghee with 30% grains that are gluten free and oilfree, unpolished, unrefined 
8. Wheat and foods with maida wheat has to be avoided 
9. Sugar and processed sweetners avoided 
10. Place a cold wet towel daily on the abdomen for 30 mins. Start with 5 mins hot towel and 25 mins cold
11. Exposure to sunlight for 30 mins
12. Yoga pranayama 
13. Practice mental peace, leading a stress free life, free of any form of negativity 
14. Take water enema for a month without interfering with your normal bowel movements after constipation is resolved.
15. Expect some infections as you are on a healthy lifestyle as the junk comes out of the body. No medicines must be taken at any cost. Only juicing.

Let us know if you have any questions

Be blessed 

Smitha Hemadri (educator of natural healing practices)

हेलो,

 आँत में fluid की कमी से ऐसा हो जाता है। सलाद में नमक लेने से सलाद के गुणों में कमी आती है। नमक अधिक लेने से शरीर में fluid की कमी आती है। कच्चा खाना में हरे पत्ते कच्चे रूप में सलाद में बिना नमक के बथुआ, पालक, चुकंदर, कच्ची भिंडी मिलाएँ। ताजे नारियल की गिरी सलाद में मिलाएँ। 

पवन मुक्त आसन करें ताकि आँत के गैस निष्कासित हो सके। भ्रामरी प्राणायाम, ताड़ासन, कटिचक्र आसन, नटराजासन, वृक्षासन, हस्तपादासन, सर्वांगासन, हलासन, अनुलोम-विलोम प्राणायाम करें ताकि शरीर में ऑक्सिजन की अनुपात सही रहे और आँत की आसन द्वारा मालिश हो जाएगी।

खाना खाने से एक घंटे पहले नाभि के ऊपर गीला सूती कपड़ा लपेट कर रखें या खाना के 2 घंटे बाद भी ऐसा कर सकते हैं।

मेरुदंड (स्पाइन) सीधा करके बैठें। हमेशा इस बात ध्यान रखें और हफ़्ते में 3 दिन मेरुदंड का स्नान करें। मेरुदंड स्नान के लिए अगर टब ना हो तो एक मोटा तौलिया गीला कर लें बिना निचोरे उसको बिछा लें और अपने मेरुदंड को उस स्थान पर रखें। इससे पेट की दाह को कम कर सकेंगे। नितम्ब स्नान करें। 20 मिनट के लिए  एक टब में पानी भर कर बैठें।

ये जूस सुबह नाश्ते से एक घंटे पहले लें। नाश्ते में फल लें। दोपहर के खाने से एक घंटा पहले हरा जूस लें। खाने में सलाद नमक सेंधा ही प्रयोग करें। नमक की पके हुए खाने में भी बहुत कम लें। सब्ज़ी पकने बाद उसमें नमक डालें। नमक पका कर या अधिक खाने से शरीर में (fluid)  की कमी हो जाती।

सलाद दोपहर 1बजे बिना नमक के खाएँ तो अच्छा होगा क्योंकि नमक सलाद के गुणों को कम कर देता है। सलाद में हरे पत्तेदार सब्ज़ी को डालें और नारियल पीस कर मिलाएँ। कच्चा पपीता 50 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। कभी सीताफल ( yellow pumpkin)50 ग्राम ऐसे ही डालें। कभी सफ़ेद पेठा (ashgurad) 30 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। ऐसे ही ज़ूकीनी 50 ग्राम डालें।कद्दूकस करके डालें।कभी काजू बादाम अखरोट मूँगफली भिगोए हुए पीस कर मिलाएँ। लाल, हरा, पीला शिमला मिर्च 1/4 हिस्सा हर एक का मिलाएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी लें।

रात के खाने में इस अनुपात से खाना खाएँ 2 कटोरी सब्ज़ी के साथ 1कटोरी चावल या 1रोटी लें। रात 8 बजे के बाद कुछ ना खाएँ, 12 घंटे का (gap) अंतराल रखें। 8बजे रात से 8 बजे सुबह तक कुछ नहीं खाना है।

एक नियम हमेशा याद रखें ठोस(solid) खाने को चबा कर तरल (liquid) बना कर खाएँ। तरल  को मुँह में घूँट घूँट पीएँ। खाना ज़मीन पर बैठ कर खाएँ। खाते वक़्त ना तो बात करें और ना ही TV और mobile को देखें।ठोस  भोजन के तुरंत बाद या बीच बीच में जूस या पानी ना लें। भोजन हो जाने के एक घंटे बाद तरल पदार्थ  ले सकते हैं।

जानवरों से उपलब्ध होने वाले भोजन वर्जित हैं।

तेल, मसाला, और गेहूँ से परहेज़ करेंगे तो अच्छा होगा। चीनी के जगह गुड़ लें।

हफ़्ते में एक दिन उपवास करें। शाम तक केवल पानी लें, प्यास लगे तो ही पीएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी और रात 8 बजे सलाद लें।

धन्यवाद।

रूबी, 

प्राकृतिक जीवनशैली प्रशिक्षिका व मार्गदर्शिका (Nature Cure Guide & Educator)

Constipation is one of the very commonest digestive disorders worldwide which has affected  approximately 2.5 million people. Constipation, may be characterised by difficulty in passing motions due to hardened stools, and also as a result of slowed  peristaltic movement of stool in the digestive tract. One can say he or she is said to be constipated if they pass motions  less than three times in a week. 

In your case though you are consuming raw fruits and vegetables, there might be some lacuna in your life style or diet pattern

The following list of management methods should help with you with addition to your raw diet

• Water Drinking – Inadequate consumption could lead to dry bowels which make the stools hard and normal peristaltic movement of stools could be hampered, hence it is always  adviced to consume atleast 25% extra water than the seasonal requirements
• Figs –  Figs being considered as laxative could be consumed either dry or raw form. Make a habit to consume 2-3 figs after dinner or lunch or one could even consume even figs soaked in water overnight which could also increase your peristaltic movements.Moreover figs are rich in fiber which could increase your peristaltic movement
• Spinach – make a habit to include spinach in your diet. Being rich in fibre this could also increase your peristaltic movement
• Fresh lemon – Lemon is known to increase your peristalsis. Lemon which contains citric acid could acts as a stimulant in the digestive tract and also digest the undigested food particles in the digestive tract
• Honey – Being a mild laxative honey is known to increase the peristaltic movements
• Aloe Vera – Gel taken from freshly cut aloe vera leaf has some beneficial properties. Two teaspoons of fresh gel could aid to improve the peristaltic movements of GIT

Dear health seeker, hard stools are a pointer that there is some  pathogens on account of dormant Dyspepsia, There are in all  four major  eliminating organs namely, lungs   skin,  bowels and  kidneys, Your intake of foods and waste management by all  other three organs are in arrears, therefore an holistic approach to maximize the output of all organs is needed 
   1.Starting  with  3 to 4 days on juices with  application of non violent enema twice a day to  expel out the old archeological stools  sticking in colon  .Cold water  enema is a very important tool to energise the sluggish  colon and providing  lubrication and  facilltating the evacuation. 
   2,Secondly after juicing  have fruits for a day and  thereafter switch to a  diet mainly of  boiled/steamed  vegetables (more of leafy greens varieties)plus  small quantities of  unpolished rice, millet, or  ragi, buckwheat and salads
3,continue with cold water enema for at least one or two months after usual bowel evcuations 
4  Do some yogic aasanas to  strengthen the abdominal muscles 
5.go for a brisk walk for 2 to 3 kms 
6Apply  wet pack on abdomen for 24 minutes twice 
7..A stimulating wet pack for one hour after dinner which should be  finished by 7.30p   
8..While off your blues, stress  strain  by having a  good hearted  laugh with your friends or family or spouse 

   This will take care of not only problems of hard stools but also will pave the way to good health 
   V.S.Pawar    MIINT 

Greetings!

Hard stool is a sign of lack of fibre in your diet, lack of exercise in your day , lack of rest as well as could be too much mental work. Please understand that if you are having fruits and vegetables in their raw form, but peeling all apples and pears and carrots, then you have reduced the fibre content by half. Kindly see to it that you take whole fruits and vegetables without peeling them. Ofcourse the primary reason for constipation needs to be uncovered. One of themain reasons of constipation is acidity.

Acid is created in the body with every action, whether breathing , walking , digesting or other physiological activities. However, acid created during physiological activities gets neutralised with rest and doesn't cause acidity. The whole body however has an overall disposition which is slightly alkaline. Ted Morter has summed this up well , he says ," Body is acidic by function but alkaline by nature."

Chronic Acidity is caused due to various reasons :

• Imbalance in Work and Rest - work schedules where ample rest and relaxation are missing,

• Imbalance in Food -Excessive use of cooked foods,fried and salty foods, aerated drinks, use of food preservatives , chilly and spicy foods, animal foods & high grain diets, cause acidity. In contrast, a diet of mainly uncooked foods,plant foods and a diet of lightly cooked vegetables are easier to digest and do not cause acidity ! Complex food pushes our body to create more Hydrochloric acid for digestion, and short changes our body which has to keep the important task of elimination , on the back burner. This leads to build up of waste matter in the body, and over a period of time, this leads to higher Acidity levels.

• Imbalance between thinking and silence - Silent time is the best alkalizing habit as it recharges and rejuvenates the mind-body.

• Ready to Eat , Ready to Drink-The presence of ready to eat foods, in nature, full of natural water ,high in fibre, is proof that we were not meant to use fire for cooking foods or vegetables. Fire or cooking foods, naturally dries their natural water, thus making them fail the Wholeness principle!

1. Walk on some Grass -It is something so natural, yet so ignored. New research is now showing the benefit of earthing , by sitting on grass and lying outside. US doctirs are now prescribing forest therapy to treat their patients as varying conditions as diabetes to thyroid. Hormonal balance after all is deeply linked to Acid Base Balance.

2. Eat green vegetables fresh and cooked, and fresh fruits daily - Fruits and fresh vegetables replenish our inner mineral reserves and help our body in the critical role of acid alkaline balance.

3. Avoid overeating -Minimum is the new maximum ! Stop as soon as you sense the tripti dakaar. Discipline strengthens the mind, and even though each time we fail at controlling our sense organs, every effort gets compounded over time, to form that strength and will power, so keep trying, till you get there.

4. Eat only when hungry - Eating without hunger means the body is busy with the digestion process of food that was eaten earlier. The addition of fresh food, into the stomach or small intestine, where earlier food is already being mixed with the acidic gastric juices, leads to increase in acidity, as body is overcompensating by releasing extra gastric juices, which increases the acidity in the body !

5. Chewing every bite -Once food is thoroughly mixed with the alkaline amylase in the mouth, digestive juices in the stomach can easily break it down further.

6. Remove all tinned, canned , processed, packaged, bottled foods and readymade icecreams -

All above food contains ACIDITY Regulators !

7. Spend time in Self-Reflection-Spend time every evening by yourself, and evaluate your day. How was the day, how were your interactions etc. Once you can slow doen and reflect, you will feel more alkaline overall.

Our body is always rebalancing itself , but this needs time ! When we rush everywhere, keep busy during each and every minute of the day, we simply do not allow the body the time, space and energy to balance.

8. Reduce time spent in Digestion-When we keep our body busy in the work of digestion, it is simply unable to find the time, space or energy to complete critical balancing tasks like cleaning waste matter! This waste matter, putrefies and gives out harmful gases which increase the acidity in the body. Less we eat, as well as less number of times we eat, more alkaline we become.

9. Replace Animal Foods with Whole Plant based foods -Refined foods are completely devoid of minerals, and everything that is digested in our body , requires the presence of minerals. Foods that have low or missing mineral content, cause loss of minerals from the body , as digestive process uses up a fair amount.

Happy Healing!

Moonstar Kaur Doad

{Ecologist and Educator }