Why do prunes help you poop? Pelvic PT explains!

[@mikebowers5228]

Prune juice has always been my go-to...it has NEVER failed !

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

It’s nice to have a reliable friend on hand 😉

[@westfield90]

How much do you drink and how often

[@bobbyadkins6983]

​@@westfield90About 8-10 ounces works for me.

[@westfield90]

I chewed about ten sticks of sugarless gum and it had me running to the rest room about 4 times. I checked the label and sure enough it contained sorbitol

[@tonytbd6232]

I just started to eat prunes throughout the day - and ummm... yeah they work exceeding well. 🙂

[@enemanozzle]

The laxative effects in eating prunes is exclusively due to the contents of sorbitol: - 1,40 g sorbitol / 100 g prunes - 6,57 g sorbitol / 100 g dry prunes

[@productjunkie9235]

I love Prunes. The best thing to use for constipation instead of laxatives. If you put them with a little sprinkle of water in the microwave for 10/15 seconds they get warm and soft. So much better than trying to eat hard wrinkled up prunes. I love them.

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

My secret trick is peanut butter with prunes. It’s like a PBJ bite sized sandwich!

[@Auggies1956]

I have opioid endued constipation from a surgery, a year ago. I haven't pooped regular since. Three expensive drugs that had zero effect, proper hydration and diet. I poop in fragments only with a mixture of warm prune juice and milk of magnesia, then with irregularity.

[@bobbyadkins6983]

Try the prune juice by itself between 8-10 ounces.

[@joycenichols6187]

My son when he was a baby the dr told me to give him prune juice. He loved it but it never made him go. I gave him apple juice and that did it.

[@michelesinclair4360]

Some things work for different people .

[@fleadoggreen9062]

How long does it take prunes to make one go poop ?? An hour ?

[@RAFAELDTOLEDO]

how many prunes for constipation?

[@braumenheimer9607]

Are prunes as good for constipation as beet juice?

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

Should be about the same I would imaging since beets have such a high sugar content. I haven’t researched this though to know for sure

[@braumenheimer9607]

@@WellnessInThePelvis Perfect timing, as I almost had whole beet juice this morning. I have a fat bunch of them with the greens still intact from the farmer's market last weekend, but I juiced celery juice with my juicer the other day and failed to clean the juicer out. So instead I peed into a plastic bottle when I woke up and drank that instead just a couple of minutes ago. I used to have three cups of urine a day for nearly a year, but that was in a drink mixed with many other things I would have after every meal through a straw. This is the first time I "dialed direct"...maybe one and a half cup's worth. Kinda disgusting, and kinda feels like it wants to come back up now. I've also been doing urine retention enemas quite a bit lately, so we'll have to see wherever all of this goes. Thanks for getting back!

[@mikestubbs1708]

Yes...good point re diabetics!! Got to be very careful re the sugar levels involved here, so, maybe only a few prunes [like 2-6] per day would possibly do the trick, without causing extra stress [like boosting sugar levels?!].! Maybe try a few prunes along with an oil [castor oil!] for good results?!

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

You could be right! I don’t know enough about castor oil to make a video on it at this time but I know people love it and it has some great benefits

[@michelesinclair4360]

I heard they have a high pectin content, Becky, did you ever hear that .

[@tommac21]

Same reason McDonald's and Taco Bell do !

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

Haha! There’s a reason I haven’t had those since college

[@michelesinclair4360]

Apples work well

[@bobbyadkins6983]

Not for me. But prune juice does. Coffee works for some but not me.

[@pegasusgalaxy68]

Now days pear juice is used not prune as pear juice works quick as ..also used iin hospitals.....

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

Always good to have lots of tricks up your sleeve for when the time comes!

[@phyllispitts6656]

Prunes ate good for consumption, but for me 100% grape juice works also.

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

Makes sense! Same reason why raisins (grapes) work as well as prunes

[@AustriaGermany]

i drink lots of beer

[@WellnessInThePelvis]

That’s a new one for me!

[@happyoutside2558]

I can only eat one prune and even that causes me to spend the next morning hanging around near the bathroom!

[@riaddjeha7535]

One prune is enough

[@joshuamerica]

Coffee makes me poop too