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Eve Kalinik is a gut health specialist and author of Happy Gut, Happy Mind: How to Feel Good From Within. She suggests eating flaxseed to ease constipation woes.
Eve focuses on using food to support your physical and mental health.
Her own gut suffered when she started eating poorly during the early years of her career, skipping meals and trying fad diets.
When her poor gut health began to negatively impact her life, Eve changed her ways and was inspired to become a nutritional therapist.
She spoke with Express.co.uk about ways to ease constipation, including foods that can help movement.
She recommended a home remedy anyone can add to their breakfast she claims will help with constipation.
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“Add this to your morning oats or simply mix with some yogurt.”
Flaxseed is a natural remedy for constipation, which is high in soluble fibre.
Soluble fibre makes stools easier to pass because they dissolve in water, loosening poos.
It’s important to take your time to pass stools, Eve said, and think about how you sit.
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“Taking time over how we pass a bowel movement is important, so avoid rushing and also think about positioning,” she said.
“Leaning slightly forward and using a small stool or book under the feet can help with achieving a better posture primed for an easier and smoother movement.”
Walking and other forms of gentle can help to cause bowel movement. Try yoga or stretching to soothe the pain.
Drink lots of water
Keeping hydrated is key to combatting constipation.
Massage your gut
A massage could relieve constipation. Start at the right hip and massage in a circular motion, up towards the ribs across and down towards the right hip.
Eve has released two books, Be Good To Your Gut, published in 2017, and Happy Gut, Happy Mind, released in August 2020.
She is a registered member of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT), the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), and accredited by the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM).
She also works as a Gut Health specialist for KÄLLA Probiotics.
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