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Peristalsis is a wave like muscle contraction that moves food along the digestive tract to be process or removed.
It first starts in the esophagus when food is swallowed to move it to the stomach.
In the stomach the food is churned into liquid mixture called chyme
Peristalsis starts when the chyme enters the small intensitine.
Peristalsis moves both ways to help absorb the nutriments from the chyme through the intestine walls into the blood stream
Peristalsis continues in the large intestine where water is absorbed into the blood stream...
Waste is removed
Peristalsis concludes in the large intestine where water from the undigested food material is absorbed into the bloodstream. Finally, the remaining waste products are excreted from the body through the rectum and anus.
to help with consipation doctors recomend Fybogel Hi Fibre
It works because it contains ispghula husk which is a natural fibre.
It is taken as a drink rather than a tablet.
It adds fibre to the stools.
Fybogel can help short term but more natural fibre & exercise should help. If you have another problem like IBS then this should be your priority.
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