Nut and Seed Constipation Remedies to Prepare and Enjoy

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Nuts and seeds contain minerals, vitamins, and oils. They can be grounded, chopped, and left whole. In grounded up form, they can be eaten with cereal, fruit, or salads. Or, if you prefer you can eat them whole as a snack.

Nuts and seeds contain a lot of fiber and oils that help to keep you regular and help to relieve your constipation.

Method 54: Flax Seeds

Freshly ground flaxseeds help to soften stools. Take 1 tablespoon of flax seeds three times a day. (One tablespoon of flax seeds is equal to 1.5 grams of plant omega 3 fatty acid.) For severe constipation take 2 tablespoons of flax seeds three times a day. These seeds can be taken whole or ground up in a coffee grinder.

Health Tip: Grind the seeds and use them immediately to get the benefit of fresh seeds and to avoid their oxidation. Your stomach will not dissolve the whole seed but they will bulk up. Grind them open and you get the benefit of the oil and nutrients that are inside.

You can eat whole flax seeds, but you need to chew them good to break them up. Your stomach will not dissolve whole flax seeds. Chew about a tablespoon in the morning. Then drink 8 oz of water.

You can grind them up in a grinder and add them to your salads, yogurt, morning cereal, cottage cheese, and smoothies. It is best not to use them in any cooking recipes. Heat destroys the value of the flax oil and makes it toxic.

I don’t recommend you buy ground up flax seeds as listed in the website below. You need to use flax seeds in your drinks or food soon after grinding so they don’t lose their nutritive value.

Even though Nutri Flax, ground up flax seeds, are packaged so the flax seeds don’t see light or oxygen, what happens when you open the package? These flax seeds are going to be exposed to oxygen and as time passes they will become oxidized. So it would be important to store Nutri Flax in the refrigerator after it is opened, to minimize their oxidation.

Flax seeds are composed of,

  • 41% fat – fifty-seven % is omega 3
  • 18 % is monounsaturated
  • 16% is omega 6
  • 9% is saturated.
  • 20% is protein
  • 7% is moisture 

It is the high level of omega 3 in flax seeds that make them an essential seed to use in your diet. Flaxseed oil helps to decrease the bad effects of omega 6, found high in olive oil. When you eat too much omega 6, you create chronic diseases.

Health Alert: In pregnant women, omega 6 in olive oil blocks the transfer of omega 3 to the baby. This is why a diet should consist of 3 parts omega 6 and 1 part omega 3.

Method 55 Walnuts and Almonds

Grind equal parts of walnuts and almonds in a coffee grinder. Mix with dark honey into a small ball. Take 3 times a day with two tablespoons of warm water.

Method 56 Flax Seeds, Seeds, and Nuts

Mix equal parts of flax seeds, almonds, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds. It is o.k. to mix only three of these seeds if that is all you have.

Grind them in a coffee grinder to a power. You can eat the power or add it to a nondairy smoothie, a juice, or morning cereal. You can also sprinkle it on your evening salad. Use up to 3 tablespoons twice a day.

This mixture will provide you with extra fiber and a batch of minerals.

Health alert: Drink plenty of water when using ground up seeds.

Flax seeds are astringent and have laxative action. They are good for mild or moderate symptoms of constipation.

Health alert: Using an excess of flax seed can contribute to the back up in your colon. Flax seeds also have small traces of prussic acid, which is toxic in large amounts. But it would take a lot of flax seeds to reach the toxic level.

Place between 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of flaxseed in 8 oz of warm water and let it sit for one hour. Then just before going to bed, drink the 8 oz. After drinking this glass of flax seed drink another 4-8oz of water.

Method 57 Flax Seed and Apple Cider Vinegar

  • Boil 1 ½ cup of distilled water.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of flaxseed and continue boiling the water for 10 minutes – tea will become jelly-like. After this cools down add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Drink cup of this combination in the morning and until you get a good daily bowel movement.
  • Flaxseed contains the essential oil omega 3. Essential oil means without this oil you cannot live. If you lack this oil in your diet you will be prone to disease.
  • Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is another extremely important food you should include in your daily eating. ACV is high in various minerals and in particular potassium

Method 58 Flax seeds and oat bran

To get your bowels moving again, prepare the following mixture.

Mix 1 tablespoon of flaxseed and 1 tablespoon of oat bran into a glass of distilled water. Let it sit overnight. First thing in the morning, take 2 tablespoons. Wait half an hour before eating anything. Do this every morning, until your bowels start moving.

Method 59: Flax Seed Oil

Our body does not make omega 3 oil and we need to get it in our diet.

For constipation, mix one tablespoon of flaxseed oil with goat or cow yogurt. Add a little honey if you like. Take this mixture right about a ½ hour before bedtime.

Health Alert: Do not heat flax seed oil and keep it refrigerated. Heating it may cause some cancer-causing compounds.

Method 60: Fenugreek Seeds

Use 1-2 teaspoons with juice or water, 2-3 times each day. This seed will bulk up like the psyllium seed so drink plenty of water during the day.

Health Drug Alert: Fenugreek can lower blood sugar levels, so check with your doctor before using it with diabetic drugs. Pregnant women should not use fenugreek, because of its ability to stimulate contractions.

Psyllium, Flax, Fenugreek Seed Combination

Combine flax seeds, fenugreek seeds, and Psyllium seeds. Use 3 tablespoons of this combination each day.

Pumpkin seeds

Pumpkin seeds are a mild laxative, which can activate peristalsis. Eat seeds that are still in the shell throughout the day. You can also grind them up and add them to your salads or smoothies.

Method 61: Black Sesame Seeds

For chronic constipation, Maoshing Ni, Ph.D., C.A. and Cathy

McNease, B.S., M.H. in their book, The TAO of Nutrition, 1987, recommended using black sesame seeds.

Grind black sesame seeds into a meal by using a small coffee grinder. Mix with dark honey into a small ball.

Eat one three times a day dipped in rice wine.

Black sesame seeds also provide nutrition and action on the liver, intestines, kidney, and blood.

You can also prepare sesame seeds soup with brown rice.

Soak 10 parts of sesame seeds with 1 part brown rice in distilled water

After they are soft, about an hour, pour out the water grind them in a small food grinder to produce liquid. Strain the remaining liquid to remove coarse particles.

Dilute the liquid with distilled water and add some honey.

Cook on low heat until liquid becomes syrupy Drink around two cups to relieve constipation within an hour or so.

Peas and brown sesame seeds – help to lubricate the intestinal walls. This makes it easier for fecal matter to move through your colon.

Method 62: Sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds promote regularity. Use them raw shelled and unsalted every day. They contain omega-6 fatty acid just like olive oil. You can use them grounded and add them to your morning smoothie, 1-2 teaspoons, or to your homemade salad dressing

  • Add them to your salad
  • Add them to your morning cereal

Here’s a sunflower drink you can make.

Take 1-2 tablespoons of sunflower seeds. Grind them in a coffee grinder. Add them to a cup of boiling water. Sweeten this mixture with honey, maple syrup, or blackstrap molasses. Drink this combination morning and night to help you with your constipation.

Method 63: Coconuts

Coconuts can relieve your constipation. Eat fresh coconut two-time a day, once in the morning and in the evening.

Coconuts are high in saturated fat, which is not bad for you since it is a short chain fatty acid. But saturated fat, which is a long chain fatty acid, is not good for you in large quantities. It is this fat in coconuts that allowing fecal matter to flow smoothly through your colon.