Why does the colon neeed laxatives to treat them constipation? Why can’t simply drinking lots of water dissolve and flush the constipated feces out of the body?
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Drinking water does help.
However most of the fluid in your body has already been absorbed by the time the waste gets concentrated down to poop. When you drink a lot of liquid, too much to absorb, it goes through your kidneys and you pee it, it doesn’t go down the colon and flush everything out.
Staying hydrated will ensure your body makes mucus, which helps move things along, and it helps your body not try and squeeze every drop out of the foods you are eating, keeping stool a bit softer.
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