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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CatsFive" data-source="post: 2628597" data-attributes="member: 567227">What were your 'go to' foods for constipation?  Are you on any medications where it's a side effect - a lot of BP meds are culprits because of the way they work.I suspect with IBS - I don't know as I don't have it - that a sudden change in diet can make it flare.  You could start by eliminating sugars and keeping the carbs the same, sugars being actual sugar added to drinks and used in cooking at home, manufactured foods with more than a smidge of sugar in the nutritional breakdown, and many fruits, especially bananas and mangos.I do get constipated, have tended that way since my gall bladder was removed.  Until I was on BP meds simply eating a high-ish fat diet did the trick.  Now I take psyllium husk twice a day, and that's despite a diet with plenty of fibre and plenty of liquid during the day.</blockquote>

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