Although everyone is individual, the laxative food therapies below are easy changes.
Listen to your body and find what works best for you.
1.) Reduce or completely eliminate wheat, grains, including all processed flour products (breads, muffins, cereals, crackers, bakery, etc.) Many many people find Dr. William Davis' Wheat Belly protocol to be extraordinarily beneficial! Oatmeal and Brown Rice are the best grain choices. Reduce / eliminate junk food. 2.) Start good quality MSM, iodine and magnesium supplements. 3.) Slowly add healthy fats and/or fermented foods back into your diet. Best options include yogurt, kombucha, kefir, yakult, kimchi, sauerkraut, nutritional yeasts and fermented-veggies of all kinds, butter, eggs, cheese, palm oil, coconut milk and / or coconut oil, beef/bison tallow, avacado. Removing wheat is also associated with weight loss. Also see Dr. William Davis' Cut Out The Wheat and Lower Your Heart Disease Risk.
Add some of the preferred laxative food(s) from list below SLOWLY to your diet over a 2 week to 2 month time period. Individuals with food sensitivities should go slow. The options below are by no means exhaustive. This is just a good place to start.
Iodine. Detoxadine or Lugols. Start with a daily low dose and increase over time as preferred.
MSM (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane), Licorice Root, Red Beets.
Magnesium supplement (glycinate and malate are gentle and well-absorbed).
Apple juice and pectin. Grapefruit Pectin (also including shredded apple, apple sauce and pectin powder or capsules).
Castor oil (hexane free). Start with small amounts.
Coconut water.
Alfalfa tablets or capsules.
Aloe Vera.
Figs, Pears, Prunes (dried plums). Fresh or dried.
Flax Seeds (ground).
Chia Seed.
Pumpkin. Easy Custard: lightly heat pumpkin (canned), add coconut milk, sea salt to taste. Optional: cinnamon, butter, honey. Mix and pour into custard cups.
Carrots (fresh or steamed / cooked).
High fiber veggies (fresh or lightly steamed / cooked / frozen are best, or canned).
Kelp, Papaya, Slippery Elm (fresh, dried, capsules).
Coconut Oil, Coconut Milk, Red Palm Oil, Cod Liver Oil
In addition to the above, cascara sagrada is a very safe natural laxative that can be taken in small amounts with food on a regular basis. (Follow package directions).
Emodin, a compound in cascara sagrada has natural antimicrobial (antibacterial and antiviral) properties and can help heal the stomach, small intestine and colon:
In vitro studies have shown that emodin - one of the main active compounds in cascara sagrada has antibacterial and anti-fungal effects...It is effective against a range of bacteria including Helicobacter pylori, E coli, and several strains of Staphylococcus aureus. It has also demonstrated anti-fungal action against Candida....Researchers believe that emodin gets its inflammation-fighting ability from its ability to influence cytokines.... In vitro experiments have demonstrated that emodin can inhibit a range of human cancer types although the precise mechanism remains unclear. Emodin has, however, showed both cancer cell death and anti-tumor potential under laboratory conditions....
~ HealthyFocus.org