Excretion is just as important as diet: How to prevent constipation through a regular lifestyle

To prevent and relieve constipation, it is recommended to consume more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as vegetables, fruits, vegetables, seaweed, and mushrooms. However, not all dietary fiber will induce bowel movements. Just look at people who are receiving intravenous drips due to illness and infants who are exclusively breastfed or formula-fed, and you can see that they can still have regular bowel movements.

The benefits of dietary fiber will be discussed later. It promotes bowel movements, softens stool, and increases stool volume and frequency. Furthermore, it has recently been noted that dietary fiber helps eliminate harmful waste. To prevent and eliminate constipation, it's essential to induce the urge to defecate, which requires proper brain function and a regulated metabolic schedule – essentially, a regular diet and lifestyle. Forgetting this key point and simply consuming dietary fiber won't effectively solve the problem.

Even if you don't feel the urge to defecate in the morning, you still need to go to the toilet at the same time every day. Therefore, to regain a regular bowel movement pattern, you need to get up earlier. Furthermore, skipping breakfast prevents your intestines from fully waking up, which can lead to constipation. Make sure to spend some time eating a proper breakfast to start your day. The process of defecation involves waking up, drinking water, and eating. These actions stimulate nerve responses from the stomach to the colon, causing food residue accumulated in the colon to move to the rectum. This triggers the urge to defecate, which is then transmitted to the brain. At this point, as long as the anal sphincter opens, defecation can occur. An irregular lifestyle can disrupt this regularity when the urge to defecate arises. However, an irregular lifestyle can also lead to constipation when the urge to defecate arises.

In other words, even if you don't feel the urge to defecate in the morning, you still need to go to the toilet at the scheduled time each day. Therefore, to regain regular bowel movements, you need to wake up earlier. Furthermore, skipping breakfast prevents the intestines from waking up properly, which can lead to constipation. Make sure to spend time eating a good breakfast to start your day. Simply consuming fiber without considering this important point won't effectively solve the problem.

The ultimate goal of a healthy metabolism is excretion. Even the finest foods and most delicious meals eventually turn into feces. While this may sound harsh, it's essential to eliminate unwanted substances from the body after digestion; this process is controlled by the brain and nervous system. Therefore, excretion is just as important as food intake.

The brain is the body's command center, responsible for producing all organs, bones, muscles, blood, hormones, enzymes, and other bodily functions. It also enables internal organ activity and blood circulation throughout the body. All of these functions are achieved through the brain and the autonomic nervous system, which receives and operates on its instructions. In other words, the brain is what controls the body's health. When the brain functions normally, it can maintain the body's health.

Using glucose as the sole source of energy, a person consumes 80 to 85 grams of enzymes daily. Enzymes are essential nutrients for brain function, so for the brain to function properly, it must be provided with foods that can provide energy, including carbohydrates from staple foods. As for breast milk, the source of nutrition for infants, its composition is highest in glucose and lowest in protein compared to other organisms. This is because the human infant's brain must develop rapidly within the first year after birth. Furthermore, this figure only refers to the amount consumed during periods of mental activity. Engaging in intellectual work or mental activities that frequently use the brain will further increase calorie consumption. However, this is only a rough calculation, and whether it is actually accurate is currently unclear. But just looking at the numbers, it's clear that there is absolutely no such thing as a "fat Socrates."