Hemorrhoids Diet

As we have discussed several times before, high fiber diet is your #1 treatment for preventing and curing hemorrhoids. Without changing your lifestyle, particularly diet, you have a very good chance of hemorrhoids returning to pester you again and again. So you ask yourself "how can I treat hemorrhoids"?

Hemorrhoids diet is the best answer, increase water and fiber intake and it will be your first step in getting rid of hemorrhoids permanently. In this article we will try to be more specific about just what food you should include in your diet as hemorrhoids cure and prevention. Pay attention to food you eat, it is just as important to avoid bad food.

Western cultures have lower intake of dietary fiber, which makes diseases like coronary heart disease, diverticulosis and colorectal tumors quite common. The fiber content in the diet correlates with the volume and transit speed of the stool. As you lower the transit time and increase the volume, the chance of you developing a disease becomes smaller.

Increase of fiber in your hemorrhoids diet will also result in a lower of intake of fats and sugar, which will lead to a weight loss and other substantial health benefits.

Dietary fiber can be divided in two groups: soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber is commonly found in apples, citrus, oat bran, pears, peas, beans, psyllium etc, while insoluble can be found in wheat bran, cabbage, peas, beans (as you can see these two are full of fiber), root vegetables like carrots, turnips and potatoes.

A lot of foods contain both soluble and insoluble fiber, all fruits are excellent fiber source, berries being the champion among them, vegetables can vary in fiber amount, beans being the #1 in fiber amount. Fruits and vegetables are also very important for vitamins and minerals they supply.

Soluble fiber slows down the digestion of carbohydrates (sugars), and that result in better glucose metabolism which is excellent for diabetics, if caught early diabetes can in some cases be treated with high fiber diet alone, and for those on insulin it can significantly reduce their insulin requirements. It is also highly effective in reducing the blood cholesterol.

Insoluble fiber is our main interest here, it absorbs and retains water in colon, which results in large, bulky, soft stool and should be the basis of your hemorrhoids diet. This result is regular bowel movements and your constipation will soon be history.

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