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When you first discover that you have hemorrhoids, the natural temptation is to run to your nearest pharmacy and grab a cream to solve the problem. However, the hemorrhoids may have been caused in the first place by the diet choices that you have made and unless you address the root cause and make changes to your diet, you are unlikely to rid yourself fully of your hemorrhoids.

This article about hemorrhoids diet focuses on what you should eat. It is vitally important that you increase the amount of fiber in your diet. Fiber is essential for your digestive health, ensuring that food moves along your intestines easily and quickly, resulting in stools that are soft enough to be easy to pass (but not too soft). This results in less straining on the toilet, which is known to be one of the main causes of hemorrhoids. It is recommended that an adult should eat 20g-35g of fiber per day, but how do you get this much?

Five foods to make a big difference are:

Dates – 1/2 cup = 7.1g fiber. You don’t have to eat them all in one go, if this seems a bit much. Try putting a few into your breakfast cereal or oatmeal in the morning. You could also bake some delicious date and walnut muffins.
Lentils – 1/2 cup = 7.8g fiber. The best way to get lentils into your diet is by adding them to soups and stews – they are a great thickener and absorb other flavors superbly. You don’t need to soak lentils first, just rinse them before adding to the pot.
Raspberries – 1/2 cup = 5.5g fiber. The good news here is that they taste really great too! Probably the best way to enjoy raspberries is simply by eating them on their own, raw – they make a quick, light dessert. Alternatively put them in a blender with a banana, fruit juice and some yogurt to make a smoothie – this makes a good breakfast on the run and the kids love them too.
Frozen Peas – 1/2 cup cooked = 4.4g fiber. You should have these as a vegetable with your regular meals – they can be cooked in a few minutes in a saucepan or microwave. You could also try adding them to a salad – they go well with mint and cucumber.
Chick Peas – 1/2 cup = 6g fiber. You can buy these tinned or dried – the tinned are more convenient to use as you don’t need to soak them. I love to whiz these in a food processor with lemon juice, fresh coriander and a clove of garlic, to make hummus. Dip pieces of toasted wholemeal pitta bread into the hummus for a healthy, high fiber snack. It is probably best to avoid adding chillies whilst you have hemorrhoids, but you could do so once they clear up.

Try the tips above to see how some small changes to your hemorrhoids diet can make a real difference to your quality of life.

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The sad reality is that what we eat does impact in very noticeable ways on how our bodies function – not just on our weight. Hemorrhoids are often caused by straining on the toilet due to constipation, which in turn is often caused by our choice of diet. If you are serious about ridding yourself of hemorrhoids, diet must be one of the first things you address – it is not enough to just pop a pill.

To keep the whole thing simple, my advice would be to just avoid the following foods (or enjoy in strict moderation):

Coffee – this is known to dehydrate the body, which causes your stools to harden so that they become more painful to pass.
Alcohol – sorry about this one! As with coffee, alcohol tends to dehydrate the body, so should be avoided for that reason. However, alcohol also forces the liver to work much harder, and as poor liver function is known to contribute to hemorrhoids you should eat to nourish your liver, not harm it.
Eggs – you should avoid or limit your consumption of eggs because they are a high protein food. Eating excessive amounts of protein is known to make your stool harder and also leads to constipation.
Red Meat – as with eggs, red meat is very high in protein so should be avoided. You should aim to get your protein from high fiber sources such as pulses (beans, lentils etc). At least this way you are consuming enough protein to deal with the fiber rather than creating an imbalance.
Pastries – these are generally high in fat (especially saturated fat), which is known to make the liver work harder. It is a little known fact that excessive fat consumption can be as common a cause of liver complaints as alcohol.

I realize that the list above contains many tempting goodies, but next time you want to tuck into that high fat, high protein meal, think about the discomfort it will cause you afterward and remember these hemorrhoid diet tips.

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