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Article: For Irregular Types, Fiber-ful and Flavorful Ways to Get Things Moving
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- The Washington Post
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- September 15, 2009
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If you've ever been constipated, you don't need me to explain how
unsettling it is to feel so . . . unmoved.
Occasional constipation -- when you're traveling or pregnant,
for instance, or when your diet's off kilter -- is common, and
though it's uncomfortable, you know that soon it will pass.
But when constipation is chronic, seeking relief can become an
obsession.
Danielle Svetcov has turned her lifelong battle with constipation
into a career move, writing "The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to
a Moveable Feast" (Sourcebooks). It came out this summer and has a
large potential audience: According to the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, more than 4 ...