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Carrots are foods that soften stool. Raw vegetables, like carrots, not only increase the amount of oxygen transported to your intestines, they also aid in digestion and soften hard, dry stools. Other foods that help soften stool include: broccoli, greens, cabbage, celery and lettuce.
White rice is a low-fiber food Photo Credit Yelena Yemchuk/iStock/Getty Images. A diet that is low in fiber is more likely to cause hard stools, according to Emedtv.com. Fiber is the indigestible part of plant foods and is important for softening stools because it absorbs large quantities of fluids.