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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.
A list of foods that can affect your bowel is located at the back of this booklet. Do you have soft, fast moving bowel motions? If so, try eating less of the foods that irritate the bowel. You may find it helpful to eat more of the foods that firm up bowel motions. Firm stools are easier to control. Do not reduce your total fluid and food intake in the false hope that this will reduce faecal leakage. For example, do not fast before you go out. This can make it harder to set up a healthy bowel pattern. Healthy bowels need a regular intake of food.